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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
William Oliver Stevens Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1995-90
Abstract
William Oliver Stevens was headmaster of Cranbrook School from 1927-1935. These documents consist of office records in the form of correspondence, carbon copies, and drafts from William O. Stevens, first headmaster of Cranbrook School. Additionally, there is correspondence after his tenure at Cranbrook, but concerning Cranbrook masters, other employees, and alumni is included. Some black and white photographs are appended to alumni, faculty and student documents. The bulk of the collection...
Dates:
1927 - 1935
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, Henry Scripps, 1897-1988 2
- Brookside School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2
- Christ Church Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2
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- Cranbrook Institute of Science 2
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- Cranbrook School (Sydney, Australia) 2
- Detroit News (Firm) 2
- Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 2
- Hatt, Robert T. (Robert Torrens), 1902- 2
- McMath, Robert R. (Robert Raynolds), 1891-1962 2
- Saarinen, Eliel, 1873-1950 2
- Sepeshy, Zoltan, 1898-1974 2
- Stevens, William Oliver, 1878-1955 2
- Stone, Ralph, 1868-1957 2
- University of Michigan 2
- Vettraino, Dominick 2
- Barker, Laurence (Laurence Addison), 1930- 1
- Bertoia, Harry 1
- Booth, Ellen Warren Scripps, 1863-1948 1
- Buckberrough, John 1
- Christ-Janer, Albert, 1910-1973 1
- Cranbrook Art Museum 1
- Cranbrook Church of England Primary School (Cranbrook, Kent, England) 1
- Cranbrook Kingswood School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
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- Curtis, Roswell G. 1
- Detroit Institute of Arts 1
- Eames, Charles 1
- Episcopal Church. Diocese of Michigan 1
- Ford Motor Company 1
- Frayer, William Alley 1
- Grotell, Maija, 1899-1973 1
- Hulbert, Harold S. (Harold Stacey), 1887-1949 1
- Institute of Design (Chicago, Ill.) 1
- Marquis, Samuel S., 1866-1948 1
- Milles, Carl, 1875-1955 1
- Mitchell, Wallace, 1911-1977 1
- Paulsen, S. Glen (Serenus Glen) 1
- Schmidt, Julius, 1923-2017 1
- Strengell, Marianne, 1909- 1
- Thomas, Richard 1
- Thompson, Paul W. (Paul Woodard), 1909-1994 1
- Winter, Jessie 1
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