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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
Kate Thompson Bromley Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1981-04
Abstract
Kate Agnes Thompson married Frank Latham Bromley on May 2, 1900, in Detroit. They moved to Bloomfield Hills and, as neighbors, became ensconced in the Cranbrook community. Kate’s personal interests centered in the arts, and she became very good friends with Carl and Olga Milles, as well as with other Cranbrook personalities. The collection consists of photocopies of excerpts from the diaries of Kate Thompson Bromley. The diary entries document Bromley’s association with Cranbrook...
Dates:
1916 - 1955
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
Samuel Simpson Marquis Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1983-07
Abstract
This collection documents the life and work of Rev. Dr. Samuel Simpson Marquis (1866-1948). Ordained as an Episcopalian priest, he served parishes in Massachusetts before being called to St. Joseph's Church in Detroit, Michigan. In 1906, he became Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral where he oversaw construction of the new cathedral building designed by Ralph Adams Cram. Between 1915-1920, he worked in the Welfare Department of Ford Motor Company before returning to St. Joseph's in 1921. He moved...
Dates:
1817 - 1985; Majority of material found within 1889 - 1940
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- Booth, George G. (George Gough), 1864-1949 3
- Booth, Ellen Warren Scripps, 1863-1948 3
- Christ Church Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 3
- Cranbrook Academy of Art 3
- Milles, Carl, 1875-1955 3
- Saarinen, Eliel, 1873-1950 3
- Saarinen, Loja 3
- Bertoia, Harry 2
- Booth, Henry Scripps, 1897-1988 2
- Booth, James Scripps, 1888-1954 2
- Cram, Ralph Adams, 1963-1942 2
- Cranbrook Foundation 2
- Cranbrook Kingswood School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2
- Detroit News (Firm) 2
- Episcopal Church. Diocese of Michigan 2
- Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 2
- Kirk, Arthur Nevill 2
- Maroti, Geza 2
- Milles, Olga Granner, 1874-1967 2
- Pewabic Pottery (Firm) 2
- Scripps, James E. (James Edmund), 1835-1906 2
- Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 2
- Ardolino, Edward 1
- Bach, Oscar Bruno, 1884-1957 1
- Bank of Montreal 1
- Booth, Carolyn Farr 1
- Booth, Ralph H. 1
- Bradford, Francis Scott, 1898-1961 1
- Bromley, Kate Thompson 1
- Charles E. Lauriat Co. 1
- Cleveland Museum of Art 1
- Connick, Charles J. (Charles Jay), 1875- 1
- Corbett, Doris 1
- Cram and Ferguson 1
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- Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research. Cranbrook Archives 1
- Cranbrook Institute of Science 1
- Cranbrook Press 1
- Cranbrook School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Detroit Institute of Arts 1
- Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts 1
- Detroit Trust Company 1
- Eames, Charles 1
- Edw. F. Caldwell & Co. 1
- Ehrich Galleries 1
- Eschmann, Jean 1
- Ford Motor Company 1
- Frayer, William Alley 1
- Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor, 1869-1924 1
- Gray, Nellie Beveridge (circa 1906-) 1
- Hatt, Robert T. (Robert Torrens), 1902- 1
- Henry Ford Peace Expedition (1915-1916) 1
- Herter, Albert, 1871-1950 1
- James Powell & Sons (Whitefriars) Ltd. 1
- Kellogg, Frederick William, 1866-1940 1
- Kirchmayer, Johannes, 1860-1930 1
- Knoll, Florence, 1917-2019 1
- Lauriat, Charles E., 1842-1920 1
- Lindbergh, Anne Morrow, 1906-2001 1
- Lorch, Emil, 1870-1963 1
- Manship, Paul, 1885-1966 1
- McEwen, Katherine 1
- McRae, Milton A. (Milton Alexander), 1858-1930 1
- Mitchell, Wallace, 1911-1977 1
- Morris & Co. (London, England) 1
- Packard Motor Car Company 1
- Royal School of Needlework (London, England) 1
- Saarinen Swanson, Pipsan 1
- Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961 1
- Saarinen, Lillian Swann, 1912- 1
- Scripps, E. W. (Edward Willis), 1854-1926 1
- Scripps, Ellen Browning, 1836-1932 1
- Scripps, Harriet Josephine Messinger, 1838-1933 1
- Scripps, William E. (William Edmund), 1882-1952 1
- Simonds, O. C. (Ossian Cole), 1855-1931 1
- Society of Arts and Crafts (Boston, Mass.) 1
- Stevens, William Oliver, 1878-1955 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
- University of Michigan 1 ∧ less
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