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Armenian Nationality Room Committee collection, 1975-2011
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- Title
- Armenian Nationality Room Committee collection, 1975-2011
- Creator
- University of Pittsburgh Nationality Rooms Program. Armenian Nationality Room Committee,
- Subject
- Bruhns, E. Maxine, Klanian, Charles S, Mangooian, Alex, Shakarian, David, Armenian Nationality Classroom (Cathedral of Learning, Pittsburgh, Pa), Armenian-American Club of Pittsburgh (Pa.), Nationality Rooms (Cathedral of Learning, Pittsburgh, Pa.), University of Pittsburgh Nationality Rooms Program Armenian Nationality Room Committee, University of Pittsburgh. Nationality Rooms Program., Armenian Americans--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Armenians--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Classrooms--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Universities and colleges--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
- Description
- The Armenian Nationality Room Collection holds records documenting the planning, design, funding, construction, and promotion of the Armenian Nationality Room in the University of Pittsburgh's Nationality Rooms Program at the Cathedral of Learning. The majority of the collection was originally assembled by Charles Klanian and later donated to the Nationality Rooms Program Office, while a 2001 deposit was originally housed and maintained by the Programs Office., Processing Information: The Klanian collection was processed and the finding aid created between June 2014 by Emily Reed, Nationality Rooms Archivist Intern. The 2001 deposit was processed by Nationality Rooms Program staff in 2001. Klanian's original chronological order was maintained. Irrelevant records and extra copies were weeded from the collection. Two boxes of previously processed Armenian Room materials (2001) were added to the collection in Series VI. Records in Western or Eastern Armenian have an abstract translated by Mariam Sogoian., Armenian Nationality Room Committee Collection, 1975-2011, UA.40.20.04, University of Pittsburgh Archives, Video and audio materials of the collection have copies located in the Nationality Rooms Program office., The Armenian Nationality Room Collection was created by Charles Klanian, previous Chairman for the Armenian Nationality Room Committee, and donated to the Nationality Rooms Program office by Klanian heirs after his death. In accordance with preserving activities of each classroom on the Nationality Council, the records were collected and maintained by the Nationality Rooms Program staff., Dedicated on August 28, 1988, the Armenian Nationality Room (ANR) took ten years to design, fund, and construct. It is located on the third floor of the Cathedral of Learning and is the twenty-first Nationality Classroom completed. Charles Klanian, Chairman of the Armenian Nationality Room Committee was the driving force behind the formation of the Armenian Nationality Committee. Torkom Khrimian, a Los Angeles architect, was contracted to complete the design of the classroom. The Matenadran (library) at the Sanahin Monastery in Northern Armenia became the major design inspiration for the ANR. The final design emulates 10th and 12th century Armenian architecture and was constructed of 22 tons of steel and Indiana limestone. The goal of the committe was to create a public space that supported the visibility of the Armenian community in Pittsburgh and showcased the cultural and intellectual achievements of all Armenians., The majority of material in this collection is in English with select documents in Western and Eastern Armenian., Finding aid Available in repository and on Internet; Folder level control; http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?type=simple;c=ascead;view=text;subview=outline;didno=US-PPiU-ua402004, Further accruals are expected from the activities of the Committee.
- Contributor
- University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
- Date
- 1975-2011
- Type
- Collection, text, still image, Architectural drawings (Visual works), Correspondence, Financial records, Minutes, Photographs, Sound recordings, Video recordings, Finding aids
- Format
- 5.5, unmediated, other
- Identifier
- oclc:ocn959610377, pitt:US-PPiU-ua402004
- Language
- eng, arm
- Relation
- http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?type=simple;c=ascead;view=text;subview=outline;didno=US-PPiU-ua402004
- Coverage
- Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
- Rights
- Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use., http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
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