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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
James H. Carmel Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2016-08
Abstract
James Carmel, a National Academy of Design graduate, worked as the Assistant Preparator at Cranbrook Institute of Science from 1939-early 1970s. He shared a suite at the Academy of Art with Harry Bertoia, and became part of the social life of Cranbrook with Carl Milles, Charles and Catherine Eames, Maija Grotell, Marshall Fredericks, Marianne Strengell, Clifford West and Zoltan Sepeshy. The collection reflects mainly his work for the Institute of Science, and to a lesser extent his...
Dates:
1973 - 1998
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
Saarinen Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1990-08
Abstract
Finnish architect, Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen was born August 20, 1873. In 1904 Saarinen married artist Minna Carolina Mathilde Louise “Loja” Gesellius (b. 1879). The Saarinen's daughter Eeva Lisa “Pipsan” was born in Helsingfors, Finland on 31 March 1905 and their son Eero was born in Kyrkslaett, Finland on 20 August 1910. In 1923 Eliel met the Detroit newspaper magnate George Gough Booth, who was to become his chief patron in America. At Booth’s invitation, Saarinen moved his practice to...
Dates:
1880 - 1989
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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- Booth, George G. (George Gough), 1864-1949 5
- Cranbrook Academy of Art 5
- Hatt, Robert T. (Robert Torrens), 1902- 5
- Booth, Henry Scripps, 1897-1988 4
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- Marquis, Samuel S., 1866-1948 4
- McMath, Robert R. (Robert Raynolds), 1891-1962 4
- Sepeshy, Zoltan, 1898-1974 4
- Swanson, Jons Robert Ferdinand 4
- Bertoia, Harry 3
- Booth, Ellen Warren Scripps, 1863-1948 3
- Booth, James Scripps, 1888-1954 3
- Buckberrough, John 3
- Christ Church Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 3
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- Frayer, William Alley 3
- Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 3
- Lorch, Emil, 1870-1963 3
- Maroti, Geza 3
- Milles, Carl, 1875-1955 3
- Milles, Olga Granner, 1874-1967 3
- Saarinen, Loja 3
- Stone, Ralph, 1868-1957 3
- Booth, Ralph H. 2
- Brookside School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2
- Carmel, James H., 1919-2016 2
- Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2
- Detroit Institute of Arts 2
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- Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts 2
- Episcopal Church. Diocese of Michigan 2
- Grotell, Maija, 1899-1973 2
- Hulbert, Harold S. (Harold Stacey), 1887-1949 2
- Institute of Design (Chicago, Ill.) 2
- Kirchmayer, Johannes, 1860-1930 2
- Kirk, Arthur Nevill 2
- Mitchell, Wallace, 1911-1977 2
- Morris & Co. (London, England) 2
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- Saarinen Swanson, Pipsan 2
- Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961 2
- Saarinen, Lillian Swann, 1912- 2
- Scripps, James E. (James Edmund), 1835-1906 2
- Stevens, William Oliver, 1878-1955 2
- Stratton, Mary Chase Perry, 1867-1961 2
- Strengell, Gustaf 2
- Thompson, Paul W. (Paul Woodard), 1909-1994 2
- University of Michigan 2
- Vettraino, Dominick 2
- Winter, Jessie 2
- Aalto, Alvar, 1898-1976 1
- Appleman, Daniel E. (1931-1998) 1
- Ardolino, Edward 1
- Bach, Oscar Bruno, 1884-1957 1
- Bank of Montreal 1
- Barbour, William T. 1
- Booth, Carolyn Farr 1
- Booth, Stephen Farr 1
- Bradford, Francis Scott, 1898-1961 1
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- Cain, Stanley A. (Stanley Adair), 1902-1995 1
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- Dansereau, Pierre, 1911-2011 1
- Detroit Trust Company 1
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- Edw. F. Caldwell & Co. 1
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- Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 1
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