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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 Academy of Art Administration Records
Collection
Identifier: 1981-09
Abstract
In 1927 George G. Booth established the Cranbrook Academy of Art as an educational environment where students could come and learn from master artists in residence. The Academy functioned as a department under the Cranbrook Foundation and included painting, architecture, sculpture, ceramics and decorative design. The first Academy students were taken in early 1930. Eliel Saarinen was the first President (1932-1946). In 1942, with the opening of the Museum and Library, the Academy became an...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1942 - 1973
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
Astrid Sampe Collection of Eero Saarinen Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: 1995-87
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. This collection comprises correspondence reflecting the romantic attachment between Eero Saarinen and Astrid Sampe, as well as her role...
Dates:
1948 - 1960
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- Booth, George G. (George Gough), 1864-1949 4
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- Booth, Henry Scripps, 1897-1988 3
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- Detroit Institute of Arts 3
- Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 3
- Grotell, Maija, 1899-1973 3
- Hatt, Robert T. (Robert Torrens), 1902- 3
- Lorch, Emil, 1870-1963 3
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- Marquis, Samuel S., 1866-1948 3
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- Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961 3
- Saarinen, Lillian Swann, 1912- 3
- Saarinen, Loja 3
- Sepeshy, Zoltan, 1898-1974 3
- Swanson, Jons Robert Ferdinand 3
- Aalto, Alvar, 1898-1976 2
- Booth, Ellen Warren Scripps, 1863-1948 2
- Booth, James Scripps, 1888-1954 2
- Booth, Ralph H. 2
- Christ-Janer, Albert, 1910-1973 2
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- GM Technical Center 2
- Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (Saint Louis, Mo.) 2
- Kirchmayer, Johannes, 1860-1930 2
- Kirk, Arthur Nevill 2
- McMath, Robert R. (Robert Raynolds), 1891-1962 2
- Mitchell, Wallace, 1911-1977 2
- Morris & Co. (London, England) 2
- Paulsen, S. Glen (Serenus Glen) 2
- Pewabic Pottery (Firm) 2
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- Scripps, James E. (James Edmund), 1835-1906 2
- Stone, Ralph, 1868-1957 2
- Stratton, Mary Chase Perry, 1867-1961 2
- Strengell, Gustaf 2
- Vettraino, Dominick 2
- Ardolino, Edward 1
- Bach, Oscar Bruno, 1884-1957 1
- Bank of Montreal 1
- Barbour, William T. 1
- Barker, Laurence (Laurence Addison), 1930- 1
- Booth, Carolyn Farr 1
- Booth, Stephen Farr 1
- Bradford, Francis Scott, 1898-1961 1
- Brookside School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Buckberrough, John 1
- Burrowes, Marcus R. 1
- Charles E. Lauriat Co. 1
- Christ Church Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Cleveland Museum of Art 1
- Connick, Charles J. (Charles Jay), 1875- 1
- Cram and Ferguson 1
- Cram, Ralph Adams, 1963-1942 1
- Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research. Cranbrook Archives 1
- Cranbrook House & Gardens (Organization) 1
- Croze, Harvey 1
- Detroit Trust Company 1
- Dinkeloo, John G. (John Gerard), 1918-1981 1
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- Episcopal Church. Diocese of Michigan 1
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- Hulbert, Harold S. (Harold Stacey), 1887-1949 1
- Hvitträsk (Museum) 1
- Institute for Advanced Pastoral Studies 1
- Institute of Design (Chicago, Ill.) 1
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- James Powell & Sons (Whitefriars) Ltd. 1
- Kellogg, Frederick William, 1866-1940 1
- Knoll Associates, Inc. 1
- Knoll, Florence, 1917-2019 1
- Knoll, Hans, 1914-1955 1
- Lauriat, Charles E., 1842-1920 1
- Manship, Paul, 1885-1966 1
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1
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- McRae, Milton A. (Milton Alexander), 1858-1930 1
- Öhquist, Johannes, 1861-1949 1
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