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Cranbrook Academy of Art Administration Records

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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 Educational Community Assistant to the President for Special Projects: Michael Boisvert and David Hart Records

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Identifier: 1993-09
Abstract The collection comprises of materials created or maintained by Michael Boisvert and David Hart who both served as assistant to the President of Special Projects at Cranbrook Educational Community (CEC). Boisvert served in this position from 1984-1985, and David Hart served from 1986-1993. The collection focuses on the internal strategic planning and external consultant master planning for institutional and campus development of Cranbrook Educational Community and its divisions. The files...
Dates: 1918 - 1996; Majority of material found within 1983 - 1993

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

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

Horizons-Upward Bound Records

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Identifier: 1992-15
Abstract The Horizon’s Upward Bound (HUB) program was initially established in 1965 by Cranbrook Schools as a two-phased (Summer Phase and Winter Phase) residential educational program designed to assist low-income students from the Detroit area. This grant funded program, initially run by Director Ben Snyder, offered academic and personal encouragement with the purpose of exposing children to higher education and professional career opportunities. The program was supported by grants from the Ford...
Dates: 1965 - 2000

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Cranbrook School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 7
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Brookside School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 5
Cranbrook Academy of Art 5
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Cranbrook Kingswood School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 4
Christ Church Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 3
Cranbrook House & Gardens (Organization) 3
Bertoia, Harry 2
Booth, George G. (George Gough), 1864-1949 2
Booth, Henry Scripps, 1897-1988 2
Cranbrook Schools 2
Croze, Harvey 2
Detroit Institute of Arts 2
Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 2
Grotell, Maija, 1899-1973 2
Hatt, Robert T. (Robert Torrens), 1902- 2
Institute for Advanced Pastoral Studies 2
Milles, Carl, 1875-1955 2
Mitchell, Wallace, 1911-1977 2
Paulsen, S. Glen (Serenus Glen) 2
Saarinen, Eliel, 1873-1950 2
Sepeshy, Zoltan, 1898-1974 2
Vettraino, Dominick 2
Askew, June 1
Askew, Richard G. 1
Barbour, William T. 1
Barker, Laurence (Laurence Addison), 1930- 1
Birmingham Eccentric (Newspaper) 1
Booth, Carolyn Farr 1
Booth, Ellen Warren Scripps, 1863-1948 1
Booth, James Scripps, 1888-1954 1
Booth, Ralph H. 1
Booth, Stephen Farr 1
Buckberrough, John 1
Burrowes, Marcus R. 1
Cantor, Allen 1
Christ-Janer, Albert, 1910-1973 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 Press 1
Detroit News (Firm) 1
Detroit Public Schools 1
Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts 1
Eames, Charles 1
Ford Motor Company 1
Frayer, William Alley 1
Fuller, Donald 1
Hance, G. W. (George W.) 1
Horizons-Upward Bound 1
Hulbert, Harold S. (Harold Stacey), 1887-1949 1
Institute of Design (Chicago, Ill.) 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
Marquis, Samuel S., 1866-1948 1
McEwen, Katherine 1
McMath, Robert R. (Robert Raynolds), 1891-1962 1
Milles, Olga Granner, 1874-1967 1
Morris & Co. (London, England) 1
Munroe, Joseph 1
Packard, James 1
Page, Herman, Reverend, 1866-1942 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
Schmidt, Julius, 1923-2017 1
Scripps, James E. (James Edmund), 1835-1906 1
Stevens, William Oliver, 1878-1955 1
Stone, Arthur J., 1847-1938 1
Stone, Ralph, 1868-1957 1
Stratton, Mary Chase Perry, 1867-1961 1
Strengell, Marianne, 1909- 1
Swanson, Jons Robert Ferdinand 1
Synder, Ben M., III, 1920-2017 1
Thomas, Richard 1
University of Michigan 1
Upward Bound Program (U.S.) 1
Washington, William Max 1
White, Lee A., 1886- 1
Winter, Jessie 1
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 1
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