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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
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
Cranbrook School Records
Collection
Identifier: 1979-06
Abstract
Cranbrook School was established by a Trust Indenture on 15 January 1926 to, “provide for the moral and religious education of the youth committed to its care,” under the supervision of three governing boards: the Board of Directors, the Advisory Board, and the Board of Trustees. Originally conceived as a Church school of Christ Church Cranbrook by September of 1924, George Booth had decided that the school should have a separate site to allow for expansion. When it opened on September 19,...
Dates:
1927 - 1985
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
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- Booth, George G. (George Gough), 1864-1949 4
- Christ Church Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 3
- Cranbrook Academy of Art 3
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- Episcopal Church. Diocese of Michigan 3
- Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 3
- Kirk, Arthur Nevill 3
- Maroti, Geza 3
- Saarinen, Eliel, 1873-1950 3
- Booth, Ellen Warren Scripps, 1863-1948 2
- Cram, Ralph Adams, 1963-1942 2
- Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2
- Cranbrook School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2
- Detroit News (Firm) 2
- Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 2
- Kirchmayer, Johannes, 1860-1930 2
- Milles, Carl, 1875-1955 2
- Milles, Olga Granner, 1874-1967 2
- Saarinen, Loja 2
- Stevens, William Oliver, 1878-1955 2
- Ardolino, Edward 1
- Bach, Oscar Bruno, 1884-1957 1
- Bank of Montreal 1
- Bertoia, Harry 1
- Booth, Henry Scripps, 1897-1988 1
- Booth, James Scripps, 1888-1954 1
- Booth, Ralph H. 1
- Bradford, Francis Scott, 1898-1961 1
- Bromley, Kate Thompson 1
- Charles E. Lauriat Co. 1
- Christ Church Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.). Episcopal Churchwomen 1
- Cleveland Museum of Art 1
- Connick, Charles J. (Charles Jay), 1875- 1
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- Coulter, Bruce 1
- Cram and Ferguson 1
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- Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research. Cranbrook Archives 1
- Cranbrook Institute of Science 1
- Cranbrook Kingswood School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Cranbrook Press 1
- Croze, Harvey 1
- Detroit Industrial Mission 1
- Detroit Institute of Arts 1
- Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts 1
- Detroit Trust Company 1
- Edw. F. Caldwell & Co. 1
- Ehrich Galleries 1
- Emrich, Richard S. M. (Richard Stanley Merrill), 1910- 1
- Eschmann, Jean 1
- Ford Motor Company 1
- Frayer, William Alley 1
- Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor, 1869-1924 1
- Gray, Nellie Beveridge (circa 1906-) 1
- Hatt, Robert T. (Robert Torrens), 1902- 1
- Henry Ford Peace Expedition (1915-1916) 1
- Herter, Albert, 1871-1950 1
- Hoey, Harry D. (1904-1995) 1
- James Powell & Sons (Whitefriars) Ltd. 1
- Kellogg, Frederick William, 1866-1940 1
- Lauriat, Charles E., 1842-1920 1
- Lorch, Emil, 1870-1963 1
- Manship, Paul, 1885-1966 1
- McEwen, Katherine 1
- McRae, Milton A. (Milton Alexander), 1858-1930 1
- Morris & Co. (London, England) 1
- Packard Motor Car Company 1
- Pewabic Pottery (Firm) 1
- Royal School of Needlework (London, England) 1
- Saarinen Swanson, Pipsan 1
- Salas, Samuel A. 1
- Scripps, E. W. (Edward Willis), 1854-1926 1
- Scripps, Ellen Browning, 1836-1932 1
- Scripps, James E. (James Edmund), 1835-1906 1
- Scripps, William E. (William Edmund), 1882-1952 1
- Simonds, O. C. (Ossian Cole), 1855-1931 1
- Society of Arts and Crafts (Boston, Mass.) 1
- Stabler, W. Brooke 1
- Stone, Ralph, 1868-1957 1
- Stratton, Mary Chase Perry, 1867-1961 1
- Strengell, Gustaf 1
- Strengell, Marianne, 1909- 1
- Swanson, Jons Robert Ferdinand 1
- University of Michigan 1
- White, Lee A., 1886- 1
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