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Cranbrook Skating Club Records
Collection
Identifier: 1995-83
Abstract
The Cranbrook Skating Club began as an outgrowth of the Cranbrook Arena Committee. It operated from January 12, 1957 until 1982. It was designed and constructed by Chas. R. Beltz and Company, Cronk and Tocco, The Garrison Company, and the W.J. Stewart companies, to resemble the Williams College facility. In addition to overseeing all aspects of the ice rink operations, the club provided skating for both the public and Cranbrook’s inter-scholastic hockey team six months of the year. Unique...
Dates:
1952 - 1982; Majority of material found within 1956 - 1980
George Gough Booth Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1981-01
Abstract
The collection documents the life and work of George Gough Booth, a renowned advocate of the arts, and a great philanthropist whose crowning achievement was the establishment of Cranbrook Educational Community. He was also one of the nation's leading newspapermen in the first half of this century. It includes biographical materials including legal documents, travel itineraries, talks and writings, and the financial and business records of the Cranbrook Press. It documents his working life...
Dates:
1864 - 1949
Christ Church Cranbrook Records
Collection
Identifier: 1992-01
Abstract
In 1923, George Gough Booth wrote to the Rev. Samuel Simpson Marquis with his ideas for building an Episcopal church and school on the Cranbrook estate to serve the needs of the growing Bloomfield Hills community. Booth would fund the construction of the church and provide an endowment for its maintenance. After obtaining the agreement of Bishop Herman Page, hiring and architect and a contractor, a groundbreaking ceremony took place on July 5, 1925. Christ Church Cranbrook was consecrated on...
Dates:
1923 - 2002
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 Academy of Art Women's Committee
Collection
Identifier: 1991-01
Abstract
The Cranbrook Academy of Arts Women’s Committee was founded on February 11, 1966 as the social arm of the Friends of the Academy (the Museum’s new membership program). The committee’s purpose was to promote and undertake activities and projects that would further the welfare of the Academy and the Museum. Throughout nearly forty years the committee hosted numerous events, programs, and fundraising projects until disbanded in 2002. The bulk of the collection reflects primarly the Women's...
Dates:
1966 - 2006
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 Architecture Office Records
Collection
Identifier: 1998-13
Abstract
Dr. Lillian H. Bauder, former President and Chief Executive Officer for the Cranbrook Educational Community (CEC), developed the Cranbrook Architecture Office. During the years 1984-1996 the Cranbrook Architecture Office was responsible for designing and fabricating additions, repairs, or renovations to the grounds, structures, or buildings of the Cranbrook community. The collection comprises of materials relative to the Brookside school, the Log Jam Arch, the Pedestrian Bridge, Pickle...
Dates:
1992 - 1998
Cranbrook Educational Community President's Office: Dr. Lillian H. Bauder Records
Collection
Identifier: 2020-08
Abstract
Lillian Hinckley Bauder (1939- ) was President and Chief Executive Officer of Cranbrook Educational Community (CEC) from 1984 to 1996. A renowned author, educator and administrator, Dr. Bauder is also a respected community leader and a vigorous advocate for the arts. The collection includes committee meeting materials from the Architectural Advisory Committee, the Governance Committee, the Compensation, and Long-Range Planning Committees as well as the Board of Trustees and the Ad Hoc...
Dates:
1922 - 2006
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 Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2020-03
Abstract
Cranbrook history dates back to 1904 when George and Ellen Booth purchased land in Bloomfield Hills, MI for their home. The next five decades saw the majority of this land transformed into an educational, artistic, and scientific community. In the early 1970s, a major reorganzition created the Cranbrook Educational Community. More than a century later, in 2021, this Community comprises five program areas: Cranbrook Schools, Cranbrook Art Academy, Cranbrook Art Museum, Cranbrook Institute of...
Dates:
circa 1830-; Majority of material found within 1931 - 1970
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- Cranbrook Academy of Art 9
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- Cranbrook School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 8
- Christ Church Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 7
- Booth, George G. (George Gough), 1864-1949 6
- Booth, Henry Scripps, 1897-1988 6
- Brookside School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 6
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- Cranbrook Kingswood School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 6
- Hatt, Robert T. (Robert Torrens), 1902- 5
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- Detroit Institute of Arts 4
- Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 4
- Kirchmayer, Johannes, 1860-1930 4
- Paulsen, S. Glen (Serenus Glen) 4
- Saarinen, Eliel, 1873-1950 4
- Sepeshy, Zoltan, 1898-1974 4
- University of Michigan 4
- Booth, Ellen Warren Scripps, 1863-1948 3
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- Detroit News (Firm) 3
- Grotell, Maija, 1899-1973 3
- Kirk, Arthur Nevill 3
- Marquis, Samuel S., 1866-1948 3
- Milles, Carl, 1875-1955 3
- Mitchell, Wallace, 1911-1977 3
- Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961 3
- Saarinen, Loja 3
- Stratton, Mary Chase Perry, 1867-1961 3
- Swanson, Jons Robert Ferdinand 3
- Bauder, Lillian 2
- Bertoia, Harry 2
- Booth, James Scripps, 1888-1954 2
- Booth, Ralph H. 2
- Buckberrough, John 2
- Cranbrook Academy of Art. Architecture Studio 2
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- Croze, Harvey 2
- Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts 2
- Eames, Charles 2
- Episcopal Church. Diocese of Michigan 2
- Frayer, William Alley 2
- Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor, 1869-1924 2
- Lorch, Emil, 1870-1963 2
- Maroti, Geza 2
- McEwen, Katherine 2
- Milles, Olga Granner, 1874-1967 2
- Morris & Co. (London, England) 2
- Pewabic Pottery (Firm) 2
- Saarinen Swanson, Pipsan 2
- Schmidt, Julius, 1923-2017 2
- Scripps, James E. (James Edmund), 1835-1906 2
- Slade, Roy 2
- Stone, Ralph, 1868-1957 2
- Vettraino, Dominick 2
- Winter, Jessie 2
- Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 2
- Ardolino, Edward 1
- Askew, June 1
- Askew, Richard G. 1
- Bach, Oscar Bruno, 1884-1957 1
- Bank of Montreal 1
- Barbour, William T. 1
- Barker, Laurence (Laurence Addison), 1930- 1
- Bonawit, Owen G. 1
- Booth, Carolyn Farr 1
- Booth, Stephen Farr 1
- Bradford, Francis Scott, 1898-1961 1
- Burrowes, Marcus R. 1
- Cantor, Allen 1
- Charles E. Lauriat Co. 1
- Christ Church Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.). Episcopal Churchwomen 1
- Christ-Janer, Albert, 1910-1973 1
- Cleveland Museum of Art 1
- Coir, Mark 1
- Concordia Senior College (Fort Wayne, Ind.) 1
- Connick, Charles J. (Charles Jay), 1875- 1
- Cooper, Harriet 1
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- Cram, Ralph Adams, 1963-1942 1
- Cranbrook Architectural Office 1
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