Chinese Nationality Room Committee

ca. 1939

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Title
Chinese Nationality Room Committee
Creator
Unknown
Date
ca. 1939
Identifier
CHCR02.UA
Description
Members of the Chinese Nationality Room Committee gathered in the classroom. The design of the Chinese Room was influenced by an 18th century reception hall in Peiping’s Forbidden City. The mural on the wall is a picture of the great Chinese thinker, Confucius. The table is designed to reflect his belief of equality between teachers and students around a circular table. The Chinese Room was dedicated October 6, 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 of Pittsburgh with the immigrant culture of the steel working families.
Place of Publication
Oakland
Type
still image
Subject
Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.).
University of Pittsburgh.
Cathedral of Learning (Pittsburgh, Pa.)--Nationality Rooms.
Cathedral of Learning (Pittsburgh, Pa.)--Chinese Room.
Men--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Women--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Geographic Subjects
Oakland
Source
University of Pittsburgh Historic Photographs, 1884-present
Collection
Pitt Photographs
University of Pittsburgh Historic Photographs
Pitt Nationality Rooms
Pitt Campus Life
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
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