Photo Friday: Remembering HUB at 30 Years

The Horizons-Upward Bound program celebrated its 30th anniversary with the theme, “Inheriting the Legacy” during the 1994–1995 academic year. Like other anniversaries I’ve viewed during the HUB digitization project, HUB’s 30th year involved informal and formal events like banquets, cocktail receptions, and picnics.

Thirty years later, HUB has expanded this legacy—celebrating 60 years with micro events to incorporate “aspects of storytelling, history, fun, and fellowship” throughout the year. As HUB enters its 60th year, I thought it would be fun to look back at the ’90s and share a few images from HUB’s 30th anniversary.

Members from the HUB community review photographs of the program on the Quad during HUB’s 30th anniversary celebration, August 1994. Courtesy of Cranbrook Archives.

Alumni, students, staff, and donors with family and friends exchanged memories and ideas about the HUB program. They listened to various speakers, enjoyed food with live music, and sorted through pictorial displays.

Jenny Hutchinson (HUB ’90) welcomes visitors during HUB’s 30th anniversary, including Hassan Miah (HUB ’73) on right, August 1994. Courtesy of Cranbrook Archives.
HUB alumni are honored during HUB’s 30th anniversary banquet, August 6, 1994. Courtesy of Cranbrook Archives.

HUB’s alumni have historically contributed to the program, especially during anniversary events when members serve as speakers, sponsors, greeters, recruiters, and other roles to foster community relationships and growth of the program.

Student saxophone ensemble provides music for guests on the Quad during HUB’s 30th anniversary, August 1994. Courtesy of Cranbrook Archives.

Join us as we continue to celebrate HUB’s sixtieth anniversary this year, and remember to check back each month to our virtual photo exhibition of HUB’s history, Sixty Years of Horizons-Upward Bound, 1965-2025!

Courtney Richardson, Project Archivist, Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research

HUB digitization is funded by a NHPRC Archival Projects Grant for projects that ensure online public discovery and use of historical records collections. The NHPRC was established by Congress in 1934 as a statutory body affiliated with the National Archives and Records Administration and chaired by the Archivist of the United States.

Photo Friday: Happy 95th Anniversary, Christ Church Cranbrook!

Consecration of Christ Church Cranbrook, September 29, 1928. Archdeacon Ramsey knocks on the door of the church, accompanied by Mr. Kinder, Bishop Page, Mr. Forsyth.

Today marks ninety-five years since the consecration of Christ Church Cranbrook!

Consecration Service Program for Consecration of Christ Church Cranbrook, September 29, 1928.

Planning for the church began in earnest in 1923, with the cornerstone being laid in 1925. After three years of construction, and countless hours of labor from masons, artisans, and clergy, the church was ready to be consecrated.

Christ Church Cranbrook Consecration–Parish House Recessional, September 29, 1928.

The consecration was led by Charles L. Ramsay, Archdeacon of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan, declared the church sacred and ready for services. While the architecture was complete in 1928, it would be several more years before the last pieces of art were installed.

Consecration of Christ Church Cranbrook Recessional, September 29, 1928.

Kevin  Adkisson, Curator, and Laura MacNewman, Associate Archivist, Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research

Hidden in Plain Sight at Brookside

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The Cranbrook 50th Anniversary Rug (BS 1), 1973. Cultural Properties Collection, Brookside School.

In honor of the Cranbrook Kingswood Alumni Association’s Reunion Weekend, I thought I would share the story behind The Cranbrook 50th Anniversary Rug.

In 1973, New York designer Rhoda Sablow (1926-2013) was commissioned to design a rug for the Cranbrook 50th Anniversary Auction. The idea for the rug came from Mrs. Arthur Kiendl, wife of the first President of the Cranbrook Educational Community.

The border and geometric squares are reminiscent of Eliel Saarinen’s designs and surround depictions of various Cranbrook buildings and sculptures. The buildings are Christ Church, Kingswood, Cranbrook School, and Brookside. The sculptures are Orpheus, Jonah and the Whale, Europa and the Bull, Orpheus Fountain, Triton with Shell, Siren with Fishes, and Diana.

The rug was needlepointed by Cranbrook Schools parents: Mrs. Iain Anderson, Mrs. Richard Darragh, Mrs. Micheal Davis, Mrs. Fritz Fiesselmann, Mrs. Walter Flannery, Mrs. Robert Flint, Mrs. Mounir Guindi, Mrs. Wilfred Hemmer, Mrs. Charles Himelhoch, Mrs. James Holmes, Mrs. Lee Iacocca, Mrs. Arthur Kiendl, Mrs. George Kilbourne, Mrs. Jamse Lowell, Mrs. James May, Mrs. David Mott, Mrs. John McCue,  Mrs. Richard Pearce, Mrs. Donald Pendray, Mrs. J. Pierson Smith, Mrs. Edwin Spence, Mrs. Wright Tisdale, and Mrs. James Williams.

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Ellen Scripps Booth with granddaughter Elizabeth Wallace at Cranbrook House, circa 1919. Copyright Cranbrook Archives.

Elizabeth Wallace McLean bought the needlepoint rug at an auction during the three-day celebration of the founding of Cranbrook schools. Mrs. McLean, the granddaughter of Cranbrook founders George and Ellen Booth, immediately donated the tapestry back to the school in honor of its golden anniversary. Elizabeth was in the original class of seven who attended Brookside School, so it is appropriate that the rug now hangs inside the main entrance of Brookside.

– Leslie S. Mio, Associate Registrar, Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research

 

 

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The Cranbrook 50th Anniversary Rug (BS 1), 1973, on display in the Brookside Main Entrance. Cultural Properties Collection, Brookside School.

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