George G. Booth Home (Detroit, Mich.)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: When George Gough Booth and Ellen Warren Scripps married in 1887, James Scripps built a house for them, designed by Mason & Rice, across the street from his own on Trumbull Ave., in Detroit. It was donated as a Public Library in 1906 and later called the Scripps Branch of the Detroit Public Library (which closed in 1959). The home was razed in 1966.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
George Gough Booth School; Correspondence, 1937 - 1983
File — Box 30, Folder: 9
Collection Scope
From the Collection:
Series I: General Correspondence (1909-1988) contains correspondence between Henry and Carolyn Booth and their family and friends in the period 1909-1988. Important subjects in this series include the following: Asheville School 1913-1918; University of Michigan 1918-1924; Travels in Europe by Henry Scripps Booth and J. Robert F. Swanson during the period July 1922 - May 1923. Correspondence between Henry Scripps Booth and Carolyn Farr Booth; Travels by George Gough Booth and Ellen Warren...
Dates:
1937 - 1983