Swedish Nationality Room

July 8, 1938

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Title
Swedish Nationality Room
Creator
Unknown
Date
July 8, 1938
Identifier
SWCR01UA
Description
This Swedish Room combines the bright warm atmosphere of a country cottage with cheerful murals painted in the style of an 18th century artist. The walls are made of 200-year-old brick which are traditionally covered with many coats of whitewash. The men on horse are the Swedish representations of the biblical three wise men on their way to Bethlehem. The woman in the middle is Saint Catherine, the patron saint of Sweden. The Swedish room was dedicated July 8, 1938. 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
Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.).
University of Pittsburgh.
Cathedral of Learning (Pittsburgh, Pa.).
Nationality Rooms (Pittsburgh, Pa.).
Cathedral of Learning (Pittsburgh, Pa.)--Swedish Room.
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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