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Doris Corbett Papers

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Identifier: 2010-08
Abstract Doris Corbett was a history professor and well-known singer and ballad composer, teaching and performing throughout the United States and Canada. While pursuing her doctorate in history, Ms. Corbett’s research brought her to Cranbrook to study the Arts & Crafts movement, Ellen Scripps Booth, and Nellie Beveridge Gray. The bulk of the collection consists of Ms. Corbett’s research of Ellen Scripps Booth and Nellie Beveridge Gray. Of particular note are the transcripts of the oral histories...
Dates: Circa 1873-1989

Marianne Strengell Papers

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Identifier: 1991-07
Abstract Marianne Strengell, daughter of Finnish architect Gustaf Strengell and interior designer Anna Wegelius. Prior to becoming an instructor at Cranbrook in 1937 on Eliel Saarinen's invitation, Strengell held several positions in Scandinavia, designing rugs, textiles and interiors. In 1942, when Loja Saarinen retired, Strengell replaced her as head of the Department of Weaving and Textile Design. She developed a curriculum that emphasized weave structure, versus the more pictorial imagery used by...
Dates: 1620 - 1998; Majority of material found within 1928 - 1995

Bernard “Tony” Rosenthal Papers

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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

Saarinen Family Papers

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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

Saarinen-Swanson Reunion Records

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Identifier: 2001-14
Abstract Eliel Saarinen, along with his wife Loja, son Eero, daughter Pipsan, and son-in-law J. Robert F. Swanson, founded a creative tradition at Cranbrook that endures to this day. The Saarinens' fame and design philosophies attracted many of the brightest talents in the architectural, design, and planning fields to study at Cranbrook or to work for their businesses --- known variously as Saarinen and Swanson; Saarinen and Saarinen; Saarinen, Swanson, and Saarinen; Swanson Associates; and Eero...
Dates: 1995 - 2001

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Bloomfield Hills (Mich.) 2
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Booth, George G. (George Gough), 1864-1949 4
Cranbrook Academy of Art 4
Milles, Carl, 1875-1955 4
Saarinen, Eliel, 1873-1950 4
Saarinen, Lillian Swann, 1912- 4
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Eames, Charles 3
Saarinen, Loja 3
University of Michigan 3
Aalto, Alvar, 1898-1976 2
Coir, Mark 2
Cranbrook Kingswood School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2
Eames, Ray 2
GM Technical Center 2
Hammarstrom, Olav 2
Korab, Balthazar 2
Maroti, Geza 2
Marquis, Samuel S., 1866-1948 2
Mitchell, Wallace, 1911-1977 2
Saarinen Swanson, Pipsan 2
Sepeshy, Zoltan, 1898-1974 2
Slade, Roy 2
Strengell, Gustaf 2
Swanson, Jons Robert Ferdinand 2
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 2
Allen, Maurice B. 1
Baldwin, Benjamin, 1913-1993 1
Bauder, Lillian 1
Booth, Carolyn Farr 1
Booth, Ellen Warren Scripps, 1863-1948 1
Booth, Henry Scripps, 1897-1988 1
Booth, James Scripps, 1888-1954 1
Christ Church Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
Christ-Janer, Albert, 1910-1973 1
Concordia Senior College (Fort Wayne, Ind.) 1
Corbett, Doris 1
Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research. Cranbrook Archives 1
Cranbrook Institute of Science 1
Croze, Harvey 1
Detroit Institute of Arts 1
Dinkeloo, John G. (John Gerard), 1918-1981 1
Eero Saarinen & Associates 1
Ford Motor Company 1
Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 1
General Motors Corporation 1
Girard, Alexander 1
Goldman, Jack M. 1
Gray, Nellie Beveridge (circa 1906-) 1
Grotell, Maija, 1899-1973 1
Hvitträsk (Museum) 1
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (Saint Louis, Mo.) 1
Knodel, Gerhardt 1
Knoll Associates, Inc. 1
Lawrence Technological University 1
Lindbergh, Anne Morrow, 1906-2001 1
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 1
Lorch, Emil, 1870-1963 1
McMath, Robert R. (Robert Raynolds), 1891-1962 1
Milles, Olga Granner, 1874-1967 1
Minoru Yamasaki and Associates 1
Nowicki, M. S. 1
Öhquist, Johannes, 1861-1949 1
Paulsen, S. Glen (Serenus Glen) 1
Pewabic Pottery (Firm) 1
Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973 1
Rapson, Ralph, 1914-2008 1
Roche, Kevin, 1922-2019 1
Rosenthal, Tony, 1914-2009 1
Sailors, Robert David 1
Sampe, Astrid, 1909-2002 1
Scripps, Harriet Josephine Messinger, 1838-1933 1
Scripps, James E. (James Edmund), 1835-1906 1
Sethna, Nelly H., 1932- 1
Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957 1
Sparre, Louis, 1863-1964 1
Strengell, Marianne, 1909- 1
Suomi College 1
Swanson, Robert Saarinen 1
Swanson, Ronald 1
Torre, Susana 1
Weese, Harry, 1915-1998 1
Yale University 1
de Forest, Claude 1
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