Repository
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Title English Nationality Room Committee Collection Creator
University of Pittsburgh. Nationality Rooms Program. English Nationality Room Committee
Collection Number UA.40.07 Extent
1.25 Linear Feet
4 boxes
Date 1931-1981 Abstract The idea for an English Nationality Room was initially proposed by Dr. Albert Mansbridge in 1927; however, the construction of the room was delayed by the outbreak of the Second World War. Led by Member of Parliament Alfred C. Bossom, the room was eventually constructed using salvaged materials from the bombed House of Commons. This collection contains correspondence, running memos, and photographs that document the construction of the English Nationality Room in the Cathedral of Learning and its dedication in 1952. Language
English
. Author Lindsey Woolcock, Stephen Andrew and Zachary Brodt. Publisher ULS Archives & Special Collections Address University of Pittsburgh Library Systemhttp://library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections Arrangement
The records in this collection were bound into five volumes, each of which are represented as a series in the collection as follows:
Series I. Volume I: History, Minutes, Dr. Mansbridge Correspondence and General Correspondence, 1927-1959
Series II. Volume II: Bossom Correspondence, 1948-1963
Series III. Volume III: Dedication 1952, Gifts 1948-1963, Clippings 1930-1961
Series IV. Volume IV: Architectural Design 1929-1956, Window Rondelles 1952-1958, Furniture 1954-1959
Series V. Volume V: Photographs: Classroom, Dedication, Special Events, Gifts
Biography/History
In 1927, Dr. Albert Mansbridge proposed that an English Room be included in the plan to build Nationality Rooms around the Cathedral of Learning Commons Room. He arranged for the Courtauld Institute of Art in London to hold a competition for English architects to submit either a Georgian or Tudor design for the room. The University of London's architecture professor, Walter Godfrey, won the competition with his Tudor design.
With the outbreak of World War II in 1939 the plans for the English Room were put on hold, but the relationship between England and the United States grew stronger. At the conclusion of the war Alfred C. Bossom, a Member of Parliament, succeeded Dr. Mansbridge as the chairman of the London committee. Bossom identified Victorian era pseudo-Gothic linenfold paneling, stone bosses and a stone fireplace within the bombed House of Commons and secured permission from the Speaker of the House, D. Clifton Brown, to salvage the relics and ship them to Pittsburgh for the English Room. Two rondells are also made of glass taken from the blitzed House of Commons. With the acquisition of these materials and the realization that Andrew W. Mellon served as Ambassador to England, Chancellor Rufus H. Fitzgerald was able to secure a $50,000 grant from the A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust to complete the English Room.
In August 1952 an effort was made to create an English Room committee comprised of Englishmen in the Pittsburgh community to complete the room's construction, such as the installation of twenty-two stained glass medallions containing the coats of arms of English universities and cities. L. Gerald First was named the first chair of this committee and on November 21, 1952, the English Room was dedicated.
Access Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright
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Scope and Content Notes This collection consists primarily of correspondence documenting the English Nationality Room Committee's efforts to secure funding, an architectural design and items for the room. Of particular interest is the correspondence of Alfred Bossom, who was the committee chair in England that arranged for the support of the British government. Also included are committee meeting minutes and running memos, which document the progress being made during the room's construction. Information regarding the room's 1952 dedication and photographs are also present.
Acquisition Information
Transferred to the University Archives by the Nationality Rooms Program Office in 1999.
Previous Citation
English Nationality Room Committee Collection, 1931-1981, UA.40.07, University of Pittsburgh Archives
Preferred Citation
English Nationality Room Committee Collection, 1931-1981, UA.40.07, University Archives, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System
Processing Information
The inventory to this collection was written by Lindsey Woolcock. The finding aid was written by Andrew Stephen and Zachary Brodt in October 2015.
