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James Scripps and John McLaughlin Booth Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1990-14
Abstract
James Scripps Booth, an automobile designer, artist, and philosopher was the eldest son of George Gough Booth and Ellen Scripps Booth born May 31, 1888, in the Trumbull Avenue home of his grandfather James Edmund Scripps, founder and publisher of the Detroit Evening News. He built a prototype of the Bi-Autogo and in 1913 Booth, uncle William J. Scripps and John Batterman formed the Scripps-Booth Cyclecar Company, manufacturers of small, belt-driven vehicles, the JB Rocket and the Packet....
Dates:
1907 - 1980
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
Cranbrook Institute of Science Director’s Office Records
Collection
Identifier: 1990-31
Abstract
Cranbrook Institute of Science is a nationally recognized natural history and science museum primarily serving Michigan and the Great Lakes region. It seeks to interest and educate people of all ages about nature, science and humankind through its exhibits, education, collection, research, and public programs. The Institute is a division of Cranbrook Educational Community, beginning, as do all Cranbrook institutions, with the vision and generosity of George Gough Booth. Originally...
Dates:
1920 - 1990
Richard Thomas Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1989-14
Abstract
Richard Thomas graduated from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in May 1948 with an MFA in painting, subsequently re-establishing the Metalsmithing Department at the Academy and becoming Head for thirty-six years. He also served in other administrative capacities for the Academy, including Dean of Students (1951-50), Registrar (1962-65), Administrative Assistant to the President (1965-66), and Dean of Students (1968). His chief interest was liturgical art, fabricating around 300 objects for...
Dates:
1930 - 1984; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1978
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- Booth, George G. (George Gough), 1864-1949 4
- Booth, Henry Scripps, 1897-1988 4
- Booth, James Scripps, 1888-1954 4
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- Sepeshy, Zoltan, 1898-1974 3
- Barker, Laurence (Laurence Addison), 1930- 2
- Bertoia, Harry 2
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- Booth, Ellen Warren Scripps, 1863-1948 2
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- Hatt, Robert T. (Robert Torrens), 1902- 2
- Hulbert, Harold S. (Harold Stacey), 1887-1949 2
- Marquis, Samuel S., 1866-1948 2
- McMath, Robert R. (Robert Raynolds), 1891-1962 2
- Milles, Carl, 1875-1955 2
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- Saarinen, Lillian Swann, 1912- 2
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- Scripps, James E. (James Edmund), 1835-1906 2
- Stone, Arthur J., 1847-1938 2
- Swanson, Jons Robert Ferdinand 2
- Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 2
- Appleman, Daniel E. (1931-1998) 1
- Barbour, William T. 1
- Booth, John McLaughlin 1
- Booth, Ralph H. 1
- Booth, Stephen Farr 1
- Brookside School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Burrowes, Marcus R. 1
- Cain, Stanley A. (Stanley Adair), 1902-1995 1
- Carmel, James H., 1919-2016 1
- Colburn, William 1
- Corbett, Doris 1
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- Cranbrook House & Gardens (Organization) 1
- Cranbrook School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Croze, Harvey 1
- Dansereau, Pierre, 1911-2011 1
- Detroit News (Firm) 1
- Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts 1
- Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 1
- Frayer, William Alley 1
- Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 1
- Goodall, Jane, 1934- 1
- Grotell, Maija, 1899-1973 1
- Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum 1
- Institute for Advanced Pastoral Studies 1
- Institute of Design (Chicago, Ill.) 1
- Irving & Casson 1
- Kirchmayer, Johannes, 1860-1930 1
- Kirk, Arthur Nevill 1
- Knoll, Florence, 1917-2019 1
- Lawrence Technological University 1
- Levin, Carl, 1934-2021 1
- Lindbergh, Anne Morrow, 1906-2001 1
- Lorch, Emil, 1870-1963 1
- Maroti, Geza 1
- McCoy, Katherine, 1945- 1
- McCoy, Michael (1944) 1
- McEwen, Katherine 1
- Michigan State University 1
- Milles, Olga Granner, 1874-1967 1
- Morris & Co. (London, England) 1
- Nickell, Walter P. 1
- Oakland Community College 1
- Page, Herman, Reverend, 1866-1942 1
- Pallasmaa, Juhani 1
- Plumb, Helen 1
- Saarinen Swanson, Pipsan 1
- Scripps, Harriet Josephine Messinger, 1838-1933 1
- Skillman Foundation 1
- Slade, Roy 1
- Stevens, William Oliver, 1878-1955 1
- Stone, Ralph, 1868-1957 1
- Stratton, Mary Chase Perry, 1867-1961 1
- Thomas, Richard 1
- Thompson, Paul W. (Paul Woodard), 1909-1994 1
- Vanderbilt, Suzanne 1
- Vettraino, Dominick 1
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