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Cranbrook Academy of Art Administration Records
Collection
Identifier: 1981-09
Abstract
In 1927 George G. Booth established the Cranbrook Academy of Art as an educational environment where students could come and learn from master artists in residence. The Academy functioned as a department under the Cranbrook Foundation and included painting, architecture, sculpture, ceramics and decorative design. The first Academy students were taken in early 1930. Eliel Saarinen was the first President (1932-1946). In 1942, with the opening of the Museum and Library, the Academy became an...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1942 - 1973
Cranbrook Photograph Collection
Collection
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
Marianne Strengell Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1991-07
Abstract
Marianne Strengell, daughter of Finnish architect Gustaf Strengell and interior designer Anna Wegelius. Prior to becoming an instructor at Cranbrook in 1937 on Eliel Saarinen's invitation, Strengell held several positions in Scandinavia, designing rugs, textiles and interiors. In 1942, when Loja Saarinen retired, Strengell replaced her as head of the Department of Weaving and Textile Design. She developed a curriculum that emphasized weave structure, versus the more pictorial imagery used by...
Dates:
1620 - 1998; Majority of material found within 1928 - 1995
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- Booth, George G. (George Gough), 1864-1949 2
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- Croze, Harvey 2
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- Milles, Carl, 1875-1955 2
- Mitchell, Wallace, 1911-1977 2
- Saarinen, Eliel, 1873-1950 2
- Sepeshy, Zoltan, 1898-1974 2
- Strengell, Marianne, 1909- 2
- Askew, June 1
- Askew, Richard G. 1
- Baldwin, Benjamin, 1913-1993 1
- Barker, Laurence (Laurence Addison), 1930- 1
- Booth, Henry Scripps, 1897-1988 1
- Brookside School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Cantor, Allen 1
- Christ Church Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Christ-Janer, Albert, 1910-1973 1
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- Detroit News (Firm) 1
- Eames, Ray 1
- Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 1
- Fuller, Donald 1
- GM Technical Center 1
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- Gray, Nellie Beveridge (circa 1906-) 1
- Grotell, Maija, 1899-1973 1
- Hammarstrom, Olav 1
- Hance, G. W. (George W.) 1
- Hatt, Robert T. (Robert Torrens), 1902- 1
- Knoll Associates, Inc. 1
- Knoll, Florence, 1917-2019 1
- Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 1
- Maroti, Geza 1
- Munroe, Joseph 1
- Packard, James 1
- Paulsen, S. Glen (Serenus Glen) 1
- Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961 1
- Saarinen, Lillian Swann, 1912- 1
- Saarinen, Loja 1
- Sailors, Robert David 1
- Sampe, Astrid, 1909-2002 1
- Schmidt, Julius, 1923-2017 1
- Sethna, Nelly H., 1932- 1
- Slade, Roy 1
- Strengell, Gustaf 1
- Swanson, Ronald 1
- Thomas, Richard 1
- University of Michigan 1
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