Showing Collections: 1 - 7 of 7
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
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
S. Glen Paulsen Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1991-25
Abstract
Serenus Glen Paulsen attended the University of Illinois, College of Fine and Applied Art from 1938 to 1942, then spent three years in the military under commanding officer, Marshall Fredericks (a sculptor). After the war, he received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Pennsylvania, School of Fine Arts, followed by a Master of Architecture and City Planning from the Royal Academy of Arts, Stockholm, Sweden. Paulsen worked for several firms, including Eero Saarinen and...
Dates:
1940 - 1990
Saarinen Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1990-08
Abstract
Finnish architect, Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen was born August 20, 1873. In 1904 Saarinen married artist Minna Carolina Mathilde Louise “Loja” Gesellius (b. 1879). The Saarinen's daughter Eeva Lisa “Pipsan” was born in Helsingfors, Finland on 31 March 1905 and their son Eero was born in Kyrkslaett, Finland on 20 August 1910. In 1923 Eliel met the Detroit newspaper magnate George Gough Booth, who was to become his chief patron in America. At Booth’s invitation, Saarinen moved his practice to...
Dates:
1880 - 1989
Saarinen-Swanson Reunion Records
Collection
Identifier: 2001-14
Abstract
Eliel Saarinen, along with his wife Loja, son Eero, daughter Pipsan, and son-in-law J. Robert F. Swanson, founded a creative tradition at Cranbrook that endures to this day. The Saarinens' fame and design philosophies attracted many of the brightest talents in the architectural, design, and planning fields to study at Cranbrook or to work for their businesses --- known variously as Saarinen and Swanson; Saarinen and Saarinen; Saarinen, Swanson, and Saarinen; Swanson Associates; and Eero...
Dates:
1995 - 2001
Swanson Associates, Inc. Records
Collection
Identifier: 2009-01
Abstract
Swanson Associates, Inc., an architectural and planning firm that incorporated interior design, was established in 1947 by J. Robert F. Swanson and Pipsan Saarinen Swanson. In December 1965, it split into two affiliated companies, Swanson Associates, Inc., and Countryside Investment Corporation, which managed rental and investment assets. Pipsan was its director and the Swanson family owned its stock. In 1973, Ludwig Jorgensen negotiated the purchase of the Lone Pine Inn from the Cranbrook...
Dates:
1924 - 1982
J. Robert F. and Pipsan Saarinen Swanson Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1990-01
Abstract
Jons Robert (Bob) Ferdinand Swanson (1900-1981) graduated from the University of Michigan School of Architecture in 1924, where he had and become friends with Henry Scripps Booth. In 1924, they established the architectural firm, Swanson and Booth. In 1927, the partnership dissolved and Bob established his own practice. Eva Lisa (Pipsan) Saarinen (1905-1979), daughter of Eliel and Loja Saarinen, studied weaving, ceramics, and fabric design at University of Helskini. She married Bob in 1926...
