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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 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
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
S. Glen Paulsen Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1991-25
Abstract
Serenus Glen Paulsen attended the University of Illinois, College of Fine and Applied Art from 1938 to 1942, then spent three years in the military under commanding officer, Marshall Fredericks (a sculptor). After the war, he received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Pennsylvania, School of Fine Arts, followed by a Master of Architecture and City Planning from the Royal Academy of Arts, Stockholm, Sweden. Paulsen worked for several firms, including Eero Saarinen and...
Dates:
1940 - 1990
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
- Booth, Henry Scripps, 1897-1988 5
- Saarinen, Eliel, 1873-1950 5
- Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 4
- Cranbrook Foundation 4
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- Eames, Charles 4
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- Mitchell, Wallace, 1911-1977 4
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- Detroit Institute of Arts 3
- McMath, Robert R. (Robert Raynolds), 1891-1962 3
- Milles, Carl, 1875-1955 3
- Paulsen, S. Glen (Serenus Glen) 3
- Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961 3
- Slade, Roy 3
- Vettraino, Dominick 3
- Booth, Ellen Warren Scripps, 1863-1948 2
- Booth, James Scripps, 1888-1954 2
- Brookside School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2
- Cranbrook Art Museum 2
- Cranbrook Kingswood School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2
- Cranbrook Press 2
- Cranbrook School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2
- Detroit News (Firm) 2
- Frayer, William Alley 2
- Grotell, Maija, 1899-1973 2
- Hammarstrom, Olav 2
- Hulbert, Harold S. (Harold Stacey), 1887-1949 2
- Institute of Design (Chicago, Ill.) 2
- Marquis, Samuel S., 1866-1948 2
- Saarinen Swanson, Pipsan 2
- Saarinen, Lillian Swann, 1912- 2
- Schmidt, Julius, 1923-2017 2
- Stevens, William Oliver, 1878-1955 2
- Stone, Ralph, 1868-1957 2
- Strengell, Marianne, 1909- 2
- Swanson, Jons Robert Ferdinand 2
- Thomas, Richard 2
- Thompson, Paul W. (Paul Woodard), 1909-1994 2
- University of Michigan 2
- White, Lee A., 1886- 2
- Winter, Jessie 2
- Appleman, Daniel E. (1931-1998) 1
- Baldwin, Benjamin, 1913-1993 1
- Barbour, William T. 1
- Barker, Laurence (Laurence Addison), 1930- 1
- Booth, Carolyn Farr 1
- Booth, Ralph H. 1
- Booth, Stephen Farr 1
- Burrowes, Marcus R. 1
- Cain, Stanley A. (Stanley Adair), 1902-1995 1
- Carmel, James H., 1919-2016 1
- Christ-Janer, Albert, 1910-1973 1
- Colburn, William 1
- Concordia Senior College (Fort Wayne, Ind.) 1
- Cranbrook Academy of Art. Architecture Studio 1
- Cranbrook Architectural Office 1
- Cranbrook Church of England Primary School (Cranbrook, Kent, England) 1
- Cranbrook House & Gardens (Organization) 1
- Cranbrook School (Sydney, Australia) 1
- Croze, Harvey 1
- Curtis, Roswell G. 1
- Dansereau, Pierre, 1911-2011 1
- Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts 1
- Eames, Ray 1
- Eero Saarinen & Associates 1
- Episcopal Church. Diocese of Michigan 1
- Ford Motor Company 1
- GM Technical Center 1
- Girard, Alexander 1
- Goodall, Jane, 1934- 1
- Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum 1
- Institute for Advanced Pastoral Studies 1
- Irving & Casson 1
- Kimball, Margueritte Eleanor, 1906-1995 1
- Kirchmayer, Johannes, 1860-1930 1
- Kirk, Arthur Nevill 1
- Knodel, Gerhardt 1
- Knoll Associates, Inc. 1
- Lawrence Technological University 1
- Levin, Carl, 1934-2021 1
- Lorch, Emil, 1870-1963 1
- Maroti, Geza 1
- McCoy, Katherine, 1945- 1
- McCoy, Michael (1944) 1
- McEwen, Katherine 1
- Michaels, Glen, 1927- 1
- Michigan State University 1
- Milles, Olga Granner, 1874-1967 1
- Minoru Yamasaki and Associates 1
- Morris & Co. (London, England) 1
- Nickell, Walter P. 1
- Oakland Community College 1
- Page, Herman, Reverend, 1866-1942 1 ∧ less
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