Subjects Corporate Names Nationality Rooms (Cathedral of Learning, Pittsburgh, Pa.) University of Pittsburgh. Nationality Rooms Program University of Pittsburgh. Nationality Rooms Program. English Nationality Room Committee Personal Names Godfrey, Walter H. Mitchell, Ruth Crawford Mansbridge, Albert Bossom, Alfred C. Genres Clippings (Information artifacts) Photographs Minutes (Administrative records) Financial records Correspondence Other Subjects University of Pittsburgh Classrooms -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Universities and colleges -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Container List Series I. Volume I: History, Minutes, Dr. Mansbridge Correspondence and General Correspondence , 1927-1959 Scope and Content Notes This volume contains a variety of documents relating to the creation and maintenance of the English Nationality Room. Included are correspondence with the first committee chair, Albert Mansbridge, discussing pre-World WAr Ii efforts to build an English Room and running memos which document the room's construction. Also present are correspondence and committee meeting minutes which document the maintenance and evolution of the room after its dedication in 1952, as well as histories of the room written by Ruth Crawford Mitchell.
Subseries 1. History of the English Room History of the Room, 1927-1952 , by Ruth Crawford Mitchell1952 Containers volume 1 , item 1 Revised History of the English Room by Ruth Crawford Mitchellc. 1956 Description and History of the Room by Ruth Crawford Mitchell1951 Subseries 2. Running Memos , 1931-1958 Running Memo , 1931 Running Memo , 1932 Running Memo , 1933 Running Memo , 1934 Running Memo , 1935 Running Memo , 1936 Running Memo , 1937 Running Memo , 1938 Running Memo , 1939 Running Memo , 1940 Running Memo , 1941 Running Memo , 1942 Running Memo , 1943 Running Memo , 1944-1946 Running Memo , 1947 Running Memo , 1948 Containers item 16 Item 1. Meeting of English Steering Committee , December 20, 1948
Running Memo , 1953 Running Memo , 1954 Running Memo , 1956 Running Memo , 1957 Containers item 20 Item 1. Mitchell to Rupp , January 18, 1957
Item 2. Appeal Letter by R. Hadden , February 11, 1957
Item 3. Memo from Mitchell to Elliott , July 23, 1957
Item 4. English Room Statement No. 1 , December 12, 1952
Item 5. English Room Statement No. 2
Item 6. English Room Statement No. 3
Item 7. English Room Statement No. 4
Running Memo , 1958 Running Memo , 1959 Subseries 3. Minutes of the English Room Committee , 1952-1958 Committee Minutes , 1952 Containers item 1 Item 1. Minutes , September 26, 1952
Item 2. Report of the Chairman , October 8, 1952
Item 3. Firth to English Room Committees , October 7, 1952
Item 4. Minutes , October 10, 1952
Item 5. Minutes , October 17, 1952
Item 6. Minutes , October 24, 1952
Item 7. Minutes , November 7, 1952
Committee Minutes , 1953 Containers item 2 Item 1. Minutes , January 27, 1953
Item 2. Minutes , May 22, 1952
Item 3. Firth to English Room Committees , May 27, 1953
Item 4. Minutes , June 16, 1953
Item 5. Minutes , September 14, 1953
Item 6. Financial Statement , September 14, 1953
Item 7. Minutes , December 15, 1953
Item 8. Memorandum on Conferences , September 22, 1953
Committee Minutes , 1954 Containers item 3 Item 1. Minutes , March 16, 1954
Item 2. Minutes , October 21, 1954
Item 3. Sub-Committee Meeting Minutes , November 15, 1954
Committee Minutes , 1955 Containers item 4 Item 1. Minutes , January 11, 1955
Item 2. Minutes , March 3, 1955
