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Cranbrook Academy of Art Administration Records

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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 Academy of Art Women's Committee

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Identifier: 1991-01
Abstract The Cranbrook Academy of Arts Women’s Committee was founded on February 11, 1966 as the social arm of the Friends of the Academy (the Museum’s new membership program). The committee’s purpose was to promote and undertake activities and projects that would further the welfare of the Academy and the Museum. Throughout nearly forty years the committee hosted numerous events, programs, and fundraising projects until disbanded in 2002. The bulk of the collection reflects primarly the Women's...
Dates: 1966 - 2006

Cranbrook Art Museum Exhibition Records

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Identifier: 2013-05
Abstract The Cranbrook Art Museum (CAM) was originally housed in what is known today as the Academy of Art Administration building, along with the Academy of Art Library. The Art Museum was, and still is, a department of the Academy of Art. This collection holds materials relating to exhibitions between 1940 and 1976. This includes master checklists, loan forms and correspondence, shipping and packing records, condition surveys, insurance valuations, installation documents, checklist iterations, and...
Dates: 1940 - 1976

Cranbrook Foundation Office Records

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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

Marianne Strengell Papers

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Identifier: 1991-07
Abstract Marianne Strengell, daughter of Finnish architect Gustaf Strengell and interior designer Anna Wegelius. Prior to becoming an instructor at Cranbrook in 1937 on Eliel Saarinen's invitation, Strengell held several positions in Scandinavia, designing rugs, textiles and interiors. In 1942, when Loja Saarinen retired, Strengell replaced her as head of the Department of Weaving and Textile Design. She developed a curriculum that emphasized weave structure, versus the more pictorial imagery used by...
Dates: 1620 - 1998; Majority of material found within 1928 - 1995

Wallace MacMahon Mitchell Papers

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Identifier: 1990-21
Abstract Wallace McMahon Mitchell was born on October 9, 1911 in Detroit, Michigan to Arthur Z. and Edith McMahon Mitchell. He was a respected painter, textile designer, geometric abstractionist, and a Cranbrook Academy of Art (CAA) graduate student (’35). He later served at the Academy as a painting, and arts and crafts instructor; registrar; director; and then president until his death in 1977. The collection contains the papers of Mitchell and his family during his years at Cranbrook. Included are...
Dates: 1934 - 1980

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Sepeshy, Zoltan, 1898-1974 5
Bertoia, Harry 4
Booth, George G. (George Gough), 1864-1949 4
Cranbrook Art Museum 4
Detroit Institute of Arts 4
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Milles, Carl, 1875-1955 4
Eames, Charles 3
Grotell, Maija, 1899-1973 3
Hatt, Robert T. (Robert Torrens), 1902- 3
Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961 3
Saarinen, Eliel, 1873-1950 3
Saarinen, Lillian Swann, 1912- 3
Slade, Roy 3
Strengell, Marianne, 1909- 3
Baldwin, Benjamin, 1913-1993 2
Booth, Henry Scripps, 1897-1988 2
Cranbrook Foundation 2
Cranbrook Institute of Science 2
Cranbrook Kingswood School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2
Cranbrook Press 2
Cranbrook School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2
Croze, Harvey 2
Detroit News (Firm) 2
Eames, Ray 2
Ford Motor Company 2
Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 2
Hammarstrom, Olav 2
Knodel, Gerhardt 2
Maroti, Geza 2
Paulsen, S. Glen (Serenus Glen) 2
Saarinen, Loja 2
Thomas, Richard 2
Vettraino, Dominick 2
Weese, Harry, 1915-1998 2
Barbour, William T. 1
Barker, Laurence (Laurence Addison), 1930- 1
Booth, Carolyn Farr 1
Booth, Ellen Warren Scripps, 1863-1948 1
Booth, James Scripps, 1888-1954 1
Booth, Ralph H. 1
Booth, Stephen Farr 1
Brookside School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
Buckberrough, John 1
Burrowes, Marcus R. 1
Christ Church Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
Christ-Janer, Albert, 1910-1973 1
Coir, Mark 1
Cranbrook House & Gardens (Organization) 1
DeSalle, Peggy 1
Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts 1
Frayer, William Alley 1
GM Technical Center 1
General Motors Corporation 1
Girard, Alexander 1
Gray, Nellie Beveridge (circa 1906-) 1
Hall, Michael 1
Hulbert, Harold S. (Harold Stacey), 1887-1949 1
Institute for Advanced Pastoral Studies 1
Institute of Design (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Irving & Casson 1
Kimball, Margueritte Eleanor, 1906-1995 1
Kirchmayer, Johannes, 1860-1930 1
Kirk, Arthur Nevill 1
Knoll Associates, Inc. 1
Knoll, Florence, 1917-2019 1
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 1
Lorch, Emil, 1870-1963 1
Marquis, Samuel S., 1866-1948 1
McEwen, Katherine 1
McMath, Robert R. (Robert Raynolds), 1891-1962 1
Michaels, Glen, 1927- 1
Milles, Olga Granner, 1874-1967 1
Morris & Co. (London, England) 1
Page, Herman, Reverend, 1866-1942 1
Pewabic Pottery (Firm) 1
Plumb, Helen 1
Raseman, Richard P. 1
Riordan, Mary, 1919- 1
Roche, Kevin, 1922-2019 1
Saarinen Swanson, Pipsan 1
Sailors, Robert David 1
Sampe, Astrid, 1909-2002 1
Schmidt, Julius, 1923-2017 1
Scripps, James E. (James Edmund), 1835-1906 1
Sethna, Nelly H., 1932- 1
Stevens, William Oliver, 1878-1955 1
Stone, Arthur J., 1847-1938 1
Stone, Ralph, 1868-1957 1
Stratton, Mary Chase Perry, 1867-1961 1
Strengell, Gustaf 1
Swanson, Jons Robert Ferdinand 1
Swanson, Ronald 1
University of Michigan 1
White, Lee A., 1886- 1
Winter, Jessie 1
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 1
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