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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
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- Science museums 1
- Silverwork 1
- Weaving 1
- Women -- Suffrage 1
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- World War, 1914-1918 1 ∧ less
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- Booth, Henry Scripps, 1897-1988 2
- Cranbrook Institute of Science 2
- Detroit Institute of Arts 2
- Detroit News (Firm) 2
- Episcopal Church. Diocese of Michigan 2
- Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 2
- Hatt, Robert T. (Robert Torrens), 1902- 2
- Kirchmayer, Johannes, 1860-1930 2
- Kirk, Arthur Nevill 2
- Marquis, Samuel S., 1866-1948 2
- Milles, Carl, 1875-1955 2
- Saarinen, Eliel, 1873-1950 2
- University of Michigan 2
- Ardolino, Edward 1
- Bach, Oscar Bruno, 1884-1957 1
- Bank of Montreal 1
- Barker, Laurence (Laurence Addison), 1930- 1
- Bertoia, Harry 1
- Booth, Ellen Warren Scripps, 1863-1948 1
- Booth, James Scripps, 1888-1954 1
- Booth, Ralph H. 1
- Bradford, Francis Scott, 1898-1961 1
- Charles E. Lauriat Co. 1
- Christ Church Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Christ Church Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.). Episcopal Churchwomen 1
- Christ-Janer, Albert, 1910-1973 1
- Cleveland Museum of Art 1
- Connick, Charles J. (Charles Jay), 1875- 1
- Cram and Ferguson 1
- Cram, Ralph Adams, 1963-1942 1
- Cranbrook Art Museum 1
- Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research. Cranbrook Archives 1
- Cranbrook Kingswood School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Cranbrook Press 1
- Cranbrook School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Detroit Industrial Mission 1
- Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts 1
- Detroit Trust Company 1
- Eames, Charles 1
- Edw. F. Caldwell & Co. 1
- Ehrich Galleries 1
- Ford Motor Company 1
- Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 1
- Frayer, William Alley 1
- Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor, 1869-1924 1
- Grotell, Maija, 1899-1973 1
- Herter, Albert, 1871-1950 1
- James Powell & Sons (Whitefriars) Ltd. 1
- Kellogg, Frederick William, 1866-1940 1
- Lauriat, Charles E., 1842-1920 1
- Lorch, Emil, 1870-1963 1
- Manship, Paul, 1885-1966 1
- Maroti, Geza 1
- McRae, Milton A. (Milton Alexander), 1858-1930 1
- Milles, Olga Granner, 1874-1967 1
- Mitchell, Wallace, 1911-1977 1
- Morris & Co. (London, England) 1
- Packard Motor Car Company 1
- Paulsen, S. Glen (Serenus Glen) 1
- Pewabic Pottery (Firm) 1
- Royal School of Needlework (London, England) 1
- Saarinen, Loja 1
- Schmidt, Julius, 1923-2017 1
- Scripps, E. W. (Edward Willis), 1854-1926 1
- Scripps, Ellen Browning, 1836-1932 1
- Scripps, James E. (James Edmund), 1835-1906 1
- Scripps, William E. (William Edmund), 1882-1952 1
- Sepeshy, Zoltan, 1898-1974 1
- Simonds, O. C. (Ossian Cole), 1855-1931 1
- Society of Arts and Crafts (Boston, Mass.) 1
- Stone, Ralph, 1868-1957 1
- Stratton, Mary Chase Perry, 1867-1961 1
- Strengell, Gustaf 1
- Strengell, Marianne, 1909- 1
- Swanson, Jons Robert Ferdinand 1
- Thomas, Richard 1
- Vettraino, Dominick 1
- White, Lee A., 1886- 1 ∧ less
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