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F. Shirley Prouty Research Collection on Johannes Kirchmayer
Collection
Identifier: 2018-04
Abstract
F. Shirley Prouty is the great great-niece of Johannes Kirchmayer. She spent many years researching his life, family history, and artworks. Her research is published in the book Johannes Kirchmayer, 1860-1930: master carver from Germany's passion play village to America's finest sanctuaries. This collection holds the research files for this publication. Johannes Kirchmayer was born in Oberammergau, Bavaria, in 1860 and emigrated to the United States in 1880. He work is predominantly...
Dates:
1873 - 2015; Majority of material found within 1994 - 2015
Corajoyce Rauss Papers
Collection — Container: Box 1
Identifier: 1998-11
Abstract
Corajoyrce Rauss was personal secretary to Henry Scripps Booth from 1961-1988. Lifelong friends, Rauss was also manager of Booth's estate. After his death in 1988, Rauss became staff at Cranbrook Archives helping to document the Booth Family until she retired in 2007. The Corajoyce Rauss Papers document her time as a Cranbrook employee, particularly the years she worked for Henry Scripps Booth. Correspondence to and from Booth, as well as writings by Rauss and Booth, make up the...
Dates:
1976 - 1987; Majority of material found within 1948 - 1998
Saarinen Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1990-08
Abstract
Finnish architect, Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen was born August 20, 1873. In 1904 Saarinen married artist Minna Carolina Mathilde Louise “Loja” Gesellius (b. 1879). The Saarinen's daughter Eeva Lisa “Pipsan” was born in Helsingfors, Finland on 31 March 1905 and their son Eero was born in Kyrkslaett, Finland on 20 August 1910. In 1923 Eliel met the Detroit newspaper magnate George Gough Booth, who was to become his chief patron in America. At Booth’s invitation, Saarinen moved his practice to...
Dates:
1880 - 1989
Harriet Messinger Scripps Diary
Collection
Identifier: 1995-21
Abstract
Harriet Josephine Messinger (1838-1933) married James Edmund Scripps (1835-1906) in 1862. They had six children: Ellen Warren (1863-1948), Anna Virginia (1866-1953), James Francis (1870-1882), Harriet Mary (1873-1875), Grace Messinger (1878-1971), and William Edmund (1882-1952). Ellen Warren Scripps married George Gough Booth and together they founded Cranbrook. This collection consists of one diary.
Dates:
1861 - 1862
Swanson Associates, Inc. Records
Collection
Identifier: 2009-01
Abstract
Swanson Associates, Inc., an architectural and planning firm that incorporated interior design, was established in 1947 by J. Robert F. Swanson and Pipsan Saarinen Swanson. In December 1965, it split into two affiliated companies, Swanson Associates, Inc., and Countryside Investment Corporation, which managed rental and investment assets. Pipsan was its director and the Swanson family owned its stock. In 1973, Ludwig Jorgensen negotiated the purchase of the Lone Pine Inn from the Cranbrook...
Dates:
1924 - 1982
Dominick Vettraino Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1990-15
Abstract
Dominick Vettraino grew up at Cranbrook helping his father Michael, who as grounds superintendent, planted most of the trees and gardens that adorned Cranbrook’s early years and helped shape the campus that is seen today. Dominick formally began working for Cranbook as one of his father’s handymen in 1931. He would also later serve as chief of the Cranbrook Fire Department, building its first fire truck, and head of Cranbrook Police Department, while also succeeding his father as grounds...
Dates:
1949 - 1988; Majority of material found within 1953 - 1960
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