George G. Booth papers
name: label: Creator
content: Booth, George G. (George Gough), b. 1864
label: Creator
content: Cranbrook Academy of Art
label: Creator
content: Cranbrook Foundation
label: Names
content: American Federation of Arts
label: Names
content: Art Alliance of America
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content: Detroit Institute of Arts
label: Names
content: Detroit Museum of Art
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content: Society of Arts and Crafts (Detroit, Mich.)
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content: Milles, Carl, 1875-1955
topic: label: Topic
content: Arts and crafts movement
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent 1974 by Henry Booth, descendant of George G. Booth.
creator: label: Creator
content: Booth, George G. (George Gough), b. 1864
label: Creator
content: Cranbrook Academy of Art
label: Creator
content: Cranbrook Foundation
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content: George G. Booth papers
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Publisher, art administrator, art patron, founder of Cranbrook Academy, 1932; Detroit, Mich. Died 1949. Booth was president of the Detroit School of Design which was absorbed by the Detroit Museum of Art. The Detroit Museum of Art subsequently became the Detroit Institute of Art. Booth bought his estate in 1904 calling it Cranbrook, a family name. In 1932 he established it as the Cranbrook Academy and named Finnish-born architect, Eliel Saarinen, president.
function: label: Function
content: Art centers -- Michigan
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2,185 Items ((on 3 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1900-1955
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bootgeor
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 664-666 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in: Cranbrook Archives and Historical Collection, Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence relating primarily to the Cranbrook Academy and Cranbrook School, and some to the Detroit School of Design, the Detroit Institute of Art, the Art Alliance of America, and the American Federation of Arts; a history of Cranbrook by Booth; a diary and visitors' book; Booth's proposal for an Academy of Art and one for the reorganization of the Cranbrook Foundation; a history of the Cranbrook Press; biographical data on the Booth family; addresses by Booth; material relating to the League to Enforce Peace and the Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts; and ca. 100 letters of Carl Milles, resident artist at Cranbrook.