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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
Henry Scripps Booth and Carolyn Farr Booth Papers
Collection
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
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
Kate Thompson Bromley Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1981-04
Abstract
Kate Agnes Thompson married Frank Latham Bromley on May 2, 1900, in Detroit. They moved to Bloomfield Hills and, as neighbors, became ensconced in the Cranbrook community. Kate’s personal interests centered in the arts, and she became very good friends with Carl and Olga Milles, as well as with other Cranbrook personalities. The collection consists of photocopies of excerpts from the diaries of Kate Thompson Bromley. The diary entries document Bromley’s association with Cranbrook...
Dates:
1916 - 1955
Christ Church Cranbrook Records
Collection
Identifier: 1992-01
Abstract
In 1923, George Gough Booth wrote to the Rev. Samuel Simpson Marquis with his ideas for building an Episcopal church and school on the Cranbrook estate to serve the needs of the growing Bloomfield Hills community. Booth would fund the construction of the church and provide an endowment for its maintenance. After obtaining the agreement of Bishop Herman Page, hiring and architect and a contractor, a groundbreaking ceremony took place on July 5, 1925. Christ Church Cranbrook was consecrated on...
Dates:
1923 - 2002
Doris Corbett Papers
Collection
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 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 Architectural Office Records
Collection
Identifier: 1989-01
Abstract
Records of the Cranbrook Architectural Office which was responsible for the supervision, inspection, approval and acceptance of all construction work at Cranbrook, beginning with Eliel Saarinen's leadership through its closure in the 1980s. The materials reflect the planning and building phases of the Brookside School (BS), Christ Church Cranbrook (CCC), Cranbrook Academy of Art (CAA), Cranbrook House, Cranbrook Institute of Science (CIS), Cranbrook School (CS), Kingswood School (KS), and...
Dates:
1925 - 1987
Cranbrook Foundation Office Records
Collection
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 Institute of Science Director’s Office Records
Collection
Identifier: 1990-31
Abstract
Cranbrook Institute of Science is a nationally recognized natural history and science museum primarily serving Michigan and the Great Lakes region. It seeks to interest and educate people of all ages about nature, science and humankind through its exhibits, education, collection, research, and public programs. The Institute is a division of Cranbrook Educational Community, beginning, as do all Cranbrook institutions, with the vision and generosity of George Gough Booth. Originally...
Dates:
1920 - 1990
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- Christ Church Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 12
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- Saarinen, Eliel, 1873-1950 11
- Booth, Henry Scripps, 1897-1988 10
- Milles, Carl, 1875-1955 9
- Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 8
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- Sepeshy, Zoltan, 1898-1974 8
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- Booth, Ellen Warren Scripps, 1863-1948 7
- Cranbrook Kingswood School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 7
- Eames, Charles 7
- Hatt, Robert T. (Robert Torrens), 1902- 7
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- Mitchell, Wallace, 1911-1977 7
- Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961 7
- Saarinen, Loja 7
- Cranbrook School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 6
- Detroit Institute of Arts 6
- Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 6
- Swanson, Jons Robert Ferdinand 6
- University of Michigan 6
- Booth, James Scripps, 1888-1954 5
- Buckberrough, John 5
- Knoll, Florence, 1917-2019 5
- Maroti, Geza 5
- McMath, Robert R. (Robert Raynolds), 1891-1962 5
- Saarinen, Lillian Swann, 1912- 5
- Brookside School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 4
- Cranbrook Press 4
- Detroit News (Firm) 4
- Frayer, William Alley 4
- Kirchmayer, Johannes, 1860-1930 4
- Kirk, Arthur Nevill 4
- Lorch, Emil, 1870-1963 4
- Milles, Olga Granner, 1874-1967 4
- Paulsen, S. Glen (Serenus Glen) 4
- Stevens, William Oliver, 1878-1955 4
- Stone, Ralph, 1868-1957 4
- Strengell, Marianne, 1909- 4
- Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 4
- Booth, Carolyn Farr 3
- Cram, Ralph Adams, 1963-1942 3
- Cranbrook House & Gardens (Organization) 3
- Episcopal Church. Diocese of Michigan 3
- Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 3
- Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor, 1869-1924 3
- Grotell, Maija, 1899-1973 3
- Hulbert, Harold S. (Harold Stacey), 1887-1949 3
- Institute of Design (Chicago, Ill.) 3
- Page, Herman, Reverend, 1866-1942 3
- Pewabic Pottery (Firm) 3
- Saarinen Swanson, Pipsan 3
- Scripps, James E. (James Edmund), 1835-1906 3
- Slade, Roy 3
- Stratton, Mary Chase Perry, 1867-1961 3
- Strengell, Gustaf 3
- Vettraino, Dominick 3
- Weese, Harry, 1915-1998 3
- White, Lee A., 1886- 3
- Aalto, Alvar, 1898-1976 2
- Baldwin, Benjamin, 1913-1993 2
- Barbour, William T. 2
- Barker, Laurence (Laurence Addison), 1930- 2
- Booth, Ralph H. 2
- Christ-Janer, Albert, 1910-1973 2
- Connick, Charles J. (Charles Jay), 1875- 2
- Cram and Ferguson 2
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- Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts 2
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- Hammarstrom, Olav 2
- Irving & Casson 2
- Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (Saint Louis, Mo.) 2
- Knoll Associates, Inc. 2
- McEwen, Katherine 2
- Morris & Co. (London, England) 2
- Schmidt, Julius, 1923-2017 2
- Society of Arts and Crafts (Boston, Mass.) 2
- Thomas, Richard 2
- Thompson, Paul W. (Paul Woodard), 1909-1994 2
- Winter, Jessie 2
- Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 1
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- Appleman, Daniel E. (1931-1998) 1
- Ardolino, Edward 1
- Bach, Oscar Bruno, 1884-1957 1
- Bank of Montreal 1
- Bauder, Lillian 1
- Bonawit, Owen G. 1
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- Booth, Stephen Farr 1
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