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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 Architectural Office Records
Collection
Identifier: 1989-01
Abstract
Records of the Cranbrook Architectural Office which was responsible for the supervision, inspection, approval and acceptance of all construction work at Cranbrook, beginning with Eliel Saarinen's leadership through its closure in the 1980s. The materials reflect the planning and building phases of the Brookside School (BS), Christ Church Cranbrook (CCC), Cranbrook Academy of Art (CAA), Cranbrook House, Cranbrook Institute of Science (CIS), Cranbrook School (CS), Kingswood School (KS), and...
Dates:
1925 - 1987
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
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- Christ Church Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 3
- Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 3
- Cranbrook Foundation 3
- Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor, 1869-1924 3
- Kirchmayer, Johannes, 1860-1930 3
- Booth, Henry Scripps, 1897-1988 2
- Connick, Charles J. (Charles Jay), 1875- 2
- Cram and Ferguson 2
- Cram, Ralph Adams, 1963-1942 2
- Cranbrook Institute of Science 2
- Cranbrook Kingswood School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2
- Cranbrook School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2
- Detroit Institute of Arts 2
- Episcopal Church. Diocese of Michigan 2
- Hatt, Robert T. (Robert Torrens), 1902- 2
- Kirk, Arthur Nevill 2
- Marquis, Samuel S., 1866-1948 2
- Saarinen, Loja 2
- Society of Arts and Crafts (Boston, Mass.) 2
- Stratton, Mary Chase Perry, 1867-1961 2
- Swanson, Jons Robert Ferdinand 2
- Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 1
- All Saints’ Ashmont (Parish : Boston, Mass.) 1
- Ardolino, Edward 1
- Bach, Oscar Bruno, 1884-1957 1
- Bank of Montreal 1
- Bonawit, Owen G. 1
- Booth, Ellen Warren Scripps, 1863-1948 1
- Booth, James Scripps, 1888-1954 1
- Booth, Ralph H. 1
- Bradford, Francis Scott, 1898-1961 1
- Brigham, Charles, 1841-1925 1
- Brookside School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Buckberrough, John 1
- Cascieri, Arcangelo, 1902-1997 1
- Charles E. Lauriat Co. 1
- Christ Church Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.). Episcopal Churchwomen 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
- Cranbrook Press 1
- Detroit Industrial Mission 1
- Detroit News (Firm) 1
- Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts 1
- Detroit Trust Company 1
- Eames, Charles 1
- Edw. F. Caldwell & Co. 1
- Ehrich Galleries 1
- Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 1
- Frayer, William Alley 1
- Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 1
- Grigny, Nicolas de, 1672-1703 1
- Herter Brothers (New York, N.Y.) 1
- Herter, Albert, 1871-1950 1
- Irving & Casson 1
- James Powell & Sons (Whitefriars) Ltd. 1
- Kellogg, Frederick William, 1866-1940 1
- Kempe, Charles Eamer, 1837-1907 1
- Knoll, Florence, 1917-2019 1
- Lauriat, Charles E., 1842-1920 1
- Lawrie, Lee, 1877-1963 1
- Le Brun, Napoleon, 1821-1901 1
- Lorch, Emil, 1870-1963 1
- Manship, Paul, 1885-1966 1
- Maroti, Geza 1
- McRae, Milton A. (Milton Alexander), 1858-1930 1
- Milles, Carl, 1875-1955 1
- Milles, Olga Granner, 1874-1967 1
- Morris & Co. (London, England) 1
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 1
- Packard Motor Car Company 1
- Page, Herman, Reverend, 1866-1942 1
- Paulsen, S. Glen (Serenus Glen) 1
- Pewabic Pottery (Firm) 1
- Prouty, F. Shirley (Florence Shirley) 1
- Richardson, H. H. (Henry Hobson), 1838-1886 1
- Royal School of Needlework (London, England) 1
- Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961 1
- Saarinen, Eliel, 1873-1950 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
- Shand-Tucci, Douglass, 1941- 1
- Simonds, O. C. (Ossian Cole), 1855-1931 1
- Stone, Ralph, 1868-1957 1
- Strengell, Gustaf 1
- Swanson Associates 1
- University of Michigan 1
- Vaughan, Henry, 1845-1917 1 ∧ less
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