Dates:
1900 - 1983
Filtered By
- Names: Saarinen Swanson, Pipsan X
Filter Results
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Architecture, Domestic 6
- Architecture 5
- Photographs 4
- Bloomfield Hills (Mich.) 3
- Scrapbooks 3
- Candlesticks 2
- Chair design 2
- Education 2
- Embassy buildings 2
- Furniture design 2
- Interior decoration 2
- Science museums 2
- Sculpture 2
- Textile fabrics 2
- Textiles 2
- Art -- Study and teaching 1
- Art auctions 1
- Arts and crafts movement 1
- Ashtrays 1
- Candelabra 1
- Ceramics 1
- Church architecture 1
- Commercial buildings 1
- Design 1
- Flatware 1
- Glass painting and staining 1
- Memorials 1
- Museums 1
- Oral history 1
- Piano 1
- Pottery 1
- Public buildings 1
- Religion 1
- School buildings 1
- Trans World Airlines Terminal (New York, N.Y.) 1
- Weaving 1
- architectural drawings (visual works) 1 ∧ less
- Names
- Cranbrook Academy of Art 5
- Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961 5
- Saarinen, Loja 5
- Swanson, Jons Robert Ferdinand 5
- University of Michigan 5
- Bertoia, Harry 4
- Booth, George G. (George Gough), 1864-1949 4
- GM Technical Center 4
- Sepeshy, Zoltan, 1898-1974 4
- Booth, Henry Scripps, 1897-1988 3
- Cranbrook Kingswood School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 3
- Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 3
- Maroti, Geza 3
- Marquis, Samuel S., 1866-1948 3
- Milles, Carl, 1875-1955 3
- Milles, Olga Granner, 1874-1967 3
- Paulsen, S. Glen (Serenus Glen) 3
- Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 3
- Aalto, Alvar, 1898-1976 2
- Booth, Ellen Warren Scripps, 1863-1948 2
- Christ Church Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2
- Concordia Senior College (Fort Wayne, Ind.) 2
- Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2
- Cranbrook Art Museum 2
- Cranbrook Foundation 2
- Cranbrook Institute of Science 2
- Eastern Michigan University 2
- Eero Saarinen & Associates 2
- Grotell, Maija, 1899-1973 2
- Hammarstrom, Olav 2
- Hatt, Robert T. (Robert Torrens), 1902- 2
- Hvitträsk (Museum) 2
- Kirk, Arthur Nevill 2
- Knoll, Florence, 1917-2019 2
- Lorch, Emil, 1870-1963 2
- McEwen, Katherine 2
- McMath, Robert R. (Robert Raynolds), 1891-1962 2
- Michigan State University 2
- Minoru Yamasaki and Associates 2
- Oakland Community College 2
- Saarinen, Lillian Swann, 1912- 2
- Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957 2
- Stevens, William Oliver, 1878-1955 2
- Strengell, Marianne, 1909- 2
- Suomi College 2
- Swanson Associates 2
- Allen, Maurice B. 1
- American Institute of Architects 1
- American Institute of Decorators 1
- Antioch College 1
- Baldwin, Benjamin, 1913-1993 1
- Barbour, William T. 1
- Bauder, Lillian 1
- Booth, Carolyn Farr 1
- Booth, James Scripps, 1888-1954 1
- Booth, Ralph H. 1
- Booth, Stephen Farr 1
- Bromley, Kate Thompson 1
- Brookside School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Buckberrough, John 1
- Burrowes, Marcus R. 1
- Christ-Janer, Albert, 1910-1973 1
- Coir, Mark 1
- Cranbrook Academy of Art. Architecture Studio 1
- Cranbrook Architectural Office 1
- Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research. Cranbrook Archives 1
- Cranbrook House & Gardens (Organization) 1
- Cranbrook Press 1
- Cranbrook School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Croze, Harvey 1
- Detroit Institute of Arts 1
- Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts 1
- Dinkeloo, John G. (John Gerard), 1918-1981 1
- Eames, Charles 1
- Eschmann, Jean 1
- Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 1
- Frayer, William Alley 1
- Girard, Alexander 1
- Goldman, Jack M. 1
- Gray, Nellie Beveridge (circa 1906-) 1
- Hulbert, Harold S. (Harold Stacey), 1887-1949 1
- Institute for Advanced Pastoral Studies 1
- Institute of Design (Chicago, Ill.) 1
- Irving & Casson 1
- Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (Saint Louis, Mo.) 1
- Kirchmayer, Johannes, 1860-1930 1
- Knodel, Gerhardt 1
- Knoll Associates, Inc. 1
- Korab, Balthazar 1
- Lawrence Technological University 1
- Mitchell, Wallace, 1911-1977 1
- Morris & Co. (London, England) 1
- Northern Michigan University 1
- Nowicki, M. S. 1
- Öhquist, Johannes, 1861-1949 1
- Packard Motor Car Company 1
- Page, Herman, Reverend, 1866-1942 1
- Pewabic Pottery (Firm) 1 ∧ less
∨ more
∨ more