Showing Collections: 1 - 4 of 4
James Scripps and John McLaughlin Booth Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1990-14
Abstract
James Scripps Booth, an automobile designer, artist, and philosopher was the eldest son of George Gough Booth and Ellen Scripps Booth born May 31, 1888, in the Trumbull Avenue home of his grandfather James Edmund Scripps, founder and publisher of the Detroit Evening News. He built a prototype of the Bi-Autogo and in 1913 Booth, uncle William J. Scripps and John Batterman formed the Scripps-Booth Cyclecar Company, manufacturers of small, belt-driven vehicles, the JB Rocket and the Packet....
Dates:
1907 - 1980
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
Virginia Kingswood Booth Vogel Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1999-10
Abstract
Virginia Kingswood Booth Vogel was the only daughter of Ralph Harman Booth and Myrtle Mary Batterman Booth. Ralph Harman Booth was a cofounder of Booth Newspapers and a brother of George Gough Booth, founder of Cranbrook. As President of the Detroit Museum of Art and of the Detroit Arts Commission, Booth was responsible for the creation of the Detroit Institute of Arts, and served as the Institute's director as well as a member of its board of directors. Virginia Booth married William...
Dates:
1990 - 1998
Lee A. White Papers
Collection
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
Filter Results
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Art auctions 2
- Arts 2
- Newspapers 2
- Photographs 2
- Scrapbooks 2
- Art -- Study and teaching 1
- Automobile industry and trade 1
- Automotive drafting 1
- Church architecture 1
- Church dedication 1
- Clergy 1
- Decorative arts 1
- Education 1
- Europe 1
- Graphic arts 1
- Housing 1
- Newspapers -- Ownership 1
- Pastels (Visual works) 1
- Poetry -- Authorship 1
- Public relations 1
- Religion 1
- Religious literature -- Authorship 1
- Science museums 1
- Sculpture 1 ∧ less
- Names
- Booth, George G. (George Gough), 1864-1949 3
- Booth, Henry Scripps, 1897-1988 2
- Booth, James Scripps, 1888-1954 2
- Cranbrook Academy of Art 2
- Cranbrook Foundation 2
- Cranbrook Press 2
- Detroit Institute of Arts 2
- Episcopal Church. Diocese of Michigan 2
- Marquis, Samuel S., 1866-1948 2
- Barker, Laurence (Laurence Addison), 1930- 1
- Booth, Ellen Warren Scripps, 1863-1948 1
- Booth, John McLaughlin 1
- Booth, Myrtle Mary 1
- Booth, Ralph H. 1
- Brookside School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Buckberrough, John 1
- Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson 1
- Cram, Ralph Adams, 1963-1942 1
- Cranbrook Church of England Primary School (Cranbrook, Kent, England) 1
- Cranbrook Institute of Science 1
- Cranbrook Kingswood School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Cranbrook School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Cranbrook School (Sydney, Australia) 1
- Curtis, Roswell G. 1
- Ford Motor Company 1
- Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 1
- Frayer, William Alley 1
- Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 1
- Hatt, Robert T. (Robert Torrens), 1902- 1
- Henry Ford Peace Expedition (1915-1916) 1
- Institute of Design (Chicago, Ill.) 1
- McMath, Robert R. (Robert Raynolds), 1891-1962 1
- Mitchell, Wallace, 1911-1977 1
- Paulsen, S. Glen (Serenus Glen) 1
- Saarinen, Eliel, 1873-1950 1
- Saarinen, Lillian Swann, 1912- 1
- Saarinen, Loja 1
- Schmidt, Julius, 1923-2017 1
- Sepeshy, Zoltan, 1898-1974 1
- Stevens, William Oliver, 1878-1955 1
- Stone, Ralph, 1868-1957 1
- Thompson, Paul W. (Paul Woodard), 1909-1994 1
- Valentiner, Wilhelm Reinhold, 1880-1958 1
- Vettraino, Dominick 1
- Vogel, Virginia Kingswood Booth 1
- White, Lee A., 1886- 1
- Winter, Jessie 1 ∧ less
∨ more
∨ more