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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
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
F. Shirley Prouty Research Collection on Johannes Kirchmayer
Collection
Identifier: 2018-04
Abstract
F. Shirley Prouty is the great great-niece of Johannes Kirchmayer. She spent many years researching his life, family history, and artworks. Her research is published in the book Johannes Kirchmayer, 1860-1930: master carver from Germany's passion play village to America's finest sanctuaries. This collection holds the research files for this publication. Johannes Kirchmayer was born in Oberammergau, Bavaria, in 1860 and emigrated to the United States in 1880. He work is predominantly...
Dates:
1873 - 2015; Majority of material found within 1994 - 2015
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- Booth, Ellen Warren Scripps, 1863-1948 2
- Booth, Henry Scripps, 1897-1988 2
- Booth, James Scripps, 1888-1954 2
- Booth, Ralph H. 2
- Christ Church Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2
- Connick, Charles J. (Charles Jay), 1875- 2
- Cram and Ferguson 2
- Cram, Ralph Adams, 1963-1942 2
- Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2
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- Cranbrook Kingswood School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2
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- Frayer, William Alley 2
- Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 2
- Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor, 1869-1924 2
- Hatt, Robert T. (Robert Torrens), 1902- 2
- Irving & Casson 2
- Kirk, Arthur Nevill 2
- Lorch, Emil, 1870-1963 2
- Maroti, Geza 2
- Marquis, Samuel S., 1866-1948 2
- Milles, Carl, 1875-1955 2
- Milles, Olga Granner, 1874-1967 2
- Morris & Co. (London, England) 2
- Page, Herman, Reverend, 1866-1942 2
- Pewabic Pottery (Firm) 2
- Saarinen, Eliel, 1873-1950 2
- Saarinen, Loja 2
- Scripps, James E. (James Edmund), 1835-1906 2
- Society of Arts and Crafts (Boston, Mass.) 2
- Stone, Ralph, 1868-1957 2
- Stratton, Mary Chase Perry, 1867-1961 2
- Swanson, Jons Robert Ferdinand 2
- Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 1
- All Saints’ Ashmont (Parish : Boston, Mass.) 1
- Ardolino, Edward 1
- Bach, Oscar Bruno, 1884-1957 1
- Bank of Montreal 1
- Barbour, William T. 1
- Bertoia, Harry 1
- Booth, Carolyn Farr 1
- Booth, Stephen Farr 1
- Bradford, Francis Scott, 1898-1961 1
- Brigham, Charles, 1841-1925 1
- Brookside School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Buckberrough, John 1
- Burrowes, Marcus R. 1
- Cascieri, Arcangelo, 1902-1997 1
- Charles E. Lauriat Co. 1
- Church of St. Mary the Virgin (New York, N.Y.) 1
- Church of the Intercession (New York, N.Y.) 1
- Cleveland Museum of Art 1
- Cooke, Edward S., Jr. (Edward Strong), 1954- 1
- Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson 1
- Cram, Wentworth, and Goodhue 1
- Cranbrook Art Museum 1
- Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research. Cranbrook Archives 1
- Cranbrook House & Gardens (Organization) 1
- Croze, Harvey 1
- Detroit News (Firm) 1
- Detroit Trust Company 1
- Eames, Charles 1
- Edw. F. Caldwell & Co. 1
- Ehrich Galleries 1
- Episcopal Church. Diocese of Michigan 1
- Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 1
- Grigny, Nicolas de, 1672-1703 1
- Grotell, Maija, 1899-1973 1
- Herter Brothers (New York, N.Y.) 1
- Herter, Albert, 1871-1950 1
- Hulbert, Harold S. (Harold Stacey), 1887-1949 1
- Institute for Advanced Pastoral Studies 1
- Institute of Design (Chicago, Ill.) 1
- James Powell & Sons (Whitefriars) Ltd. 1
- Kellogg, Frederick William, 1866-1940 1
- Kempe, Charles Eamer, 1837-1907 1
- Knoll, Florence, 1917-2019 1
- Lauriat, Charles E., 1842-1920 1
- Lawrie, Lee, 1877-1963 1
- Le Brun, Napoleon, 1821-1901 1
- Manship, Paul, 1885-1966 1
- McEwen, Katherine 1
- McMath, Robert R. (Robert Raynolds), 1891-1962 1
- McRae, Milton A. (Milton Alexander), 1858-1930 1
- Mitchell, Wallace, 1911-1977 1
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 1
- Packard Motor Car Company 1
- Paulsen, S. Glen (Serenus Glen) 1
- Plumb, Helen 1
- Prouty, F. Shirley (Florence Shirley) 1
- Richardson, H. H. (Henry Hobson), 1838-1886 1
- Royal School of Needlework (London, England) 1
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