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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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- Architecture 32
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- Names
- Cranbrook Academy of Art 18
- Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 15
- Saarinen, Eliel, 1873-1950 14
- Booth, George G. (George Gough), 1864-1949 13
- Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961 12
- Christ Church Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 11
- University of Michigan 11
- Cranbrook Foundation 9
- Cranbrook School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 9
- Swanson, Jons Robert Ferdinand 9
- Booth, Henry Scripps, 1897-1988 8
- Cranbrook Kingswood School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 8
- Eero Saarinen & Associates 8
- Cranbrook Institute of Science 7
- GM Technical Center 7
- Paulsen, S. Glen (Serenus Glen) 7
- Saarinen, Loja 7
- Brookside School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 6
- Detroit Institute of Arts 6
- Knoll, Florence, 1917-2019 6
- Marquis, Samuel S., 1866-1948 6
- Saarinen Swanson, Pipsan 6
- Sepeshy, Zoltan, 1898-1974 6
- Booth, Ellen Warren Scripps, 1863-1948 5
- Cranbrook Art Museum 5
- Detroit News (Firm) 5
- Eames, Charles 5
- Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 5
- Hatt, Robert T. (Robert Torrens), 1902- 5
- Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (Saint Louis, Mo.) 5
- Kirchmayer, Johannes, 1860-1930 5
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology 5
- Milles, Carl, 1875-1955 5
- Aalto, Alvar, 1898-1976 4
- Bertoia, Harry 4
- Concordia Senior College (Fort Wayne, Ind.) 4
- Cram, Ralph Adams, 1963-1942 4
- Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor, 1869-1924 4
- Grotell, Maija, 1899-1973 4
- Hammarstrom, Olav 4
- Knoll Associates, Inc. 4
- Lorch, Emil, 1870-1963 4
- Maroti, Geza 4
- Mitchell, Wallace, 1911-1977 4
- Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 4
- Bauder, Lillian 3
- Cranbrook Academy of Art. Architecture Studio 3
- Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research. Cranbrook Archives 3
- Cranbrook House & Gardens (Organization) 3
- Cranbrook Press 3
- Croze, Harvey 3
- Episcopal Church. Diocese of Michigan 3
- Kirk, Arthur Nevill 3
- Knodel, Gerhardt 3
- Knoll, Hans, 1914-1955 3
- Milles, Olga Granner, 1874-1967 3
- Minoru Yamasaki and Associates 3
- Page, Herman, Reverend, 1866-1942 3
- Roche, Kevin, 1922-2019 3
- Saarinen, Lillian Swann, 1912- 3
- Scripps, James E. (James Edmund), 1835-1906 3
- Slade, Roy 3
- Stratton, Mary Chase Perry, 1867-1961 3
- Strengell, Marianne, 1909- 3
- Swanson Associates 3
- Weese, Harry, 1915-1998 3
- Booth, Carolyn Farr 2
- Booth, James Scripps, 1888-1954 2
- Booth, Ralph H. 2
- Buckberrough, John 2
- Christ-Janer, Albert, 1910-1973 2
- Coir, Mark 2
- Connick, Charles J. (Charles Jay), 1875- 2
- Cram and Ferguson 2
- Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson 2
- Cranbrook Schools 2
- Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts 2
- Eastern Michigan University 2
- Ford Motor Company 2
- Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 2
- Frayer, William Alley 2
- Girard, Alexander 2
- Goldman, Jack M. 2
- Hvitträsk (Museum) 2
- Institute of Design (Chicago, Ill.) 2
- Irving & Casson 2
- Korab, Balthazar 2
- Kratikos Aerolimenas Athēnōn 2
- McEwen, Katherine 2
- McMath, Robert R. (Robert Raynolds), 1891-1962 2
- Michigan State University 2
- Morris & Co. (London, England) 2
- Nowicki, M. S. 2
- Oakland Community College 2
- Packard Motor Car Company 2
- Pewabic Pottery (Firm) 2
- Rapson, Ralph, 1914-2008 2
- Sampe, Astrid, 1909-2002 2
- Schmidt, Julius, 1923-2017 2
- Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957 2 ∧ less
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