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Jack M. Goldman Collection of Eero Saarinen and Associates Material
Collection
Identifier: 1995-46
Abstract
Jack M. Goldman came to Detroit in 1951 to work on the GM Tech Center project. From 1955-1958, Goldman worked for Eero Saarinen and Associates, except for a six month period in 1957 when he received the Francis J. Plym Fellowship to travel abroad and study European architecture. Goldman later was a principal in Fields, Goldman and Magee Architects in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. This collection contains news articles about various projects, program information and correspondence on the London...
Dates:
1953 - 1991
Carl Magnusson Collection of Astrid Sampe Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: 2008-09
Abstract
Astrid Sampe studied at the Higher Industrial Art School of Stockholm and as an exchange student at the Royal Academy of Art in London. Her career spanned many decades starting in 1935, and encompassed being head of Nordiska Kompaniet (NK), being appointed "Royal Designer, Hon.RDI of the Royal Society of Arts and, in 1951, wove the first fiberglass fabrics. Eero Saarinen and Astrid Sampe had a personal relationship in the early 1950s, as documented in his correspondence to her. These letters...
Dates:
1951 - 1956
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
Saarinen Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1990-08
Abstract
Finnish architect, Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen was born August 20, 1873. In 1904 Saarinen married artist Minna Carolina Mathilde Louise “Loja” Gesellius (b. 1879). The Saarinen's daughter Eeva Lisa “Pipsan” was born in Helsingfors, Finland on 31 March 1905 and their son Eero was born in Kyrkslaett, Finland on 20 August 1910. In 1923 Eliel met the Detroit newspaper magnate George Gough Booth, who was to become his chief patron in America. At Booth’s invitation, Saarinen moved his practice to...
Dates:
1880 - 1989
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- Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (Saint Louis, Mo.) 2
- Knoll Associates, Inc. 2
- Maroti, Geza 2
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2
- Milles, Carl, 1875-1955 2
- Saarinen, Eliel, 1873-1950 2
- Saarinen, Lillian Swann, 1912- 2
- Sampe, Astrid, 1909-2002 2
- Sepeshy, Zoltan, 1898-1974 2
- Strengell, Gustaf 2
- Aalto, Alvar, 1898-1976 1
- Baldwin, Benjamin, 1913-1993 1
- Christ-Janer, Albert, 1910-1973 1
- Coir, Mark 1
- Concordia Senior College (Fort Wayne, Ind.) 1
- Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Cranbrook Institute of Science 1
- Cranbrook Kingswood School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Croze, Harvey 1
- Detroit News (Firm) 1
- Dinkeloo, John G. (John Gerard), 1918-1981 1
- Eames, Charles 1
- Eames, Ray 1
- Eero Saarinen & Associates 1
- Ford Motor Company 1
- Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 1
- General Motors Corporation 1
- Goldman, Jack M. 1
- Gray, Nellie Beveridge (circa 1906-) 1
- Grotell, Maija, 1899-1973 1
- Hammarstrom, Olav 1
- Hvitträsk (Museum) 1
- Knoll, Hans, 1914-1955 1
- Kratikos Aerolimenas Athēnōn 1
- Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 1
- Lorch, Emil, 1870-1963 1
- Marquis, Samuel S., 1866-1948 1
- McMath, Robert R. (Robert Raynolds), 1891-1962 1
- Milles, Olga Granner, 1874-1967 1
- Mitchell, Wallace, 1911-1977 1
- Öhquist, Johannes, 1861-1949 1
- Paulsen, S. Glen (Serenus Glen) 1
- Saarinen Swanson, Pipsan 1
- Sailors, Robert David 1
- Sethna, Nelly H., 1932- 1
- Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957 1
- Slade, Roy 1
- Sparre, Louis, 1863-1964 1
- Strengell, Marianne, 1909- 1
- Suomi College 1
- Swanson, Jons Robert Ferdinand 1
- Swanson, Ronald 1
- University of Michigan 1
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