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George Gough Booth Papers

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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

Henry Scripps Booth and Carolyn Farr Booth Papers

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Identifier: 1982-05
Abstract Henry Scripps Booth and Carolyn Farr Booth, lovers of art, music, and travel, were lifelong advocates of Cranbrook, dedicated to its development, both physically and organizationally. Henry (1897-1988) was the fourth child of the founders of Cranbrook, George Gough Booth and Ellen Scripps Booth. Carolyn (1902-1984) was the daughter of Merton E. Farr, president of the American Shipbuilding Company. While an architecture student at the University of Michigan, Henry helped his father design the...
Dates: 1897 - 1988; Majority of material found within 1909 - 1988

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

Cranbrook Foundation Office Records

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Identifier: 1981-05
Abstract The Cranbrook Foundation was established on November 28, 1927, by George Gough Booth and Ellen Scripps Booth. It was a trust and administrative entity to endow and support the six institutions that George and Ellen had founded: Brookside School Cranbrook, Christ Church Cranbrook, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Cranbrook Institute of Science, Cranbrook School, and Kingswood School Cranbrook. It's initial mission was, "to add to and strengthen the educational and cultural facilities within the...
Dates: 1926 - 1973

Cranbrook Founders’ Day Records

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Identifier: 1996-09
Abstract The Founders' Award recognizes those who have made a special contribution to Cranbrook. The first Founders’ Day Celebration was held at Cranbrook School on October 26, 1928. After dinner at the school, George Gough Booth made an address to the student body, formally conveying the school buildings to them, and speaking of citizenship. He also made a presentation to the school of Rembrandt Peale’s portrait of George Washington, to be hung in the lobby of the Commons. The formal address,...
Dates: 1928 - 1993

Cranbrook Lower School Brookside Records

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Identifier: 2002-04
Abstract After various attempts at a school for young children in the area, the Bloomfield Hills School opened in 1922, occupying the Meeting House owned and built by George G. Booth at Lone Pine and Cranbrook Roads. With subsequent building additions by Booth and his son Henry Scripps Booth, the student body likewise grew from eight students in its first year to 101 by 1929. A private co-ed school for students in grades K-6, the school officially became Brookside School Cranbrook in 1930. Undergoing...
Dates: 1922 - 2022; Majority of material found within 1923 - 1999

Kingswood School Records

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Identifier: 1980-01
Abstract Kingswood School Cranbrook was a day and boarding school for girls beginning with the seventh grade and continuing through the twelfth grade. Kingswood School was established through a deed of Trust executed on July 24, 1930, between the Cranbrook Foundation and a Board of Trustees consisting of William T. Barbour, Ralph Stone, Luman W. Goodenough, Alvan Macauley, Clarence H. Booth, James Inglis, and Sidney D. Waldon. The Board selected Gladys Turnbach, of Miss Hall’s School in Pittsfield,...
Dates: 1930 - 1985

Lee A. White Papers

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Identifier: 1979-02
Abstract Lee A White was a journalist, working for the Detroit News from 1911 until his retirement in 1952, except between 1914-1917, when he was an associate professor and chairman of the journalism department at the University of Washington. He developed a close relationship with George G. Booth, serving as his Editorial Secretary and, from 1936, he also served as Chief Librarian for the newspaper, and became its first Director of Public Relations. He served as Director of Cranbrook School for 20...
Dates: 1926 - 1958

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Art -- Study and teaching 4
Bloomfield Hills (Mich.) 4
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Christ Church Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 6
Cranbrook Academy of Art 6
Cranbrook Foundation 6
Saarinen, Eliel, 1873-1950 6
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Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 5
Marquis, Samuel S., 1866-1948 5
Milles, Carl, 1875-1955 5
Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 4
Cranbrook Institute of Science 4
Cranbrook School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 4
Frayer, William Alley 4
Hatt, Robert T. (Robert Torrens), 1902- 4
Saarinen, Loja 4
Booth, Carolyn Farr 3
Booth, James Scripps, 1888-1954 3
Brookside School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 3
Buckberrough, John 3
Cranbrook Press 3
Kirchmayer, Johannes, 1860-1930 3
Lorch, Emil, 1870-1963 3
McMath, Robert R. (Robert Raynolds), 1891-1962 3
Pewabic Pottery (Firm) 3
Scripps, James E. (James Edmund), 1835-1906 3
Sepeshy, Zoltan, 1898-1974 3
Stone, Ralph, 1868-1957 3
Swanson, Jons Robert Ferdinand 3
Winter, Jessie 3
Barbour, William T. 2
Bertoia, Harry 2
Booth, Ralph H. 2
Cram, Ralph Adams, 1963-1942 2
Cranbrook House & Gardens (Organization) 2
Detroit Institute of Arts 2
Detroit News (Firm) 2
Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts 2
Episcopal Church. Diocese of Michigan 2
Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 2
Institute of Design (Chicago, Ill.) 2
Kirk, Arthur Nevill 2
Knoll, Florence, 1917-2019 2
Maroti, Geza 2
McEwen, Katherine 2
Milles, Olga Granner, 1874-1967 2
Mitchell, Wallace, 1911-1977 2
Morris & Co. (London, England) 2
Page, Herman, Reverend, 1866-1942 2
Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961 2
Saarinen, Lillian Swann, 1912- 2
Stevens, William Oliver, 1878-1955 2
Stratton, Mary Chase Perry, 1867-1961 2
University of Michigan 2
Vettraino, Dominick 2
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 2
Ardolino, Edward 1
Bach, Oscar Bruno, 1884-1957 1
Bank of Montreal 1
Bauder, Lillian 1
Booth, Stephen Farr 1
Bradford, Francis Scott, 1898-1961 1
Burrowes, Marcus R. 1
Charles E. Lauriat Co. 1
Cleveland Museum of Art 1
Coir, Mark 1
Connick, Charles J. (Charles Jay), 1875- 1
Corbett, Doris 1
Cram and Ferguson 1
Cranbrook Art Museum 1
Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research. Cranbrook Archives 1
Cranbrook Church of England Primary School (Cranbrook, Kent, England) 1
Cranbrook School (Sydney, Australia) 1
Cranbrook Schools 1
Croze, Harvey 1
Curtis, Roswell G. 1
Denio, John P. 1
Detroit Trust Company 1
Eames, Charles 1
Edw. F. Caldwell & Co. 1
Ehrich Galleries 1
Eschmann, Jean 1
Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor, 1869-1924 1
Grotell, Maija, 1899-1973 1
Herter, Albert, 1871-1950 1
Hulbert, Harold S. (Harold Stacey), 1887-1949 1
Institute for Advanced Pastoral Studies 1
Irving & Casson 1
James Powell & Sons (Whitefriars) Ltd. 1
Kausch, Jack 1
Kellogg, Frederick William, 1866-1940 1
Lauriat, Charles E., 1842-1920 1
Lindbergh, Anne Morrow, 1906-2001 1
Manship, Paul, 1885-1966 1
McRae, Milton A. (Milton Alexander), 1858-1930 1
Packard Motor Car Company 1
Paulsen, S. Glen (Serenus Glen) 1
Plumb, Helen 1
Royal School of Needlework (London, England) 1
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