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Wallace MacMahon Mitchell Papers
Collection
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
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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- Cranbrook Academy of Art 11
- Sepeshy, Zoltan, 1898-1974 8
- Booth, George G. (George Gough), 1864-1949 7
- Bertoia, Harry 6
- Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 6
- Eames, Charles 6
- Saarinen, Eliel, 1873-1950 6
- Booth, Henry Scripps, 1897-1988 5
- Christ Church Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 5
- Cranbrook Art Museum 5
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- Milles, Carl, 1875-1955 5
- Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961 5
- Saarinen, Lillian Swann, 1912- 5
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- Booth, James Scripps, 1888-1954 4
- Hatt, Robert T. (Robert Torrens), 1902- 4
- Strengell, Marianne, 1909- 4
- Baldwin, Benjamin, 1913-1993 3
- Barker, Laurence (Laurence Addison), 1930- 3
- Cranbrook Institute of Science 3
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- Cranbrook Press 3
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- Eames, Ray 3
- Grotell, Maija, 1899-1973 3
- Paulsen, S. Glen (Serenus Glen) 3
- Saarinen, Loja 3
- Schmidt, Julius, 1923-2017 3
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- Booth, Carolyn Farr 2
- Booth, Ellen Warren Scripps, 1863-1948 2
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- Cranbrook School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2
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- Ford Motor Company 2
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- Hammarstrom, Olav 2
- Hulbert, Harold S. (Harold Stacey), 1887-1949 2
- Knodel, Gerhardt 2
- Knoll, Florence, 1917-2019 2
- Maroti, Geza 2
- Marquis, Samuel S., 1866-1948 2
- McMath, Robert R. (Robert Raynolds), 1891-1962 2
- Pewabic Pottery (Firm) 2
- Scripps, James E. (James Edmund), 1835-1906 2
- Stone, Arthur J., 1847-1938 2
- Swanson, Jons Robert Ferdinand 2
- Vettraino, Dominick 2
- Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 2
- Aalto, Alvar, 1898-1976 1
- 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
- Buckner, Isabel Wolfner 1
- Buckner, Noel 1
- Burrowes, Marcus R. 1
- Cain, Stanley A. (Stanley Adair), 1902-1995 1
- Carmel, James H., 1919-2016 1
- Christ-Janer, Albert, 1910-1973 1
- Coir, Mark 1
- Colburn, William 1
- Corbett, Doris 1
- Cranbrook Academy of Art. Architecture Studio 1
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- Dansereau, Pierre, 1911-2011 1
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- Frayer, William Alley 1
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- Girard, Alexander 1
- Goodall, Jane, 1934- 1
- Gorky, Arshile, 1904-1948 1
- Gray, Nellie Beveridge (circa 1906-) 1
- Hall, Michael 1
- Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum 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
- Klee, Paul, 1879-1940 1
- Knoll Associates, Inc. 1
- Lawrence Technological University 1
- Levin, Carl, 1934-2021 1
- Lindbergh, Anne Morrow, 1906-2001 1
- Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 1
- Lorch, Emil, 1870-1963 1
- McCoy, Katherine, 1945- 1
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