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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
Robert David Sailors Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1995-93
Abstract
During the summer of 1941, Robert Sailors studied weaving at Cranbrook Academy of Art, and in 1942, Sailors received a scholarship to attend Cranbrook where he primarily studied weaving with Marianne Strengell. In June 1944, Sailors became the Assistant Director and Instructor in the Weaving Department, a position he held for two years. During that time, he was responsible for instructing weaving students on the power loom which was installed at Cranbrook in 1945. In 1947, Sailors left...
Dates:
1989 - 1995
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
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- Baldwin, Benjamin, 1913-1993 2
- Bertoia, Harry 2
- Booth, Henry Scripps, 1897-1988 2
- Eames, Charles 2
- Mitchell, Wallace, 1911-1977 2
- Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961 2
- Saarinen, Eliel, 1873-1950 2
- Sepeshy, Zoltan, 1898-1974 2
- University of Michigan 2
- Weese, Harry, 1915-1998 2
- Aalto, Alvar, 1898-1976 1
- American Institute of Architects 1
- American Institute of Decorators 1
- Barker, Laurence (Laurence Addison), 1930- 1
- Booth, George G. (George Gough), 1864-1949 1
- Christ-Janer, Albert, 1910-1973 1
- Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Cranbrook Foundation 1
- Cranbrook Institute of Science 1
- Cranbrook Kingswood School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Detroit Institute of Arts 1
- Detroit News (Firm) 1
- Eames, Ray 1
- Eastern Michigan University 1
- Ford Motor Company 1
- Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 1
- GM Technical Center 1
- Gorky, Arshile, 1904-1948 1
- Grotell, Maija, 1899-1973 1
- Hatt, Robert T. (Robert Torrens), 1902- 1
- Hvitträsk (Museum) 1
- Klee, Paul, 1879-1940 1
- Michigan State University 1
- Milles, Carl, 1875-1955 1
- Oakland Community College 1
- Paulsen, S. Glen (Serenus Glen) 1
- Rapson, Ralph, 1914-2008 1
- Saarinen Swanson, Pipsan 1
- Saarinen, Aline B. (Aline Bernstein), 1914-1972 1
- Saarinen, Lillian Swann, 1912- 1
- Saarinen, Loja 1
- Sailors, Robert David 1
- Schmidt, Julius, 1923-2017 1
- Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957 1
- Slade, Roy 1
- Swanson Associates 1
- Swanson, Jons Robert Ferdinand 1
- Thomas, Richard 1
- Vettraino, Dominick 1
- White, Lee A., 1886- 1 ∧ less
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