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Henry Scripps Booth and Carolyn Farr Booth Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1982-05
Abstract
Henry Scripps Booth and Carolyn Farr Booth, lovers of art, music, and travel, were lifelong advocates of Cranbrook, dedicated to its development, both physically and organizationally. Henry (1897-1988) was the fourth child of the founders of Cranbrook, George Gough Booth and Ellen Scripps Booth. Carolyn (1902-1984) was the daughter of Merton E. Farr, president of the American Shipbuilding Company. While an architecture student at the University of Michigan, Henry helped his father design the...
Dates:
1897 - 1988; Majority of material found within 1909 - 1988
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, Carolyn Farr 2
- Booth, Ellen Warren Scripps, 1863-1948 2
- Brookside School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2
- Buckberrough, John 2
- Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2
- Cranbrook House & Gardens (Organization) 2
- Cranbrook Institute of Science 2
- Cranbrook Kingswood School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2
- Cranbrook School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2
- Hatt, Robert T. (Robert Torrens), 1902- 2
- Lorch, Emil, 1870-1963 2
- Page, Herman, Reverend, 1866-1942 2
- Paulsen, S. Glen (Serenus Glen) 2
- Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961 2
- Saarinen, Loja 2
- Stratton, Mary Chase Perry, 1867-1961 2
- Barbour, William T. 1
- Bertoia, Harry 1
- Bonawit, Owen G. 1
- Booth, James Scripps, 1888-1954 1
- Booth, Ralph H. 1
- Booth, Stephen Farr 1
- Burrowes, Marcus R. 1
- Cram, Ralph Adams, 1963-1942 1
- Cranbrook Art Museum 1
- Cranbrook Press 1
- Croze, Harvey 1
- Detroit Institute of Arts 1
- Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts 1
- Frayer, William Alley 1
- Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 1
- Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor, 1869-1924 1
- Grotell, Maija, 1899-1973 1
- Hulbert, Harold S. (Harold Stacey), 1887-1949 1
- Institute for Advanced Pastoral Studies 1
- Institute of Design (Chicago, Ill.) 1
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- Kirchmayer, Johannes, 1860-1930 1
- Kirk, Arthur Nevill 1
- Maroti, Geza 1
- Marquis, Samuel S., 1866-1948 1
- McEwen, Katherine 1
- McMath, Robert R. (Robert Raynolds), 1891-1962 1
- Milles, Carl, 1875-1955 1
- Milles, Olga Granner, 1874-1967 1
- Mitchell, Wallace, 1911-1977 1
- Morris & Co. (London, England) 1
- Pewabic Pottery (Firm) 1
- Plumb, Helen 1
- Saarinen Swanson, Pipsan 1
- Saarinen, Eliel, 1873-1950 1
- Saarinen, Lillian Swann, 1912- 1
- Scripps, James E. (James Edmund), 1835-1906 1
- Sepeshy, Zoltan, 1898-1974 1
- Stevens, William Oliver, 1878-1955 1
- Stone, Arthur J., 1847-1938 1
- Stone, Ralph, 1868-1957 1
- Swanson Associates 1
- University of Michigan 1
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