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Henry Scripps Booth and Carolyn Farr Booth Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1982-05
Abstract
Henry Scripps Booth and Carolyn Farr Booth, lovers of art, music, and travel, were lifelong advocates of Cranbrook, dedicated to its development, both physically and organizationally. Henry (1897-1988) was the fourth child of the founders of Cranbrook, George Gough Booth and Ellen Scripps Booth. Carolyn (1902-1984) was the daughter of Merton E. Farr, president of the American Shipbuilding Company. While an architecture student at the University of Michigan, Henry helped his father design the...
Dates:
1897 - 1988; Majority of material found within 1909 - 1988
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
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
Helen McIlroy Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2023-08
Abstract
Helen McIlroy first came to Cranbrook as a temporary Brookside School employee. From 1931 until her retirement she worked permanently for the Cranbrook Foundation, as the assistant to George Booth and, later, as Henry Scripps Booth's secretary. In these roles, she communicated and worked with all divisions and staff becoming a great source of information. This small collection contains a variety of record types that reflect McIlroy's position at Cranbrook and include various details...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1933 - 1979; 1953 - 1977
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- Silverwork 1
- Wood-carving 1
- World War, 1939-1945 1 ∧ less
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- Booth, Henry Scripps, 1897-1988 3
- Christ Church Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 3
- Cranbrook Academy of Art 3
- Cranbrook Foundation 3
- Booth, Carolyn Farr 2
- Booth, Ellen Warren Scripps, 1863-1948 2
- Marquis, Samuel S., 1866-1948 2
- Bertoia, Harry 1
- Booth, James Scripps, 1888-1954 1
- Christ Church Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.). Episcopal Churchwomen 1
- Corbett, Doris 1
- Cram, Ralph Adams, 1963-1942 1
- Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Cranbrook Institute of Science 1
- Cranbrook Kingswood School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Detroit Industrial Mission 1
- Eames, Charles 1
- Episcopal Church. Diocese of Michigan 1
- Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 1
- Kirchmayer, Johannes, 1860-1930 1
- Kirk, Arthur Nevill 1
- Knoll, Florence, 1917-2019 1
- Lindbergh, Anne Morrow, 1906-2001 1
- Lorch, Emil, 1870-1963 1
- McIlroy, Helen 1
- Milles, Carl, 1875-1955 1
- Mitchell, Wallace, 1911-1977 1
- Page, Herman, Reverend, 1866-1942 1
- Pewabic Pottery (Firm) 1
- Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961 1
- Saarinen, Eliel, 1873-1950 1
- Saarinen, Lillian Swann, 1912- 1
- Saarinen, Loja 1
- Scripps, Harriet Josephine Messinger, 1838-1933 1
- Scripps, James E. (James Edmund), 1835-1906 1
- Swanson, Jons Robert Ferdinand 1
- University of Michigan 1
- Vettraino, Dominick 1
- Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 1 ∧ less
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