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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 Foundation Office Records
Collection
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
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
Kingswood School Records
Collection
Identifier: 1980-01
Abstract
Kingswood School Cranbrook was a day and boarding school for girls beginning with the seventh grade and continuing through the twelfth grade. Kingswood School was established through a deed of Trust executed on July 24, 1930, between the Cranbrook Foundation and a Board of Trustees consisting of William T. Barbour, Ralph Stone, Luman W. Goodenough, Alvan Macauley, Clarence H. Booth, James Inglis, and Sidney D. Waldon. The Board selected Gladys Turnbach, of Miss Hall’s School in Pittsfield,...
Dates:
1930 - 1985
William Oliver Stevens Papers
Collection
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
Collection
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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- Booth, George G. (George Gough), 1864-1949 5
- Christ Church Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 5
- Cranbrook Institute of Science 5
- Cranbrook School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 5
- Booth, Henry Scripps, 1897-1988 4
- Brookside School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 4
- Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 4
- Cranbrook Kingswood School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 4
- Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 4
- Saarinen, Eliel, 1873-1950 4
- Sepeshy, Zoltan, 1898-1974 4
- Booth, Ellen Warren Scripps, 1863-1948 3
- Buckberrough, John 3
- Cranbrook Art Museum 3
- Cranbrook House & Gardens (Organization) 3
- Frayer, William Alley 3
- Hatt, Robert T. (Robert Torrens), 1902- 3
- McMath, Robert R. (Robert Raynolds), 1891-1962 3
- Milles, Carl, 1875-1955 3
- Stevens, William Oliver, 1878-1955 3
- Stone, Ralph, 1868-1957 3
- Vettraino, Dominick 3
- White, Lee A., 1886- 3
- Barbour, William T. 2
- Bertoia, Harry 2
- Cranbrook Press 2
- Cranbrook School (Sydney, Australia) 2
- Croze, Harvey 2
- Detroit Institute of Arts 2
- Detroit News (Firm) 2
- Grotell, Maija, 1899-1973 2
- Hulbert, Harold S. (Harold Stacey), 1887-1949 2
- Institute of Design (Chicago, Ill.) 2
- Marquis, Samuel S., 1866-1948 2
- Mitchell, Wallace, 1911-1977 2
- Paulsen, S. Glen (Serenus Glen) 2
- University of Michigan 2
- Winter, Jessie 2
- Askew, June 1
- Askew, Richard G. 1
- Barker, Laurence (Laurence Addison), 1930- 1
- Bauder, Lillian 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
- 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 Church of England Primary School (Cranbrook, Kent, England) 1
- Cranbrook Schools 1
- Curtis, Roswell G. 1
- Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts 1
- Eames, Charles 1
- Episcopal Church. Diocese of Michigan 1
- Ford Motor Company 1
- Fuller, Donald 1
- Hance, G. W. (George W.) 1
- Institute for Advanced Pastoral Studies 1
- Irving & Casson 1
- Kausch, Jack 1
- Kirchmayer, Johannes, 1860-1930 1
- Kirk, Arthur Nevill 1
- Lorch, Emil, 1870-1963 1
- Maroti, Geza 1
- McEwen, Katherine 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
- Stone, Arthur J., 1847-1938 1
- Stratton, Mary Chase Perry, 1867-1961 1
- Strengell, Marianne, 1909- 1
- Stump, M. Pamela 1
- Swanson, Jons Robert Ferdinand 1
- Thomas, Richard 1
- Thompson, Paul W. (Paul Woodard), 1909-1994 1
- Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 1
- Yale University 1 ∧ less
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