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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
Swanson Associates, Inc. Records
Collection
Identifier: 2009-01
Abstract
Swanson Associates, Inc., an architectural and planning firm that incorporated interior design, was established in 1947 by J. Robert F. Swanson and Pipsan Saarinen Swanson. In December 1965, it split into two affiliated companies, Swanson Associates, Inc., and Countryside Investment Corporation, which managed rental and investment assets. Pipsan was its director and the Swanson family owned its stock. In 1973, Ludwig Jorgensen negotiated the purchase of the Lone Pine Inn from the Cranbrook...
Dates:
1924 - 1982
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
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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- Booth, George G. (George Gough), 1864-1949 16
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- Sepeshy, Zoltan, 1898-1974 11
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- Hatt, Robert T. (Robert Torrens), 1902- 9
- Marquis, Samuel S., 1866-1948 9
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- Booth, Ellen Warren Scripps, 1863-1948 8
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- Knoll, Florence, 1917-2019 6
- Maroti, Geza 6
- McMath, Robert R. (Robert Raynolds), 1891-1962 6
- Mitchell, Wallace, 1911-1977 6
- Booth, James Scripps, 1888-1954 5
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- Milles, Olga Granner, 1874-1967 5
- Saarinen, Lillian Swann, 1912- 5
- Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 5
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- Knoll Associates, Inc. 4
- Paulsen, S. Glen (Serenus Glen) 4
- Slade, Roy 4
- Stevens, William Oliver, 1878-1955 4
- Strengell, Marianne, 1909- 4
- Weese, Harry, 1915-1998 4
- Cranbrook Art Museum 3
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- Detroit Institute of Arts 3
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- Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 3
- Grotell, Maija, 1899-1973 3
- Institute of Design (Chicago, Ill.) 3
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- Kirk, Arthur Nevill 3
- Lorch, Emil, 1870-1963 3
- Michigan State University 3
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- Pewabic Pottery (Firm) 3
- Schmidt, Julius, 1923-2017 3
- Scripps, James E. (James Edmund), 1835-1906 3
- Stone, Ralph, 1868-1957 3
- Strengell, Gustaf 3
- Thomas, Richard 3
- Vettraino, Dominick 3
- White, Lee A., 1886- 3
- Winter, Jessie 3
- Baldwin, Benjamin, 1913-1993 2
- Barbour, William T. 2
- Barker, Laurence (Laurence Addison), 1930- 2
- Bauder, Lillian 2
- Booth, Carolyn Farr 2
- Booth, Ralph H. 2
- Brookside School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2
- Carmel, James H., 1919-2016 2
- Christ-Janer, Albert, 1910-1973 2
- Coir, Mark 2
- Concordia Senior College (Fort Wayne, Ind.) 2
- Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research. Cranbrook Archives 2
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- Eastern Michigan University 2
- Episcopal Church. Diocese of Michigan 2
- Ford Motor Company 2
- Girard, Alexander 2
- Gray, Nellie Beveridge (circa 1906-) 2
- Hulbert, Harold S. (Harold Stacey), 1887-1949 2
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- Kirchmayer, Johannes, 1860-1930 2
- Knoll, Hans, 1914-1955 2
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- Minoru Yamasaki and Associates 2
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- Rapson, Ralph, 1914-2008 2
- Roche, Kevin, 1922-2019 2
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