Committee Minutes , 1956 Containers item 5 Item 1. Minutes , January 3, 1956
Item 2. Memo from Firth to English Room Committee , December 10, 1956
Item 3. Minutes , December 17, 1956
Committee Minutes , 1957 Committee Minutes , 1958 Containers item 7 Item 1. Minutes , January 6, 1958
Item 2. Minutes , July 7, 1958
Item 3. Perry to Mitchell , July 7, 1958
Item 4. Meeting Minutes Corrections , July 7, 1958
Item 5. Minutes (Corrected) , July 7, 1958
Item 6. List of Committee Members , July 7, 1958
Item 7. Agenda , September 13, 1958
Item 8. Memo from Mitchell to English Folder , September 15, 1958
Item 9. Financial Report , September 13, 1958
Item 10. Handwritten Meeting Minutes , September 13, 1958
Subseries 4. Correspondence, Dr. Albert Mansbridge , 1934-1947 Correspondence , 1934 Containers item 1 Item 1. Mitchell to Mansbridge , April 21, 1934
Item 2. Mitchell to Mansbridge , April 21, 1934
Item 3. Mansbridge to Mitchell , June 19, 1934
Item 4. Mansbridge to Mitchell , June 22, 1934
Item 5. Mansbridge to Mitchell , July 17, 1934
Item 6. Mitchell to Mansbridge , August 16, 1934
Item 7. Edwards to Mitchell , September 3, 1934
Item 8. Mansbridge to Mitchell , October 10, 1934
Item 9. Constable to Mitchell , October 15, 1934
Item 10. Mansbridge to Mitchell , October 18, 1934
Item 11. Mitchell to Constable , November 28, 1934
Item 12. Constable to Mitchell , December 11, 1934
Item 13. Mitchell to Mansbridge , December 12, 1934
Item 14. Mitchell to Mansbridge , December 27, 1934
Correspondence , 1935 Containers item 2 Item 1. Mansbridge to Mitchell , January 8, 1935
Item 2. Mitchell to Mansbridge , January 17, 1935
Item 3. Mitchell to Mansbridge , February 5, 1935
Item 4. Mansbridge to Mitchell , February 10, 1935
Item 5. Mansbridge to Smalley , February 10, 1935
Item 6. Mansbridge to Professor Tyson , July 11, 1935
Item 7. Mitchell to Mansbridge , October 28, 1935
Item 8. Mansbridge to Mitchell , October November 11, 1935
Item 9. Constable to Mansbridge , December 12, 1935
Item 10. Mansbridge to Bowman , December 15, 1935
Item 11. Mitchell to Constable , December 17, 1935
Correspondence , 1936 Containers item 3 Item 1. Constable to Mitchell , January 3, 1936
Item 2. Mitchell to Constable , January 17, 1936
Item 3. Mansbridge to Mitchell , January 27, 1936
Item 4. Mitchell to Mansbridge , February 5, 1936
Item 5. Mansbridge to Mitchell , February, 19, 1936
Item 6. Mitchell to Mansbridge , April 13, 1936
Item 7. Mansbridge to Mitchell , April 23, 1936
Item 8. Constable to Mansbridge , April 23, 1936
Item 9. Mansbridge to Bowman , May 21, 1936
Item 10. Constable to Bowman , May 22, 1936
Item 11. Bowman to Constable , July 7, 1936
Item 12. Bowman to Mansbridge , July 7, 1936
Item 13. Mitchell to Mansbridge , July 8, 1936
Item 14. Mansbridge to Mitchell , July 21, 1936
Item 15. Constable to Bowman , July 23, 1936
Item 16. Mitchell to Mansbridge , July 31, 1936
Item 17. Stegeman to Constable , August 12, 1936
Item 18. Bowman to Mansbridge , August 12, 1936
Item 19. Mansbridge to Mitchell , August 18, 1936
Item 20. Mitchell to Mansbridge , August 18, 1936
Item 21. Constable to Mitchell , October 1, 1936
Item 22. Mansbridge to Mitchell , October 8, 1936
Item 23. Mansbridge to Mitchell , October 20, 1936
Item 24. Mansbridge to Mitchell , December 4, 1936
Item 25. Mansbridge to Mitchell , December 9, 1936
Correspondence , 1937 Containers item 4 Item 1. Mitchell to Mansbridge , March 8, 1937
Item 2. Mansbridge to Mitchell , March 18, 1937
Item 3. Mansbridge to Mitchell , July 2, 1937
