Showing Collections: 101 - 110 of 140
Wallace MacMahon Mitchell Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1990-21
Abstract
Wallace McMahon Mitchell was born on October 9, 1911 in Detroit, Michigan to Arthur Z. and Edith McMahon Mitchell. He was a respected painter, textile designer, geometric abstractionist, and a Cranbrook Academy of Art (CAA) graduate student (’35). He later served at the Academy as a painting, and arts and crafts instructor; registrar; director; and then president until his death in 1977. The collection contains the papers of Mitchell and his family during his years at Cranbrook. Included are...
Dates:
1934 - 1980
Walter P. Nickell Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1998-28
Abstract
Walter Prine Nickell was invited to join Cranbrook Institute of Science as an Assistant in Education in 1935 by four trustees who had seen one of his exhibits and heard him lecture. He later became an Associate Naturalist. He published 75 papers on birds, and traveled extensively, taking motion and still photography for field studies on birds, caves, rocks, minerals, and fossils in 47 states, 5 Canadian Provinces, Mexico and British Honduras. He was granted the honorary degree, Doctor of...
Dates:
1938 - 1988
Josef Papp Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1991-17
Abstract
Jozsef Sulyok-Papp was born in Hungary in 1895 where he studied art. He moved to Montreal, Canada around 1930 and supported himself as an artist and a gallery dealer. He came to Detroit in the 1940s and for the next 20 years worked for the architectural firm of Giffels. In Detroit he became friends with another Hungarian artist, Zoltan Sepeshy, director of the Cranbrook Academy of Art, 1947-1966. He also became Sepeshy’s art dealer. Papp died in 1975. This collection of correspondence,...
Dates:
1931 - 1940
Edmund William Pratt Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2001-11
Abstract
Edmund William Pratt was the grandson of Henry Wood and Clara Gagnier Booth, the son of Adeline Clara Louise Booth and William Austin Pratt. The Pratts were a well-established Detroit family long before the Booth family arrived in the 1880’s. Cranbrook quickly became a part of young Edmund’s life and his family made frequest excursions from Detroit to Bloomfield Hills, spending much of his childhood and adolescence on the Cranbrook grounds. Pratt became an illuminating engineer for Detroit...
Dates:
1947 - 1997
John Macdougall Pratt Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1981-21
Abstract
John Macdougall Pratt was an Associate Professor of Architecture at Auburn University in Alabama. He obtained his PhD in the History of Architecture from Cornell University, in which he focused on the influence of Eliel Saarinen’s teachings at Cranbrook Academy of Art as his subject matter. His research was based on interviews with former students of Eliel Saarinen. Concurrent research by various scholars for the exhibition and catalog for “Design in America: The Cranbrook Vision 1925-1950.”...
Dates:
1935 - 1938
Ralph Rapson Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2012-01
Abstract
Ralph Rapson, born on September 13, 1914, in Alma, Michigan, won a scholarship to the University of Michigan's College of Architecture in 1935. Admitted to the Phi Kappa Phi Society in 1938, he was encouraged to apply for the George G. Booth Travelling Fellowship in Architecture. He did not receive the fellowship but his submission impressed Eliel Saarinen, who offered Rapson a scholarship to attend the Academy of Art, where he helped Saarinen on a planning project for the State Capitol...
Dates:
1935 - 1954
Richard P. Raseman Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1979-03
Abstract
The collection comprises of materials collected by Richard Perrien Raseman (1896-1976), architect, Executive Secretary, and Vice President of the Cranbrook Academy of Art from 1932-1943. During his tenure at Cranbrook he was responsible for the administration of the Academy and helped to push the establishment of the Academy as an independent and degree awarding institution. The collection includes documents associated with repair and construction projects on Cranbrook’s campus between 1934...
Dates:
1934 - 1956; Majority of material found within 1934 - 1942
Corina Reynolds Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2011-02
Abstract
After receiving her BA in Painting and Printmaking from San Diego State University in 2007, Corina Reynolds apprenticed at Brighton Press in San Diego, a fine art book press founded by William (Bill) Kelly, and learned a great deal about fine letterpress printing and bookbinding. From 2009-2011 Reynolds studied under Mark Newport at Cranbrook Academy of Art, receiving her MFA in May 2011. During her time at the Art Academy, she began to further explore performance, video, and interactive...
