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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
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
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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- Booth, Ellen Warren Scripps, 1863-1948 2
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- McMath, Robert R. (Robert Raynolds), 1891-1962 2
- Milles, Carl, 1875-1955 2
- Milles, Olga Granner, 1874-1967 2
- Page, Herman, Reverend, 1866-1942 2
- Saarinen Swanson, Pipsan 2
- Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961 2
- Saarinen, Eliel, 1873-1950 2
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- Sepeshy, Zoltan, 1898-1974 2
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- Aalto, Alvar, 1898-1976 1
- Barbour, William T. 1
- Booth, James Scripps, 1888-1954 1
- Booth, Ralph H. 1
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- Dinkeloo, John G. (John Gerard), 1918-1981 1
- Frayer, William Alley 1
- Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 1
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- Hatt, Robert T. (Robert Torrens), 1902- 1
- Hulbert, Harold S. (Harold Stacey), 1887-1949 1
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- Institute for Advanced Pastoral Studies 1
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- Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (Saint Louis, Mo.) 1
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