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Cranbrook House and Gardens Auxiliary Records
Collection
Identifier: 1995-11
Abstract
Henry Scripps Booth, youngest son of the Cranbrook founders, developed the idea of organizing an auxiliary for the purpose of helping to preserve and improve the gardens surrounding Cranbrook House. The inaugural meeting of the Cranbrook Gardens Auxiliary took place the 4th of March, 1971, at Cranbrook House. The success of this organization led to the creation of the Cranbrook House Auxiliary in 1975 to organize the use of Cranbrook House for receptions and provide information about the...
Dates:
1950 - 2002
Marianne Strengell Papers
Collection
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
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- Baldwin, Benjamin, 1913-1993 1
- Bertoia, Harry 1
- Booth, George G. (George Gough), 1864-1949 1
- Booth, Henry Scripps, 1897-1988 1
- Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Cranbrook Academy of Art 1
- Croze, Harvey 1
- Eames, Charles 1
- Eames, Ray 1
- Ford Motor Company 1
- GM Technical Center 1
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- Hammarstrom, Olav 1
- Knoll Associates, Inc. 1
- Knoll, Florence, 1917-2019 1
- Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 1
- Maroti, Geza 1
- Milles, Carl, 1875-1955 1
- Mitchell, Wallace, 1911-1977 1
- Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961 1
- Saarinen, Eliel, 1873-1950 1
- Saarinen, Lillian Swann, 1912- 1
- Saarinen, Loja 1
- Sailors, Robert David 1
- Sampe, Astrid, 1909-2002 1
- Schjolin, Maja 1
- Sepeshy, Zoltan, 1898-1974 1
- Sethna, Nelly H., 1932- 1
- Slade, Roy 1
- Strengell, Gustaf 1
- Strengell, Marianne, 1909- 1
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