Dates:
2010 - 2011
Alan Rider Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2011-01
Abstract
Alan Rider graduated in 1954 from the Cranbrook Academy of Art with a Master’s in Architecture. Upon graduation, Rider began working in the office of Eero Saarinen & Associates in Bloomfield Hills, MI and contributed to such projects as the General Motors Technical Center, Drake University, and Concordia Senior College (under the direction of Glen Paulsen). After extensive travel, he completed post-graduate study at the École Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris and a residency at the...
Dates:
1945 - 1995
Bernard “Tony” Rosenthal Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2000-07
Abstract
In 1939, Tony Rosenthal attended the Cranbrook Academy of Art to study sculpture with Carl Milles. There he met and became friends with Charles Eames, Florence Schust Knoll, Eero Saarinen, and others. After WWII, Rosenthal worked on commissions for several architectural firms and taught sculpture at UCLA. In 1960, he moved to New York City where he exhibited in galleries and received commissions to create outdoor sculptures in New York City, Honolulu, Ann Arbor, and other cities. In 1980,...
Dates:
1939 - 2000
Filter Results
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Photographs 43
- Education 35
- Architecture 31
- Scrapbooks 26
- Sculpture 21
- Architecture, Domestic 20
- Art -- Study and teaching 18
- Arts 14
- Bloomfield Hills (Mich.) 14
- Exhibitions 13
- Church architecture 12
- Newspapers 11
- Performing arts 11
- Metalwork 9
- Religion 9
- Schools 9
- Textile fabrics 9
- Weaving 9
- Ceramics 8
- Design 8
- Furniture design 8
- Painting 8
- Science museums 8
- Students 8
- Textiles 8
- Gardens 7
- Museums 7
- Sketchbooks & albums 7
- Arts and crafts movement 6
- Embassy buildings 6
- Fund raising 6
- Graphic arts 6
- Oral history 6
- Public relations 6
- Art auctions 5
- Composition (Music) 5
- Interior decoration 5
- Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century 5
- Theater 5
- Archaeology 4
- Chair design 4
- Cranbrook (Kent, England) 4
- Detroit (Mich.) 4
- English language -- Writing 4
- Gardening 4
- Gardening -- Societies, etc. 4
- Glass painting and staining 4
- Historic house museums 4
- Historic preservation 4
- History 4
- Landscapes 4
- Minerals 4
- Music 4
- Poetry -- Authorship 4
- Religious literature -- Authorship 4
- Authors 3
- Automobile industry and trade 3
- Carillons 3
- Church dedication 3
- Clergy 3
- College teaching 3
- Decorative arts 3
- Europe 3
- France 3
- High school teaching 3
- Historic buildings 3
- Industrial design 3
- Mexico 3
- Michigan 3
- Newspapers -- Ownership 3
- Photography 3
- Science 3
- Silverwork 3
- Trans World Airlines Terminal (New York, N.Y.) 3
- Women -- Societies and clubs 3
- Zoology 3
- Anthropology 2
- Astronomy 2
- Botany 2
- Buildings and grounds 2
- Candlesticks 2
- Community theater 2
- Dance 2
- Engineering 2
- Faculty (Education) 2
- Fountains 2
- Genealogy 2
- Graphic design (Typography) 2
- Kirkkonummi (Finland) 2
- Literature 2
- Pharmacognosy 2
- Philosophy 2
- Piano 2
- Planetariums 2
- Pottery 2
- Recreation 2
- Wild flowers 2
- Wood-carving 2
- Wooden bridges 2
- Acquisition of property 1 ∧ less
- Language
- English 139
- Finnish 3
- French 1
- German 1
- Hungarian 1
- Swedish 1 ∧ less
- Names
- Cranbrook Academy of Art 57
- Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 42
