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George Gough Booth Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1981-01
Abstract
The collection documents the life and work of George Gough Booth, a renowned advocate of the arts, and a great philanthropist whose crowning achievement was the establishment of Cranbrook Educational Community. He was also one of the nation's leading newspapermen in the first half of this century. It includes biographical materials including legal documents, travel itineraries, talks and writings, and the financial and business records of the Cranbrook Press. It documents his working life...
Dates:
1864 - 1949
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 Academy of Art Women's Committee
Collection
Identifier: 1991-01
Abstract
The Cranbrook Academy of Arts Women’s Committee was founded on February 11, 1966 as the social arm of the Friends of the Academy (the Museum’s new membership program). The committee’s purpose was to promote and undertake activities and projects that would further the welfare of the Academy and the Museum. Throughout nearly forty years the committee hosted numerous events, programs, and fundraising projects until disbanded in 2002. The bulk of the collection reflects primarly the Women's...
Dates:
1966 - 2006
Jack M. Goldman Collection of Eero Saarinen and Associates Material
Collection
Identifier: 1995-46
Abstract
Jack M. Goldman came to Detroit in 1951 to work on the GM Tech Center project. From 1955-1958, Goldman worked for Eero Saarinen and Associates, except for a six month period in 1957 when he received the Francis J. Plym Fellowship to travel abroad and study European architecture. Goldman later was a principal in Fields, Goldman and Magee Architects in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. This collection contains news articles about various projects, program information and correspondence on the London...
Dates:
1953 - 1991
Samuel Simpson Marquis Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1983-07
Abstract
This collection documents the life and work of Rev. Dr. Samuel Simpson Marquis (1866-1948). Ordained as an Episcopalian priest, he served parishes in Massachusetts before being called to St. Joseph's Church in Detroit, Michigan. In 1906, he became Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral where he oversaw construction of the new cathedral building designed by Ralph Adams Cram. Between 1915-1920, he worked in the Welfare Department of Ford Motor Company before returning to St. Joseph's in 1921. He moved...
Dates:
1817 - 1985; Majority of material found within 1889 - 1940
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- Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 3
- Cranbrook Academy of Art 3
- Detroit Institute of Arts 3
- Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 3
- Booth, George G. (George Gough), 1864-1949 2
- Booth, Henry Scripps, 1897-1988 2
- Cram, Ralph Adams, 1963-1942 2
- Cranbrook Art Museum 2
- Cranbrook Foundation 2
- Cranbrook Institute of Science 2
- Cranbrook Kingswood School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2
- Cranbrook Press 2
- Cranbrook School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2
- Episcopal Church. Diocese of Michigan 2
- Ford Motor Company 2
- Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 2
- Grotell, Maija, 1899-1973 2
- Hatt, Robert T. (Robert Torrens), 1902- 2
- Marquis, Samuel S., 1866-1948 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
- University of Michigan 2
- Ardolino, Edward 1
- Bach, Oscar Bruno, 1884-1957 1
- Bank of Montreal 1
- Barker, Laurence (Laurence Addison), 1930- 1
- Bertoia, Harry 1
- Booth, Ellen Warren 1
- Booth, James Scripps, 1888-1954 1
- Booth, Ralph H. 1
- Bradford, Francis Scott, 1898-1961 1
- Charles E. Lauriat Co. 1
- Christ Church Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Christ-Janer, Albert, 1910-1973 1
- Cleveland Museum of Art 1
- Concordia Senior College (Fort Wayne, Ind.) 1
- Connick, Charles J. (Charles Jay), 1875- 1
- Cram and Ferguson 1
- Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson 1
- Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research. Cranbrook Archives 1
- Cranbrook Educational Community 1
- DeSalle, Peggy 1
- Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts 1
- Detroit Trust Company 1
- Eames, Charles 1
- Edw. F. Caldwell & Co. 1
- Eero Saarinen & Associates 1
- Ehrich Galleries 1
- Frayer, William Alley 1
- GM Technical Center 1
- Goldman, Jack M. 1
- Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor, 1869-1924 1
- Hall, Michael 1
- Henry Ford Peace Expedition (1915-1916) 1
- Herter, Albert, 1871-1950 1
- James Powell & Sons (Whitefriars) Ltd. 1
- Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (Saint Louis, Mo.) 1
- Kellogg, Frederick William, 1866-1940 1
- Kirchmayer, Johannes, 1860-1930 1
- Kirk, Arthur Nevill 1
- Knodel, Gerhardt 1
- Knoll, Florence, 1917-2019 1
- Kratikos Aerolimenas Athēnōn 1
- Lauriat, Charles E., 1842-1920 1
- Lorch, Emil, 1870-1963 1
- Manship, Paul, 1885-1966 1
- Maroti, Geza 1
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1
- McRae, Milton A. (Milton Alexander), 1858-1930 1
- Milles, Olga Granner, 1874-1967 1
- Morris & Co. (London, England) 1
- Packard Motor Car Company 1
- Pewabic Pottery (Firm) 1
- Royal School of Needlework (London, England) 1
- Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961 1
- Saarinen, Loja 1
- Schmidt, Julius, 1923-2017 1
- Scripps, E. W. (Edward Willis), 1854-1926 1
- Scripps, Ellen Browning, 1836-1932 1
- Scripps, James E. (James Edmund), 1835-1906 1
- Scripps, William E. (William Edmund), 1882-1952 1
- Simonds, O. C. (Ossian Cole), 1855-1931 1
- Slade, Roy 1
- Society of Arts and Crafts (Boston, Mass.) 1
- Stone, Ralph, 1868-1957 1
- Stratton, Mary Chase Perry, 1867-1961 1
- Strengell, Gustaf 1
- Strengell, Marianne, 1909- 1
- Swanson, Jons Robert Ferdinand 1
- Thomas, Richard 1
- Vettraino, Dominick 1
- White, Lee A., 1886- 1 ∧ less
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