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Christ Church Cranbrook Records
Collection
Identifier: 1992-01
Abstract
In 1923, George Gough Booth wrote to the Rev. Samuel Simpson Marquis with his ideas for building an Episcopal church and school on the Cranbrook estate to serve the needs of the growing Bloomfield Hills community. Booth would fund the construction of the church and provide an endowment for its maintenance. After obtaining the agreement of Bishop Herman Page, hiring and architect and a contractor, a groundbreaking ceremony took place on July 5, 1925. Christ Church Cranbrook was consecrated on...
Dates:
1923 - 2002
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
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- Booth, George G. (George Gough), 1864-1949 2
- Christ Church Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2
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- Askew, June 1
- Askew, Richard G. 1
- Barker, Laurence (Laurence Addison), 1930- 1
- Bertoia, Harry 1
- Booth, Henry Scripps, 1897-1988 1
- Brookside School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Cantor, Allen 1
- Christ Church Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.). Episcopal Churchwomen 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 House & Gardens (Organization) 1
- Cranbrook Kingswood School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Cranbrook School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Cranbrook Schools 1
- Croze, Harvey 1
- Detroit Industrial Mission 1
- Detroit Institute of Arts 1
- Detroit News (Firm) 1
- Eames, Charles 1
- Episcopal Church. Diocese of Michigan 1
- Ford Motor Company 1
- Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 1
- Fuller, Donald 1
- Grotell, Maija, 1899-1973 1
- Hance, G. W. (George W.) 1
- Hatt, Robert T. (Robert Torrens), 1902- 1
- Kirchmayer, Johannes, 1860-1930 1
- Kirk, Arthur Nevill 1
- Marquis, Samuel S., 1866-1948 1
- Milles, Carl, 1875-1955 1
- Mitchell, Wallace, 1911-1977 1
- Munroe, Joseph 1
- Packard, James 1
- Paulsen, S. Glen (Serenus Glen) 1
- Saarinen, Eliel, 1873-1950 1
- Schmidt, Julius, 1923-2017 1
- Sepeshy, Zoltan, 1898-1974 1
- Strengell, Marianne, 1909- 1
- Thomas, Richard 1
- University of Michigan 1
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