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Benedict House Records
Collection
Identifier: 2020-04
Abstract
The Benedict House, formerly located at 710 N. Woodward in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, was built in 1819 and later owned by John Benedict. The property changed hands a few more times and was eventually demolished in 1978. The “Ad Hoc Committee to Save the Benedict House, Inc.” was formed by Ronald S. Swanson, Sylvia de P. Swanson, and Michael Cotter to salvage important features of the house including the woodwork, moldings, window casings, and the original hand-made red brick, before its...
Dates:
1967 - 1978
Doris Corbett Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2010-08
Abstract
Doris Corbett was a history professor and well-known singer and ballad composer, teaching and performing throughout the United States and Canada. While pursuing her doctorate in history, Ms. Corbett’s research brought her to Cranbrook to study the Arts & Crafts movement, Ellen Scripps Booth, and Nellie Beveridge Gray. The bulk of the collection consists of Ms. Corbett’s research of Ellen Scripps Booth and Nellie Beveridge Gray. Of particular note are the transcripts of the oral histories...
Dates:
Circa 1873-1989
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- Booth, George G. (George Gough), 1864-1949 1
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- Booth, Ellen Warren Scripps, 1863-1948 1
- Booth, Henry Scripps, 1897-1988 1
- Booth, James Scripps, 1888-1954 1
- Christ Church Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
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- Knoll, Florence, 1917-2019 1
- Lindbergh, Anne Morrow, 1906-2001 1
- Marquis, Samuel S., 1866-1948 1
- Milles, Carl, 1875-1955 1
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- Pewabic Pottery (Firm) 1
- Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961 1
- Saarinen, Eliel, 1873-1950 1
- Saarinen, Lillian Swann, 1912- 1
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- Scripps, Harriet Josephine Messinger, 1838-1933 1
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