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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 Architectural Office Records
Collection
Identifier: 1989-01
Abstract
Records of the Cranbrook Architectural Office which was responsible for the supervision, inspection, approval and acceptance of all construction work at Cranbrook, beginning with Eliel Saarinen's leadership through its closure in the 1980s. The materials reflect the planning and building phases of the Brookside School (BS), Christ Church Cranbrook (CCC), Cranbrook Academy of Art (CAA), Cranbrook House, Cranbrook Institute of Science (CIS), Cranbrook School (CS), Kingswood School (KS), and...
Dates:
1925 - 1987
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
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- Booth, Ellen Warren Scripps, 1863-1948 3
- Booth, Henry Scripps, 1897-1988 3
- Christ Church Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 3
- Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 3
- Cranbrook Institute of Science 3
- Cranbrook Kingswood School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 3
- Cranbrook School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 3
- Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 3
- Hatt, Robert T. (Robert Torrens), 1902- 3
- Kirk, Arthur Nevill 3
- Maroti, Geza 3
- Marquis, Samuel S., 1866-1948 3
- Milles, Carl, 1875-1955 3
- Milles, Olga Granner, 1874-1967 3
- Saarinen, Eliel, 1873-1950 3
- Stratton, Mary Chase Perry, 1867-1961 3
- Swanson, Jons Robert Ferdinand 3
- Bertoia, Harry 2
- Booth, James Scripps, 1888-1954 2
- Booth, Ralph H. 2
- Brookside School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2
- Buckberrough, John 2
- Cranbrook House & Gardens (Organization) 2
- Cranbrook Press 2
- Detroit Institute of Arts 2
- Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts 2
- Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 2
- Frayer, William Alley 2
- Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor, 1869-1924 2
- 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
- Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961 2
- Scripps, James E. (James Edmund), 1835-1906 2
- Stevens, William Oliver, 1878-1955 2
- Stone, Ralph, 1868-1957 2
- Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 2
- Ardolino, Edward 1
- Bach, Oscar Bruno, 1884-1957 1
- Bank of Montreal 1
- Barbour, William T. 1
- Bonawit, Owen G. 1
- Booth, Carolyn Farr 1
- Booth, Stephen Farr 1
- Bradford, Francis Scott, 1898-1961 1
- Bromley, Kate Thompson 1
- Burrowes, Marcus R. 1
- Charles E. Lauriat Co. 1
- Cleveland Museum of Art 1
- Connick, Charles J. (Charles Jay), 1875- 1
- Cram and Ferguson 1
- Cram, Ralph Adams, 1963-1942 1
- Cranbrook Art Museum 1
- Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research. Cranbrook Archives 1
- Croze, Harvey 1
- Detroit News (Firm) 1
- Detroit Trust Company 1
- Edw. F. Caldwell & Co. 1
- Ehrich Galleries 1
- Episcopal Church. Diocese of Michigan 1
- Eschmann, Jean 1
- Gray, Nellie Beveridge (circa 1906-) 1
- Grotell, Maija, 1899-1973 1
- Herter, Albert, 1871-1950 1
- Hulbert, Harold S. (Harold Stacey), 1887-1949 1
- Institute for Advanced Pastoral Studies 1
- Institute of Design (Chicago, Ill.) 1
- Irving & Casson 1
- James Powell & Sons (Whitefriars) Ltd. 1
- Kellogg, Frederick William, 1866-1940 1
- Lauriat, Charles E., 1842-1920 1
- Manship, Paul, 1885-1966 1
- McMath, Robert R. (Robert Raynolds), 1891-1962 1
- McRae, Milton A. (Milton Alexander), 1858-1930 1
- Mitchell, Wallace, 1911-1977 1
- Packard Motor Car Company 1
- Page, Herman, Reverend, 1866-1942 1
- Plumb, Helen 1
- Royal School of Needlework (London, England) 1
- Saarinen, Lillian Swann, 1912- 1
- Scripps, E. W. (Edward Willis), 1854-1926 1
- Scripps, Ellen Browning, 1836-1932 1
- Scripps, William E. (William Edmund), 1882-1952 1
- Sepeshy, Zoltan, 1898-1974 1
- Simonds, O. C. (Ossian Cole), 1855-1931 1
- Society of Arts and Crafts (Boston, Mass.) 1
- Stone, Arthur J., 1847-1938 1
- Strengell, Gustaf 1
- Strengell, Marianne, 1909- 1
- Swanson Associates 1
- University of Michigan 1
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