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Saarinen Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1990-08
Abstract
Finnish architect, Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen was born August 20, 1873. In 1904 Saarinen married artist Minna Carolina Mathilde Louise “Loja” Gesellius (b. 1879). The Saarinen's daughter Eeva Lisa “Pipsan” was born in Helsingfors, Finland on 31 March 1905 and their son Eero was born in Kyrkslaett, Finland on 20 August 1910. In 1923 Eliel met the Detroit newspaper magnate George Gough Booth, who was to become his chief patron in America. At Booth’s invitation, Saarinen moved his practice to...
Dates:
1880 - 1989
Maja Schjolin Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1982-10
Abstract
In 1951, Maija and her husband Hans moved to a three acre property in Birmingham, Michigan three miles southeast of Cranbrook. Over the course of thirty years, Maja created the largest and most diverse wild plant garden in Michigan, with over 300 varieties of plants. Her wildflower garden was widely visited attended by garden enthusiasts and tour groups, and often attracted publicity in the local press. She developed a close friendship with botanist James R. Wells of Cranbrook Institute of...
Dates:
1982 - 1989
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- McMath, Robert R. (Robert Raynolds), 1891-1962 1
- Milles, Olga Granner, 1874-1967 1
- Öhquist, Johannes, 1861-1949 1
- Saarinen Swanson, Pipsan 1
- Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961 1
- Saarinen, Eliel, 1873-1950 1
- Saarinen, Lillian Swann, 1912- 1
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