| Description |
1 image file : digital, JPEG. |
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University of Pittsburgh anthology |
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University of Pittsburgh anthology.
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BiblioBoard Access module.
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Original document: Photograph. |
| Summary |
A photograph of the Romanian Nationality Room in the Cathedral of Learning. The Romanian Nationality Room is modeled after a Romanian Orthodox Monastery. The Professors' lectern is modified from one that an Eastern Orthodox church would have used. Church icons depicting Mary and the Child, Christ, the Apostle Mark and the Domination of the Virgin frame the blackboard. The chairs were designed in Romania and carved using pocket knives. The Romanian Room was dedicated May 16, 1943. This room, along with 25 other Nationality Rooms all with different architectural styles, was conceived in the 1920s by sociologist Ruth Crawford Mitchell as a means of linking the university with the immigrant culture of the steel-working families. |
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GMD: electronic resource. |
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