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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
J. Robert F. and Pipsan Saarinen Swanson Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1990-01
Abstract
Jons Robert (Bob) Ferdinand Swanson (1900-1981) graduated from the University of Michigan School of Architecture in 1924, where he had and become friends with Henry Scripps Booth. In 1924, they established the architectural firm, Swanson and Booth. In 1927, the partnership dissolved and Bob established his own practice. Eva Lisa (Pipsan) Saarinen (1905-1979), daughter of Eliel and Loja Saarinen, studied weaving, ceramics, and fabric design at University of Helskini. She married Bob in 1926...
Dates:
1900 - 1983
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- Saarinen, Lillian Swann, 1912- 8
- Bertoia, Harry 7
- Booth, George G. (George Gough), 1864-1949 7
- Eames, Charles 7
- Milles, Carl, 1875-1955 7
- Saarinen, Eliel, 1873-1950 7
- Sepeshy, Zoltan, 1898-1974 7
- Booth, Henry Scripps, 1897-1988 6
- Saarinen, Loja 6
- Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 5
- Cranbrook Kingswood School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 5
- Knoll, Florence, 1917-2019 5
- Mitchell, Wallace, 1911-1977 5
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- Weese, Harry, 1915-1998 5
- Baldwin, Benjamin, 1913-1993 4
- Eames, Ray 4
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- Hatt, Robert T. (Robert Torrens), 1902- 4
- Saarinen Swanson, Pipsan 4
- Strengell, Marianne, 1909- 4
- Swanson, Jons Robert Ferdinand 4
- Aalto, Alvar, 1898-1976 3
- Christ Church Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 3
- Cranbrook Art Museum 3
- Cranbrook Institute of Science 3
- Detroit Institute of Arts 3
- Grotell, Maija, 1899-1973 3
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- Knoll Associates, Inc. 3
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- Marquis, Samuel S., 1866-1948 3
- Paulsen, S. Glen (Serenus Glen) 3
- Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 3
- Booth, Carolyn Farr 2
- Booth, Ellen Warren Scripps, 1863-1948 2
- Booth, James Scripps, 1888-1954 2
- Brookside School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2
- Buckberrough, John 2
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- Kimball, Margueritte Eleanor, 1906-1995 2
- Lorch, Emil, 1870-1963 2
- McMath, Robert R. (Robert Raynolds), 1891-1962 2
- Milles, Olga Granner, 1874-1967 2
- Pewabic Pottery (Firm) 2
- Rapson, Ralph, 1914-2008 2
- Scripps, James E. (James Edmund), 1835-1906 2
- Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957 2
- Stratton, Mary Chase Perry, 1867-1961 2
- Strengell, Gustaf 2
- Swanson Associates 2
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- Christ-Janer, Albert, 1910-1973 1
- Coir, Mark 1
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- Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts 1
- Dinkeloo, John G. (John Gerard), 1918-1981 1
- Dow, Alden B., 1904-1983 1
- Eastern Michigan University 1
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- Ford Motor Company 1
- Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 1
- Frayer, William Alley 1
- Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983 1
- General Motors Corporation 1
- Girard, Alexander 1
- Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor, 1869-1924 1
- Gorky, Arshile, 1904-1948 1
- Gray, Nellie Beveridge (circa 1906-) 1
- Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969 1
- Hudnut, Joseph, 1886-1968 1
- Hulbert, Harold S. (Harold Stacey), 1887-1949 1
- Institute for Advanced Pastoral Studies 1
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- Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005 1
- Keck, George Fred, 1895-1980 1
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