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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
Kate Thompson Bromley Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1981-04
Abstract
Kate Agnes Thompson married Frank Latham Bromley on May 2, 1900, in Detroit. They moved to Bloomfield Hills and, as neighbors, became ensconced in the Cranbrook community. Kate’s personal interests centered in the arts, and she became very good friends with Carl and Olga Milles, as well as with other Cranbrook personalities. The collection consists of photocopies of excerpts from the diaries of Kate Thompson Bromley. The diary entries document Bromley’s association with Cranbrook...
Dates:
1916 - 1955
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 Executive Secretary: William Alley Frayer Records
Collection
Identifier: 1980-04
Abstract
William Alley Frayer had over a thirty-year careeer as a historian, teaching at both Cornell University and University of Michigan before Cranbrook Board of Trustees hired him as Executive Secretary of the Foundation in 1935. Frayer worked closely with chairman George Booth, daily discussing matters of general Cranbrook concern. Upon Frayer's retirement in 1938, Booth and Frayer decided to close the office of Executive Secretary. Frayer returned to Ann Arbor and died June 29, 1946, at the...
Dates:
1935 - 1938
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
Kingswood School Records
Collection
Identifier: 1980-01
Abstract
Kingswood School Cranbrook was a day and boarding school for girls beginning with the seventh grade and continuing through the twelfth grade. Kingswood School was established through a deed of Trust executed on July 24, 1930, between the Cranbrook Foundation and a Board of Trustees consisting of William T. Barbour, Ralph Stone, Luman W. Goodenough, Alvan Macauley, Clarence H. Booth, James Inglis, and Sidney D. Waldon. The Board selected Gladys Turnbach, of Miss Hall’s School in Pittsfield,...
Dates:
1930 - 1985
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
Lee A. White Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1979-02
Abstract
Lee A White was a journalist, working for the Detroit News from 1911 until his retirement in 1952, except between 1914-1917, when he was an associate professor and chairman of the journalism department at the University of Washington. He developed a close relationship with George G. Booth, serving as his Editorial Secretary and, from 1936, he also served as Chief Librarian for the newspaper, and became its first Director of Public Relations. He served as Director of Cranbrook School for 20...
Dates:
1926 - 1958
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- Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 6
- Hatt, Robert T. (Robert Torrens), 1902- 6
- Sepeshy, Zoltan, 1898-1974 6
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- Milles, Carl, 1875-1955 5
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- McMath, Robert R. (Robert Raynolds), 1891-1962 4
- Mitchell, Wallace, 1911-1977 4
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- Milles, Olga Granner, 1874-1967 3
- Saarinen, Loja 3
- Stevens, William Oliver, 1878-1955 3
- Stone, Ralph, 1868-1957 3
- Swanson, Jons Robert Ferdinand 3
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- Barbour, William T. 2
- Barker, Laurence (Laurence Addison), 1930- 2
- Booth, Ralph H. 2
- Brookside School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2
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- Eames, Charles 2
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- Hulbert, Harold S. (Harold Stacey), 1887-1949 2
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- Kirchmayer, Johannes, 1860-1930 2
- Lorch, Emil, 1870-1963 2
- McEwen, Katherine 2
- Morris & Co. (London, England) 2
- Paulsen, S. Glen (Serenus Glen) 2
- Pewabic Pottery (Firm) 2
- Saarinen Swanson, Pipsan 2
- Schmidt, Julius, 1923-2017 2
- Scripps, James E. (James Edmund), 1835-1906 2
- Stone, Arthur J., 1847-1938 2
- Stratton, Mary Chase Perry, 1867-1961 2
- Strengell, Marianne, 1909- 2
- Thomas, Richard 2
- Thompson, Paul W. (Paul Woodard), 1909-1994 2
- University of Michigan 2
- White, Lee A., 1886- 2
- Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 2
- Appleman, Daniel E. (1931-1998) 1
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- Bach, Oscar Bruno, 1884-1957 1
- Bank of Montreal 1
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- Bradford, Francis Scott, 1898-1961 1
- Bromley, Kate Thompson 1
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- Cain, Stanley A. (Stanley Adair), 1902-1995 1
- Carmel, James H., 1919-2016 1
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- Christ-Janer, Albert, 1910-1973 1
- Cleveland Museum of Art 1
- Colburn, William 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 Church of England Primary School (Cranbrook, Kent, England) 1
- Cranbrook School (Sydney, Australia) 1
- Croze, Harvey 1
- Curtis, Roswell G. 1
- Dansereau, Pierre, 1911-2011 1
- Detroit Trust Company 1
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- Ford Motor Company 1
- Goodall, Jane, 1934- 1
- Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor, 1869-1924 1
- Gray, Nellie Beveridge (circa 1906-) 1
- Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum 1
- Herter, Albert, 1871-1950 1
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