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Benjamin Baldwin Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2006-02
Abstract
Benjamin “Ben” Baldwin was a critically acclaimed interior designer and architect known for a sense of lyrical order and refined taste. His garden designs were as important as his interiors and reflected a philosophy, “The whole thing was to make the space beautiful.” Born in Montgomery, Ala. on March 29, 1913, Baldwin was awarded a scholarship to the Cranbrook Academy of Art, which he attended from 1938-39. While there, he worked under Eliel Saarinen in architecture and town planning, and...
Dates:
1939 - 1993
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 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
Marianne Strengell Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1991-07
Abstract
Marianne Strengell, daughter of Finnish architect Gustaf Strengell and interior designer Anna Wegelius. Prior to becoming an instructor at Cranbrook in 1937 on Eliel Saarinen's invitation, Strengell held several positions in Scandinavia, designing rugs, textiles and interiors. In 1942, when Loja Saarinen retired, Strengell replaced her as head of the Department of Weaving and Textile Design. She developed a curriculum that emphasized weave structure, versus the more pictorial imagery used by...
Dates:
1620 - 1998; Majority of material found within 1928 - 1995
Wallace MacMahon Mitchell Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1990-21
Abstract
Wallace McMahon Mitchell was born on October 9, 1911 in Detroit, Michigan to Arthur Z. and Edith McMahon Mitchell. He was a respected painter, textile designer, geometric abstractionist, and a Cranbrook Academy of Art (CAA) graduate student (’35). He later served at the Academy as a painting, and arts and crafts instructor; registrar; director; and then president until his death in 1977. The collection contains the papers of Mitchell and his family during his years at Cranbrook. Included are...
Dates:
1934 - 1980
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
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- Booth, George G. (George Gough), 1864-1949 5
- Milles, Carl, 1875-1955 5
- Mitchell, Wallace, 1911-1977 5
- Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961 5
- Saarinen, Lillian Swann, 1912- 5
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- Baldwin, Benjamin, 1913-1993 3
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- Grotell, Maija, 1899-1973 3
- Hatt, Robert T. (Robert Torrens), 1902- 3
- Maroti, Geza 3
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- Weese, Harry, 1915-1998 3
- Aalto, Alvar, 1898-1976 2
- Booth, Henry Scripps, 1897-1988 2
- Christ-Janer, Albert, 1910-1973 2
- Cranbrook Foundation 2
- Cranbrook Kingswood School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2
- Croze, Harvey 2
- Ford Motor Company 2
- Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 2
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- Hammarstrom, Olav 2
- Knoll, Florence, 1917-2019 2
- Lorch, Emil, 1870-1963 2
- Marquis, Samuel S., 1866-1948 2
- McMath, Robert R. (Robert Raynolds), 1891-1962 2
- Milles, Olga Granner, 1874-1967 2
- Paulsen, S. Glen (Serenus Glen) 2
- Saarinen Swanson, Pipsan 2
- Strengell, Gustaf 2
- Swanson, Jons Robert Ferdinand 2
- Thomas, Richard 2
- University of Michigan 2
- Vettraino, Dominick 2
- Barbour, William T. 1
- Barker, Laurence (Laurence Addison), 1930- 1
- Booth, Carolyn Farr 1
- Booth, Ellen Warren Scripps, 1863-1948 1
- Booth, James Scripps, 1888-1954 1
- Booth, Ralph H. 1
- Booth, Stephen Farr 1
- Brookside School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Buckberrough, John 1
- Burrowes, Marcus R. 1
- Christ Church Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Coir, Mark 1
- Cranbrook House & Gardens (Organization) 1
- Cranbrook Press 1
- Cranbrook School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Detroit News (Firm) 1
- Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts 1
- Dinkeloo, John G. (John Gerard), 1918-1981 1
- Frayer, William Alley 1
- General Motors Corporation 1
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- Gorky, Arshile, 1904-1948 1
- Gray, Nellie Beveridge (circa 1906-) 1
- Hulbert, Harold S. (Harold Stacey), 1887-1949 1
- Hvitträsk (Museum) 1
- Institute for Advanced Pastoral Studies 1
- Institute of Design (Chicago, Ill.) 1
- Irving & Casson 1
- Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (Saint Louis, Mo.) 1
- Kimball, Margueritte Eleanor, 1906-1995 1
- Kirchmayer, Johannes, 1860-1930 1
- Kirk, Arthur Nevill 1
- Klee, Paul, 1879-1940 1
- Knodel, Gerhardt 1
- Knoll Associates, Inc. 1
- Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 1
- McEwen, Katherine 1
- Michaels, Glen, 1927- 1
- Morris & Co. (London, England) 1
- Öhquist, Johannes, 1861-1949 1
- Page, Herman, Reverend, 1866-1942 1
- Pewabic Pottery (Firm) 1
- Plumb, Helen 1
- Rapson, Ralph, 1914-2008 1
- Roche, Kevin, 1922-2019 1
- Saarinen, Aline B. (Aline Bernstein), 1914-1972 1
- Sailors, Robert David 1
- Sampe, Astrid, 1909-2002 1
- Schmidt, Julius, 1923-2017 1
- Scripps, James E. (James Edmund), 1835-1906 1
- Sethna, Nelly H., 1932- 1
- Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957 1
- Sparre, Louis, 1863-1964 1
- Stevens, William Oliver, 1878-1955 1
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