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Irish Nationality Room
May 18, 1957
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Title
Irish Nationality Room
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
May 18, 1957
Identifier
IRCR01.UA
Description
The Irish room, made mostly out of stone represents a 12th century Irish oratory for Christians. The stone above the blackboard contains pre-Christian symbols like cat masks, and boar's heads. The column contains masks of people, all of these masks represent the fact that paganism stayed in Ireland even after Christianity arrived. The cornerstone to the left of the blackboard contains the quote, "For the glory of God, and the honor of Ireland." Behind the cornerstone is a container holding land from Northern and Southern Ireland. The Irish Room was dedicated on May 18, 1957. 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
Rooms
Classrooms
Chairs
Cathedral of Learning (Pittsburgh, Pa.). Irish Room
Geographic Subjects
Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
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
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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