Showing Collections: 1 - 5 of 5
Jack M. Goldman Collection of Eero Saarinen and Associates Material
Collection
Identifier: 1995-46
Abstract
Jack M. Goldman came to Detroit in 1951 to work on the GM Tech Center project. From 1955-1958, Goldman worked for Eero Saarinen and Associates, except for a six month period in 1957 when he received the Francis J. Plym Fellowship to travel abroad and study European architecture. Goldman later was a principal in Fields, Goldman and Magee Architects in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. This collection contains news articles about various projects, program information and correspondence on the London...
Dates:
1953 - 1991
Ralph Rapson Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2012-01
Abstract
Ralph Rapson, born on September 13, 1914, in Alma, Michigan, won a scholarship to the University of Michigan's College of Architecture in 1935. Admitted to the Phi Kappa Phi Society in 1938, he was encouraged to apply for the George G. Booth Travelling Fellowship in Architecture. He did not receive the fellowship but his submission impressed Eliel Saarinen, who offered Rapson a scholarship to attend the Academy of Art, where he helped Saarinen on a planning project for the State Capitol...
Dates:
1935 - 1954
Eero Saarinen Related Materials
Collection
Identifier: 2006-14
Abstract
Architect Eero Saarinen (1910-1961) attended Yale School of Architecture from 1930-1934 and became successful in architectural work, first with his father and brother-in-law, J. Robert F. Swanson, then with his own architectural office, Eero Saarinen & Associates. This is an artificial collection consisting of documents and publications related to projects designed primarily by Eero Saarinen, including those designed with Eliel Saarinen and J. Robert F. Swanson. Most of the material has...
Dates:
1919 - 1971
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
J. Robert F. and Pipsan Saarinen Swanson Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1990-01
Abstract
Jons Robert (Bob) Ferdinand Swanson (1900-1981) graduated from the University of Michigan School of Architecture in 1924, where he had and become friends with Henry Scripps Booth. In 1924, they established the architectural firm, Swanson and Booth. In 1927, the partnership dissolved and Bob established his own practice. Eva Lisa (Pipsan) Saarinen (1905-1979), daughter of Eliel and Loja Saarinen, studied weaving, ceramics, and fabric design at University of Helskini. She married Bob in 1926...
Dates:
1900 - 1983
Filter Results
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Architecture 4
- Chair design 2
- Embassy buildings 2
- Ashtrays 1
- Candelabra 1
- Candlesticks 1
- Ceramics 1
- Church architecture 1
- College teaching 1
- Design 1
- Education 1
- Flatware 1
- Interior decoration 1
- Mexico 1
- Photographs 1
- Piano 1
- Pottery 1
- Scrapbooks 1
- Sculpture 1
- Textile fabrics 1
- Textiles 1
- Trans World Airlines Terminal (New York, N.Y.) 1 ∧ less
- Language
- Finnish 1
- Names
- Saarinen, Eliel, 1873-1950 4
- GM Technical Center 3
- Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (Saint Louis, Mo.) 3
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology 3
- University of Michigan 3
- Weese, Harry, 1915-1998 3
- Aalto, Alvar, 1898-1976 2
- Cranbrook Academy of Art 2
- Eames, Charles 2
- Eero Saarinen & Associates 2
- Knoll Associates, Inc. 2
- Knoll, Florence, 1917-2019 2
- Knoll, Hans, 1914-1955 2
- Kratikos Aerolimenas Athēnōn 2
- Swanson, Jons Robert Ferdinand 2
- American Institute of Architects 1
- American Institute of Decorators 1
- Baldwin, Benjamin, 1913-1993 1
- Booth, George G. (George Gough), 1864-1949 1
- Booth, Henry Scripps, 1897-1988 1
- Breuer, Marcel, 1902-1981 1
- Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976 1
- Concordia Senior College (Fort Wayne, Ind.) 1
- Cranbrook Art Museum 1
- Cranbrook Kingswood School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Detroit News (Firm) 1
- Dow, Alden B., 1904-1983 1
- Eastern Michigan University 1
- Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 1
- Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983 1
- Girard, Alexander 1
- Goldman, Jack M. 1
- Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969 1
- Hammarstrom, Olav 1
- Hudnut, Joseph, 1886-1968 1
- Hvitträsk (Museum) 1
- Institute of Design (Chicago, Ill.) 1
- Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005 1
- Keck, George Fred, 1895-1980 1
- Michigan State University 1
- Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969 1
- Milles, Carl, 1875-1955 1
- Moholy-Nagy, László, 1895-1946 1
- Nowicki, M. S. 1
- Oakland Community College 1
- Paulsen, S. Glen (Serenus Glen) 1
- Rapson, Ralph, 1914-2008 1
- Roche, Kevin, 1922-2019 1
- Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) 1
- Saarinen Swanson, Pipsan 1
- Saarinen, Lillian Swann, 1912- 1
- Saarinen, Loja 1
- Sampe, Astrid, 1909-2002 1
- Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957 1
- Strengell, Marianne, 1909- 1
- Swanson Associates 1
- University of Minnesota 1
- Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 1
- Wurster, William Wilson 1
- Yale University 1 ∧ less
∨ more
∨ more