Center for Creative Studies, est. 1906

Center for Creative Studies records, 1906-1982

5.4 linear ft. (partially microfilmed on 4 reels)
Reel(s): D280-D282 and 3250

Historical information; reports; correspondence; financial records; scrapbooks; photographs and albums.

REELS D280-D282: Historical information; annual reports; minutes of meetings; correspondence; enrollment records; financial statements; scrapbooks, 1904-1943; photographs of the Society's building; and publications.

REEL 3250: Five scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings regarding art and artists in Detroit.

UNMICROFILMED: Two prospecti, 1926-1927, for the Art School of the Society of Arts and Crafts,; 8 annual reports, 1920-1927, of the Society of Arts and Crafts; photographs and negatives made from glass slides of individuals and events from the earliest years of the Society of Arts and Crafts; and 2 albums, undated and 1911-1977, containing photographs of instructors, students, and activities of the Art School of the Society of Arts and Crafts and the Center for Creative Studies - College of Art and Design.

Material on reel 3250 lent for microfilming 1984, and unmicrofilmed material donated 1965 and 1984 by Center for Creative Studies.

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