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The Cultural Properties Collection, Founders Collection (Cranbrook House Collection) consists of objects that are part of the built environment or were acquired, created, collected, or commissioned by founders George Gough Booth and Ellen Scripps Booth, or their parents or children, for use or exhibit within the two residences—-605 Trumbull Avenue in Detroit and Cranbrook House, occupied during the years from 1888 to 1949—-and within the related structures and environs of these two homes. The related structures and environs of Cranbrook House include, but are not limited to, the Greek Theatre, Pavilion (now St. Dunstan’s Theatre), Boat House, Morris Mill, Japanese Garden, Twin Cottage, Tower Cottage, Tower Garage, and Greenhouse. This collection includes personal effects, including, but not limited to, surviving clothing, jewelry, and accessories owned and used by George Gough Booth or Ellen Scripps Booth or their immediate family. This collection also includes objects placed within Cranbrook House and its related structures and environs for interpretive purposes, which were acquired or created subsequent to the lives of the founders, including works transferred to Cranbrook House by Henry Scripps Booth and others as they oversaw the development of public programs at Cranbrook.