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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 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
Samuel Simpson Marquis Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1983-07
Abstract
This collection documents the life and work of Rev. Dr. Samuel Simpson Marquis (1866-1948). Ordained as an Episcopalian priest, he served parishes in Massachusetts before being called to St. Joseph's Church in Detroit, Michigan. In 1906, he became Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral where he oversaw construction of the new cathedral building designed by Ralph Adams Cram. Between 1915-1920, he worked in the Welfare Department of Ford Motor Company before returning to St. Joseph's in 1921. He moved...
Dates:
1817 - 1985; Majority of material found within 1889 - 1940
Lee A. White Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1979-02
Abstract
Lee A White was a journalist, working for the Detroit News from 1911 until his retirement in 1952, except between 1914-1917, when he was an associate professor and chairman of the journalism department at the University of Washington. He developed a close relationship with George G. Booth, serving as his Editorial Secretary and, from 1936, he also served as Chief Librarian for the newspaper, and became its first Director of Public Relations. He served as Director of Cranbrook School for 20...
Dates:
1926 - 1958
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- Booth, George G. (George Gough), 1864-1949 5
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- Booth, Henry Scripps, 1897-1988 3
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- Stevens, William Oliver, 1878-1955 3
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- Hatt, Robert T. (Robert Torrens), 1902- 2
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- Milles, Olga Granner, 1874-1967 2
- Mitchell, Wallace, 1911-1977 2
- Pewabic Pottery (Firm) 2
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- Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961 2
- Saarinen, Lillian Swann, 1912- 2
- Scripps, James E. (James Edmund), 1835-1906 2
- Sepeshy, Zoltan, 1898-1974 2
- Stone, Ralph, 1868-1957 2
- Vettraino, Dominick 2
- Winter, Jessie 2
- Barbour, William T. 1
- Booth, Ralph H. 1
- Booth, Stephen Farr 1
- Bromley, Kate Thompson 1
- Burrowes, Marcus R. 1
- Christ Church Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.). Episcopal Churchwomen 1
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- Cram, Ralph Adams, 1963-1942 1
- Cranbrook Art Museum 1
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- Gray, Nellie Beveridge (circa 1906-) 1
- Grotell, Maija, 1899-1973 1
- Henry Ford Peace Expedition (1915-1916) 1
- Hulbert, Harold S. (Harold Stacey), 1887-1949 1
- Institute for Advanced Pastoral Studies 1
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- Knoll, Florence, 1917-2019 1
- Lindbergh, Anne Morrow, 1906-2001 1
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- Morris & Co. (London, England) 1
- Page, Herman, Reverend, 1866-1942 1
- Paulsen, S. Glen (Serenus Glen) 1
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- Scripps, Harriet Josephine Messinger, 1838-1933 1
- Stone, Arthur J., 1847-1938 1
- Stratton, Mary Chase Perry, 1867-1961 1
- Strengell, Marianne, 1909- 1
- Swanson, Jons Robert Ferdinand 1
- Thompson, Paul W. (Paul Woodard), 1909-1994 1
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