Item 4. Mitchell to Mansbridge , July 13, 1937
Item 5. Mansbridge to Mitchell , July 21, 1937
Item 6. Mansbridge to Mitchell
Item 7. Mansbridge to Mitchell , October 20, 1937
Item 8. Mitchell to Mansbridge , November 13, 1937
Item 9. Mansbridge to Mitchell , November 24, 1937
Item 10. Mansbridge to Mitchell , December 7, 1937
Item 11. Mitchell to Mansbridge , December 19, 1937
Item 12. Mansbridge to Mitchell , December 30, 1937
Item 13. Mansbridge to Mitchell , December 30, 1937
Correspondence , 1938 Containers item 5 Item 1. Mansbridge to Mitchell , January 10, 1938
Item 2. Mitchell to Mansbridge , January 18, 1938
Item 3. Mansbridge to Mitchell , January 28, 1938
Item 4. Godfrey to Mitchell , February 4, 1938
Item 5. Mitchell to Mansbridge , February 7, 1938
Item 6. Mansbridge to Godfrey , February 8, 1938
Item 7. Mansbridge to Mitchell , February 8, 1938
Item 8. Hickson to Mitchell , February 12, 1938
Item 9. Mansbridge to Mitchell , February 17, 1938
Item 10. Hickson to Mitchell , February 22, 1938
Item 11. Hickson to Mitchell , March 21, 1938
Item 12. Hickson to Mitchell , March 24, 1938
Item 13. Mitchell to Hickson , March 24, 1938
Item 14. Summary of Conferences with Hickson, Mitchell, and Bowman , March 31 and April1, 1938
Item 15. Summary of Discussions with Mrs. Mitchell and Dr. Bowman , March 31 and April 1, 1938
Item 16. Mansbridge to Mitchell , April 1, 1938
Item 17. Mitchell to Mansbridge , April 4, 1938
Item 18. Mansbridge to Mitchell , April 18, 1938
Item 19. Mitchell to Godfrey , April 21, 1938
Item 20. Hickson to Mitchell , May 7, 1938
Item 21. Mitchell to Hickson , May 9, 1938
Item 22. Walter Godfrey to Mitchell , May 9, 1938
Item 23. Hickson to Mitchell , May 17, 1938
Item 24. Bowman to Guinness , May 20, 1938
Item 25. Bowman to Bolton , May 20, 1938
Item 26. Mansbridge to Bowman , June 3, 1938
Correspondence , 1939 Containers item 6 Item 1. Mansfield to Mitchell , June 20, 1939
Item 2. Mitchell to Mansfield , August 4, 1939
Item 3. Mitchell to Harnies , July 29, 1939
Item 4. Harnies to Mitchell , August 3, 1939
Item 5. Mansfield to Mitchell , August 3, 1939
Correspondence , 1942 Containers item 7 Item 1. Bentley to Bowman , October 26, 1942
Item 2. Memorandum by F.H. Bentley , February 10, 1942
Correspondence , 1946 Containers item 8 Item 1. Bentley to Fitzgerald , February 25, 1946
Item 2. Fitzgerald to Bentley , March 21, 1946
Item 3. Bentley to Mitchell , April 18, 1946
Correspondence , 1947 Containers item 9 Item 1. Bentley to Tyson , April 8, 1947
Subseries 5. General Correspondence , 1948-1963 General Correspondence , 1948 Containers item 1 Item 1. Presentation of the Nationality Rooms book to the British Ambassador , January 28, 1948
Item 2. Inverchapel to Fitzgerald , January 30, 1948
Item 3. Mitchell to Bell , April 21, 1948
Item 4. Bell to Mitchell , May 17, 1948
Item 5. Mitchell to Bell , May 18, 1948
General Correspondence , 1949 Containers item 2 Item 1. Mitchell to Walton , March 8, 1949
Item 2. Clifton Brown to Fitzgerald , November 15, 1949
Item 3. Fitzgerald to Clifton Brown , December 23, 1949
General Correspondence , 1950 Containers item 3 Item 1. Mitchell to Charles , January 27, 1950
Item 2. R.L. Swearer to Mitchell , March 3, 1950
Item 3. Dotter to Twigger , March 8, 1950
Item 4. Invoice
Item 5. Invoice of Merchandise , January 26, 1950
Item 6. Weber to Collector of Customs , March 8, 1950
Item 7. R.L. Swearer to Dotter , March 9, 1950
Item 8. Bossom to Fitzgerald , March 21, 1950
Item 9. Invoice , March 31, 1950
Item 10. Franks to Fitzgerald , April7, 1950
