Maija Grotell papers
name: label: Creator
content: Grotell, Maija
label: Names
content: Cranbrook Academy of Art
label: Names
content: Eames, Charles
topic: label: Occupation
content: Ceramicists -- Michigan
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- Michigan
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Michigan
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women ceramicists
label: Topic
content: Women sculptors
label: Topic
content: Women educators
label: Topic
content: Ceramics
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Order and arrangement is that of the George Arents Research Library for Special Collections, Syracuse University.
creator: label: Creator
content: Grotell, Maija
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Ceramist and educator. Born 1899. Died 1973. After several years as a textile designer in her native Finland, Grotell immigrated to the United States in 1927. For a short time she studied with Charles Fergus Binns and from 1938 to 1966 she headed the ceramics department at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. During this period, the height of her career, she became one of the leaders in the development of ceramics as a medium of artistic expression. In addition, her research on glazes for Eero Saarinen made possible the widespread architectural use of colored glazed bricks.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Linear feet ((on 2 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1923-1973
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.grotmaij
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 4278-4279 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in George Arents Research Library for Special Collections, Syracuse University.
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: A collection inventory prepared by the lender is available at Archives of American Art offices and at the George Arents Research Library for Special Collections, Syracuse University.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical materials, correspondence, awards, photographs, and printed materials relating to the career of the noted ceramicist and teacher who devoted the last quarter century of her life to the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence consists chiefly of letters received from museums, colleagues (including Charles Eames), friends and former students. Other materials include biographical sketches, resumes, exhibition catalogs and announcements, clippings, scrapbook fragments, a file relating to students and colleagues, a register of funeral visitors, numerous personal and family photographs and five photo albums of Grotell and her work.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Slides of Grotell's work located at the George Arents Research Library for Special Collections, Syracuse University.