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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
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 Foundation Office Records
Collection
Identifier: 1981-05
Abstract
The Cranbrook Foundation was established on November 28, 1927, by George Gough Booth and Ellen Scripps Booth. It was a trust and administrative entity to endow and support the six institutions that George and Ellen had founded: Brookside School Cranbrook, Christ Church Cranbrook, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Cranbrook Institute of Science, Cranbrook School, and Kingswood School Cranbrook. It's initial mission was, "to add to and strengthen the educational and cultural facilities within the...
Dates:
1926 - 1973
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
Wallace MacMahon Mitchell Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1990-21
Abstract
Wallace McMahon Mitchell was born on October 9, 1911 in Detroit, Michigan to Arthur Z. and Edith McMahon Mitchell. He was a respected painter, textile designer, geometric abstractionist, and a Cranbrook Academy of Art (CAA) graduate student (’35). He later served at the Academy as a painting, and arts and crafts instructor; registrar; director; and then president until his death in 1977. The collection contains the papers of Mitchell and his family during his years at Cranbrook. Included are...
Dates:
1934 - 1980
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- Hatt, Robert T. (Robert Torrens), 1902- 4
- Milles, Carl, 1875-1955 4
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- Booth, Henry Scripps, 1897-1988 3
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- Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 3
- Kirchmayer, Johannes, 1860-1930 3
- Mitchell, Wallace, 1911-1977 3
- Saarinen, Eliel, 1873-1950 3
- Sepeshy, Zoltan, 1898-1974 3
- Booth, Ellen Warren Scripps, 1863-1948 2
- Booth, James Scripps, 1888-1954 2
- Booth, Ralph H. 2
- Christ Church Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2
- Connick, Charles J. (Charles Jay), 1875- 2
- Cram and Ferguson 2
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- Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor, 1869-1924 2
- Grotell, Maija, 1899-1973 2
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- Lorch, Emil, 1870-1963 2
- Maroti, Geza 2
- Marquis, Samuel S., 1866-1948 2
- Milles, Olga Granner, 1874-1967 2
- Morris & Co. (London, England) 2
- Page, Herman, Reverend, 1866-1942 2
- Paulsen, S. Glen (Serenus Glen) 2
- Pewabic Pottery (Firm) 2
- Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961 2
- Saarinen, Lillian Swann, 1912- 2
- Saarinen, Loja 2
- Scripps, James E. (James Edmund), 1835-1906 2
- Society of Arts and Crafts (Boston, Mass.) 2
- Stone, Ralph, 1868-1957 2
- Stratton, Mary Chase Perry, 1867-1961 2
- Strengell, Marianne, 1909- 2
- Swanson, Jons Robert Ferdinand 2
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- University of Michigan 2
- Vettraino, Dominick 2
- Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 1
- All Saints’ Ashmont (Parish : Boston, Mass.) 1
- Ardolino, Edward 1
- Bach, Oscar Bruno, 1884-1957 1
- Baldwin, Benjamin, 1913-1993 1
- Bank of Montreal 1
- Barbour, William T. 1
- Barker, Laurence (Laurence Addison), 1930- 1
- Booth, Carolyn Farr 1
- Booth, Stephen Farr 1
- Bradford, Francis Scott, 1898-1961 1
- Brigham, Charles, 1841-1925 1
- Brookside School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Buckberrough, John 1
- Burrowes, Marcus R. 1
- Cascieri, Arcangelo, 1902-1997 1
- Charles E. Lauriat Co. 1
- Christ-Janer, Albert, 1910-1973 1
- Church of St. Mary the Virgin (New York, N.Y.) 1
- Church of the Intercession (New York, N.Y.) 1
- Cleveland Museum of Art 1
- Cooke, Edward S., Jr. (Edward Strong), 1954- 1
- Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson 1
- Cram, Wentworth, and Goodhue 1
- Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research. Cranbrook Archives 1
- Cranbrook House & Gardens (Organization) 1
- Croze, Harvey 1
- Detroit Trust Company 1
- Eames, Ray 1
- Edw. F. Caldwell & Co. 1
- Ehrich Galleries 1
- Episcopal Church. Diocese of Michigan 1
- Ford Motor Company 1
- Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 1
- Girard, Alexander 1
- Grigny, Nicolas de, 1672-1703 1
- Hammarstrom, Olav 1
- Herter Brothers (New York, N.Y.) 1
- Herter, Albert, 1871-1950 1
- Hulbert, Harold S. (Harold Stacey), 1887-1949 1
- Institute for Advanced Pastoral Studies 1
- Institute of Design (Chicago, Ill.) 1
- James Powell & Sons (Whitefriars) Ltd. 1
- Kellogg, Frederick William, 1866-1940 1
- Kempe, Charles Eamer, 1837-1907 1
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