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Cranbrook Educational Community Board of Trustees Records

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Identifier: 1990-03
Abstract Created in 1927, the Cranbrook Board of Trustees was the primary authority of the Cranbrook Foundation, which was established by George Gough and Ellen Scripps Booth to endow and support the Brookside School, Cranbrook School, Kingswood School, Christ Church Cranbrook, Cranbrook Institute of Science, and Cranbrook Academy of Art. In the 1970s, the Cranbrook Educational Community (CEC) was established, and as a result, the Foundation was liquidated, and Christ Church Cranbrook became an...
Dates: 1971 - 1999

Cranbrook Educational Community Publications

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Identifier: 1995-13
Abstract Cranbrook Educational Community (CEC) is comprised of the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Cranbrook Art Museum, Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research, Cranbrook House & Gardens, Cranbrook Institute of Science, Cranbrook Schools, and Horizons-Upward Bound. CEC Publications comprises serials produced by the CEC from various departments and with a number of different target audiences. Serials range from staff newsletters to community magazines featuring a variety of topics covering all...
Dates: 1969 - 2005

Cranbrook Foundation Office Records

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Identifier: 1981-05
Abstract The Cranbrook Foundation was established on November 28, 1927, by George Gough Booth and Ellen Scripps Booth. It was a trust and administrative entity to endow and support the six institutions that George and Ellen had founded: Brookside School Cranbrook, Christ Church Cranbrook, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Cranbrook Institute of Science, Cranbrook School, and Kingswood School Cranbrook. It's initial mission was, "to add to and strengthen the educational and cultural facilities within the...
Dates: 1926 - 1973

Cranbrook Photograph Collection

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Identifier: 2020-03
Abstract Cranbrook history dates back to 1904 when George and Ellen Booth purchased land in Bloomfield Hills, MI for their home. The next five decades saw the majority of this land transformed into an educational, artistic, and scientific community. In the early 1970s, a major reorganzition created the Cranbrook Educational Community. More than a century later, in 2021, this Community comprises five program areas: Cranbrook Schools, Cranbrook Art Academy, Cranbrook Art Museum, Cranbrook Institute of...
Dates: circa 1830-; Majority of material found within 1931 - 1970

Cranbrook Schools Board of Trustees/Governors Records

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Identifier: 1991-10
Abstract The collection pertains to the administrative functions of the Board of Trustees for Cranbrook Schools, governing Brookside, Cranbrook, and Kingswood Schools, and which exsited for three years (1970-1973). When Cranbrook was reorganized as the Cranbrook Educational Community (CEC), with a unified Board of Trustees, the Schools' board was renamed the Cranbrook Schools Board of Governors. It began serving in an advisory capacity to the Cranbrook Schools Division. The collection comprises of...
Dates: 1966 - 1999

The Eccentric Newspaper Records

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Identifier: 2009-02
Abstract George H. Mitchell and Almeron Whitehead first published The Birmingham Eccentric on 2 May 1878 in Birmingham, Michigan. The four-page issue was a combination of short personal announcements and advertisements. Although both partners wrote for their paper, Whitehead took on the bulk of the writing duties. Under their leadership the paper thrived. In 1912, the two dissolved their partnership as friends leaving Mitchell as the sole publisher. In July 1919, Fred E. Van Black, a linotype...
Dates: 1930 - 2000

William Oliver Stevens Papers

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Identifier: 1995-90
Abstract William Oliver Stevens was headmaster of Cranbrook School from 1927-1935. These documents consist of office records in the form of correspondence, carbon copies, and drafts from William O. Stevens, first headmaster of Cranbrook School. Additionally, there is correspondence after his tenure at Cranbrook, but concerning Cranbrook masters, other employees, and alumni is included. Some black and white photographs are appended to alumni, faculty and student documents. The bulk of the collection...
Dates: 1927 - 1935

Lee A. White Papers

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Identifier: 1979-02
Abstract Lee A White was a journalist, working for the Detroit News from 1911 until his retirement in 1952, except between 1914-1917, when he was an associate professor and chairman of the journalism department at the University of Washington. He developed a close relationship with George G. Booth, serving as his Editorial Secretary and, from 1936, he also served as Chief Librarian for the newspaper, and became its first Director of Public Relations. He served as Director of Cranbrook School for 20...
Dates: 1926 - 1958

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Cranbrook Academy of Art 5
Cranbrook Art Museum 4
Booth, George G. (George Gough), 1864-1949 3
Cranbrook House & Gardens (Organization) 3
McMath, Robert R. (Robert Raynolds), 1891-1962 3
Stevens, William Oliver, 1878-1955 3
Stone, Ralph, 1868-1957 3
Booth, Ellen Warren Scripps, 1863-1948 2
Booth, Henry Scripps, 1897-1988 2
Buckberrough, John 2
Cranbrook Press 2
Cranbrook School (Sydney, Australia) 2
Cranbrook Schools 2
Croze, Harvey 2
Frayer, William Alley 2
Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 2
Hatt, Robert T. (Robert Torrens), 1902- 2
Hulbert, Harold S. (Harold Stacey), 1887-1949 2
Institute for Advanced Pastoral Studies 2
Institute of Design (Chicago, Ill.) 2
Marquis, Samuel S., 1866-1948 2
Saarinen, Eliel, 1873-1950 2
Sepeshy, Zoltan, 1898-1974 2
Vettraino, Dominick 2
White, Lee A., 1886- 2
Winter, Jessie 2
Askew, June 1
Askew, Richard G. 1
Barbour, William T. 1
Bertoia, Harry 1
Birmingham Eccentric (Newspaper) 1
Booth, Carolyn Farr 1
Booth, James Scripps, 1888-1954 1
Booth, Ralph H. 1
Booth, Stephen Farr 1
Burrowes, Marcus R. 1
Cantor, Allen 1
Cooper, Harriet 1
Cranbrook Academy of Art. Architecture Studio 1
Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research 1
Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research. Cranbrook Archives 1
Cranbrook Church of England Primary School (Cranbrook, Kent, England) 1
Curtis, Roswell G. 1
Detroit Institute of Arts 1
Detroit News (Firm) 1
Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts 1
Episcopal Church. Diocese of Michigan 1
Fuller, Donald 1
Grotell, Maija, 1899-1973 1
Hance, G. W. (George W.) 1
Irving & Casson 1
Kingswood School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
Kirchmayer, Johannes, 1860-1930 1
Kirk, Arthur Nevill 1
Lorch, Emil, 1870-1963 1
Maroti, Geza 1
McEwen, Katherine 1
Milles, Carl, 1875-1955 1
Milles, Olga Granner, 1874-1967 1
Mitchell, Wallace, 1911-1977 1
Morris & Co. (London, England) 1
Munroe, Joseph 1
Packard, James 1
Page, Herman, Reverend, 1866-1942 1
Paulsen, S. Glen (Serenus Glen) 1
Pewabic Pottery (Firm) 1
Plumb, Helen 1
Saarinen Swanson, Pipsan 1
Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961 1
Saarinen, Lillian Swann, 1912- 1
Saarinen, Loja 1
Scripps, James E. (James Edmund), 1835-1906 1
Stone, Arthur J., 1847-1938 1
Stratton, Mary Chase Perry, 1867-1961 1
Swanson, Jons Robert Ferdinand 1
Thompson, Paul W. (Paul Woodard), 1909-1994 1
University of Michigan 1
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 1
Yale University 1
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