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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 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
Margueritte Kimball Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1991-03
Abstract
Margueritte Eleanor Kimball was born on October 19, 1906, in Clinton, Massachusetts. In 1942 Kimball joined the Cranbrook Academy of Art as a student and immediately began serving as the Academy's financial secretary. A beloved and respected member of the Cranbrook community, Kimball used her position to interact with and collect various materials relating to the Academy's faculty and students. Kimball retired in 1968, nevertheless spending her remaining years in Boston as an exhibiting...
Dates:
Majority of material found in circa 1941-1996; undated
Richard Thomas Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1989-14
Abstract
Richard Thomas graduated from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in May 1948 with an MFA in painting, subsequently re-establishing the Metalsmithing Department at the Academy and becoming Head for thirty-six years. He also served in other administrative capacities for the Academy, including Dean of Students (1951-50), Registrar (1962-65), Administrative Assistant to the President (1965-66), and Dean of Students (1968). His chief interest was liturgical art, fabricating around 300 objects for...
Dates:
1930 - 1984; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1978
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- Sepeshy, Zoltan, 1898-1974 3
- Barker, Laurence (Laurence Addison), 1930- 2
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- Croze, Harvey 2
- Milles, Carl, 1875-1955 2
- Mitchell, Wallace, 1911-1977 2
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- Schmidt, Julius, 1923-2017 2
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- Booth, George G. (George Gough), 1864-1949 1
- Booth, Henry Scripps, 1897-1988 1
- Brookside School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
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- Eero Saarinen & Associates 1
- Ford Motor Company 1
- Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 1
- Fuller, Donald 1
- Grotell, Maija, 1899-1973 1
- Hance, G. W. (George W.) 1
- Hatt, Robert T. (Robert Torrens), 1902- 1
- Kimball, Margueritte Eleanor, 1906-1995 1
- Milles, Olga Granner, 1874-1967 1
- Munroe, Joseph 1
- Packard, James 1
- Paulsen, S. Glen (Serenus Glen) 1
- Saarinen, Lillian Swann, 1912- 1
- Slade, Roy 1
- Stone, Arthur J., 1847-1938 1
- Strengell, Marianne, 1909- 1
- University of Michigan 1
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