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English Nationality Room

ca. 1952

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English Nationality Room
  • Title
  • English Nationality Room
  • Date
  • ca. 1952
  • Identifier
  • ENCR03UA
  • Description
  • Workers beginning construction of the English Nationality Room. The English Room, classroom 144, was designed by Albert A. Klimcheck in 16th century Tudor Gothic style, and reflects major aspects of American History: English language and law. It is the largest of the Nationality Rooms and contains a large amount original material from London's House of Commons which was destroyed by bombs during World War II. Each window bears a coat of arms representing an English city, or a famous English person from history. The English room was dedicated November 21, 1952. 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.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Men
    University of Pittsburgh
    Cathedral of Learning (Pittsburgh, Pa.). Nationality Rooms
    Cathedral of Learning (Pittsburgh, Pa.). English Room
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Source
  • University of Pittsburgh Historic Photographs, 1884-present
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • University of Pittsburgh Historic Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • 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.
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