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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 School Records
Collection
Identifier: 1979-06
Abstract
Cranbrook School was established by a Trust Indenture on 15 January 1926 to, “provide for the moral and religious education of the youth committed to its care,” under the supervision of three governing boards: the Board of Directors, the Advisory Board, and the Board of Trustees. Originally conceived as a Church school of Christ Church Cranbrook by September of 1924, George Booth had decided that the school should have a separate site to allow for expansion. When it opened on September 19,...
Dates:
1927 - 1985
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 2
- Hatt, Robert T. (Robert Torrens), 1902- 2
- Marquis, Samuel S., 1866-1948 2
- Sepeshy, Zoltan, 1898-1974 2
- Stevens, William Oliver, 1878-1955 2
- Vettraino, Dominick 2
- Barker, Laurence (Laurence Addison), 1930- 1
- Bertoia, Harry 1
- Booth, Ellen Warren Scripps, 1863-1948 1
- Brookside School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Buckberrough, John 1
- Christ Church Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Christ-Janer, Albert, 1910-1973 1
- Corkery, Christopher 1
- Coulter, Bruce 1
- Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Cranbrook Art Museum 1
- Cranbrook Church of England Primary School (Cranbrook, Kent, England) 1
- Cranbrook Kingswood School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Cranbrook Press 1
- Cranbrook School (Sydney, Australia) 1
- Croze, Harvey 1
- Curtis, Roswell G. 1
- Detroit Institute of Arts 1
- Eames, Charles 1
- Emrich, Richard S. M. (Richard Stanley Merrill), 1910- 1
- Episcopal Church. Diocese of Michigan 1
- Ford Motor Company 1
- Frayer, William Alley 1
- Grotell, Maija, 1899-1973 1
- Hoey, Harry D. (1904-1995) 1
- Institute of Design (Chicago, Ill.) 1
- Maroti, Geza 1
- McMath, Robert R. (Robert Raynolds), 1891-1962 1
- Milles, Carl, 1875-1955 1
- Mitchell, Wallace, 1911-1977 1
- Paulsen, S. Glen (Serenus Glen) 1
- Salas, Samuel A. 1
- Schmidt, Julius, 1923-2017 1
- Stabler, W. Brooke 1
- Stone, Ralph, 1868-1957 1
- Strengell, Marianne, 1909- 1
- Thomas, Richard 1
- Thompson, Paul W. (Paul Woodard), 1909-1994 1
- University of Michigan 1
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