- Booth, George G. (George Gough), 1864-1949 31
- Cranbrook School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 30
- Booth, Henry Scripps, 1897-1988 29
- Christ Church Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 26
- Cranbrook Kingswood School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 26
- Milles, Carl, 1875-1955 26
- Saarinen, Eliel, 1873-1950 26
- Cranbrook Institute of Science 24
- Cranbrook Foundation 21
- Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961 20
- Sepeshy, Zoltan, 1898-1974 20
- Brookside School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 17
- University of Michigan 17
- Hatt, Robert T. (Robert Torrens), 1902- 15
- Booth, Ellen Warren Scripps, 1863-1948 14
- Cranbrook Art Museum 14
- Saarinen, Loja 13
- Bertoia, Harry 12
- Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 12
- Mitchell, Wallace, 1911-1977 12
- Eames, Charles 11
- Marquis, Samuel S., 1866-1948 11
- Saarinen, Lillian Swann, 1912- 11
- Detroit Institute of Arts 10
- Detroit News (Firm) 10
- Eero Saarinen & Associates 10
- Knoll, Florence, 1917-2019 10
- Slade, Roy 10
- Swanson, Jons Robert Ferdinand 10
- GM Technical Center 9
- Milles, Olga Granner, 1874-1967 9
- Strengell, Marianne, 1909- 9
- Booth, James Scripps, 1888-1954 8
- Cranbrook Press 8
- Grotell, Maija, 1899-1973 8
- Paulsen, S. Glen (Serenus Glen) 8
- Bauder, Lillian 7
- Coir, Mark 7
- McMath, Robert R. (Robert Raynolds), 1891-1962 7
- Saarinen Swanson, Pipsan 7
- Scripps, James E. (James Edmund), 1835-1906 7
- Stevens, William Oliver, 1878-1955 7
- Buckberrough, John 6
- Cranbrook House & Gardens (Organization) 6
- Croze, Harvey 6
- Ford Motor Company 6
- Hammarstrom, Olav 6
- Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (Saint Louis, Mo.) 6
- Kirk, Arthur Nevill 6
- Knoll Associates, Inc. 6
- Maroti, Geza 6
- Vettraino, Dominick 6
- Weese, Harry, 1915-1998 6
- Winter, Jessie 6
- Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 6
- Aalto, Alvar, 1898-1976 5
- Booth, Carolyn Farr 5
- Concordia Senior College (Fort Wayne, Ind.) 5
- Frayer, William Alley 5
- Kirchmayer, Johannes, 1860-1930 5
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology 5
- White, Lee A., 1886- 5
- Yale University 5
- Baldwin, Benjamin, 1913-1993 4
- Booth, Ralph H. 4
- Cram, Ralph Adams, 1963-1942 4
- Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research. Cranbrook Archives 4
- Cranbrook Schools 4
- Eames, Ray 4
- Episcopal Church. Diocese of Michigan 4
- Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 4
- General Motors Corporation 4
- Gray, Nellie Beveridge (circa 1906-) 4
- Kimball, Margueritte Eleanor, 1906-1995 4
- Lorch, Emil, 1870-1963 4
- Roche, Kevin, 1922-2019 4
- Schmidt, Julius, 1923-2017 4
- Scripps, Harriet Josephine Messinger, 1838-1933 4
- Stone, Ralph, 1868-1957 4
- Thomas, Richard 4
- Barbour, William T. 3
- Barker, Laurence (Laurence Addison), 1930- 3
- Coulter, Bruce 3
- Cranbrook Academy of Art. Architecture Studio 3
- Cranbrook School (Sydney, Australia) 3
- Eastern Michigan University 3
- Girard, Alexander 3
- Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor, 1869-1924 3
- Hulbert, Harold S. (Harold Stacey), 1887-1949 3
- Institute for Advanced Pastoral Studies 3
- Institute of Design (Chicago, Ill.) 3
- Knodel, Gerhardt 3
- Knoll, Hans, 1914-1955 3
- Korab, Balthazar 3
- Lawrence Technological University 3
- Martin, Dan M. 3
- McCoy, Katherine, 1945- 3
- McCoy, Michael (1944) 3 ∧ less
∨ more
∨ more
∨ more