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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 Founders’ Day Records
Collection
Identifier: 1996-09
Abstract
The Founders' Award recognizes those who have made a special contribution to Cranbrook. The first Founders’ Day Celebration was held at Cranbrook School on October 26, 1928. After dinner at the school, George Gough Booth made an address to the student body, formally conveying the school buildings to them, and speaking of citizenship. He also made a presentation to the school of Rembrandt Peale’s portrait of George Washington, to be hung in the lobby of the Commons. The formal address,...
Dates:
1928 - 1993
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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- Barker, Laurence (Laurence Addison), 1930- 2
- Booth, George G. (George Gough), 1864-1949 2
- Booth, Henry Scripps, 1897-1988 2
- Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2
- Cranbrook Academy of Art 2
- Cranbrook Foundation 2
- Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 2
- Hatt, Robert T. (Robert Torrens), 1902- 2
- Milles, Carl, 1875-1955 2
- Mitchell, Wallace, 1911-1977 2
- Schmidt, Julius, 1923-2017 2
- Sepeshy, Zoltan, 1898-1974 2
- Bertoia, Harry 1
- Booth, Ellen Warren Scripps, 1863-1948 1
- Christ Church Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Christ-Janer, Albert, 1910-1973 1
- Cranbrook Art Museum 1
- Cranbrook Institute of Science 1
- Detroit Institute of Arts 1
- Detroit News (Firm) 1
- Eames, Charles 1
- Ford Motor Company 1
- Grotell, Maija, 1899-1973 1
- Knoll, Florence, 1917-2019 1
- Marquis, Samuel S., 1866-1948 1
- McMath, Robert R. (Robert Raynolds), 1891-1962 1
- Paulsen, S. Glen (Serenus Glen) 1
- Saarinen, Loja 1
- Stone, Arthur J., 1847-1938 1
- Strengell, Marianne, 1909- 1
- University of Michigan 1
- Vanderbilt, Suzanne 1
- Vettraino, Dominick 1
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