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Czechoslovak Nationality Room
1927
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Title
Czechoslovak Nationality Room
Creator
Dusan Jurkovic
Date
1927
Identifier
CZCR38.UA
Description
Architectural perspective from the first set of drawings for the Czechoslovak classroom at the University of Pittsburgh Cathedral of Learning by Slovak architect Dusan Jurkovic. The Czechoslovak room emphasizes education, leadership and a love of nature. It was designed by Dr. Bohumil Slama. In the back of the room is the proclamation that King Charles the IV issued when he created Prague's Charles University in 1348. The murals near the windows depict animals and plants interacting, which were painted by artists Karel and Marie Svolinski from Prague. The Czechoslovak room was dedicated March 7, 1939. This room, along with twenty five 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.
Place of Publication
Oakland
Type
still image
Subject
Nationality Rooms.
Geographic Subjects
Oakland
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
Collection
University of Pittsburgh Historic Photographs
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