Item 11. Willard to Mitchell , July 8, 1950
Item 12. Willard to Mitchell , July 11, 1950
Item 13. Mitchell to Willard , July 14, 1950
Item 14. Willard to University , July 19, 1950
Item 15. Willard to Mitchell , July 19, 1950
Item 16. Twigger to Mitchell , July 26, 1950
Item 17. Willard to Alfred Bossom , July 26, 1950
Item 18. Willard to Mitchell , October 6, 1950
General Correspondence , 1951 Containers item 4 Item 1. Hawes to Fitzgerald , April 20, 1951
Item 2. Fitzgerald to Hawes , May 10, 1951
Item 3. Memo from Mitchell to Fitzgerald , July 6, 1951
Item 4. Brochure, "Anglo-American Civilization Interdepartmental Major"
Item 5. A.K. Smith to Fitzgerald , July 4, 1951
Item 6. Fitzgerald to Smith , June 28, 1951
Item 7. Telegram from Clifton Brown to Fitzgerald , July 7, 1951
Item 8. Clifton Brown to Fitzgerald , July 6, 1951
Item 9. Fitzgerald to Clifton Brown , June 28, 1951
Item 10. Fitzgerald to Bossom , July 7, 1951
Item 11. Bossom to Fitzgerald , July 3, 1951
Item 12. Fitzgerald to Bossom , June 28, 1951
Item 13. Presentation of Nationality Rooms Book to Clifton Brown , July 17, 1951
Item 14. Detailed Description of the English Room , July 1951
Item 15. History of the Room , July 1951
Item 16. Presentation of Nationality Rooms Book (copy) , July 17, 1951
Item 17. Heath to Fitzgerald , July 18, 1951
Item 18. Mitchell to Fitzgerald , July 20, 1951
Item 19. Browne to Fitzgerald , July 26, 1951
Item 20. Bossom to Fitzgerald , July 27, 1951
General Correspondence , 1952 Containers item 5 Item 1. Bishop Brown to McCarthy , November 5, 1952
General Correspondence , 1958 Containers item 6 Item 1. Martin to Rankin , October 2, 1958
Item 2. Martin to Rankin , November 20, 1958
Item 3. Memo from Mitchell to Witman , November 21, 1958 (?)
Item 4. Memo from Witman to Rankin , November 24, 1958
Item 5. Bossom to Mitchell , December 12, 1958
Item 6. Memo from Witman to Rankin , December 16, 1958
General Correspondence , 1959 Containers item 7 Item 1. Memo from Witman regarding Churchill Portrait , February 9, 1959
Item 2. Rankin to Martin , February 23, 1959
Item 3. Mitchell to Witman , June 18, 1959
Item 4. Mitchell to Witman , June 18, 1959
Item 5. Leather to Mitchell , June 30, 1959
General Correspondence , 1962 Containers item 8 Item 1. Mitchell to Eldridge , November 14, 1962
Item 2. Eldridge to Finegold , November 26, 1962
Item 3. Nationality Rooms Council to Bruce , November 10, 1962
General Correspondence , 1963 Containers item 9 Item 1. Eldridge to Finegold , February 5, 1963
Item 2. Elkus to Eldridge , March 18, 1963
Item 3. Finegold to Eldridge , April 3, 1963
Item 4. Mitchell to Bossom , August 7, 1963
Item 5. Bossom to Mitchell , August 13, 1963
Subseries 6. Associated Papers (In front cover of volume) List of English Room Committees , November 8, 1952 Martin to Dowd Chair Rental & Sales , December 23, 1953 Press Release , April 4, 1974 Notebook Sheet with Handwrtten Notes Series II. Volume II: Bossom Correspondence , 1948-1963 Scope and Content Notes Alfred C. Bossom replaced Dr. Albert Mansbridge as chair of the London Committee of the English Room at the conclusion of the Second World War. Before serving as a Member of Parliament, he was an architect in Pittsburgh. Through Bossom's connections to the British government, he was able to secure many of the features of the English Room from the bombed House of Commons and several other artifacts and gifts. This volume of correspondence provides information about his contributions to the room and his pursuit and acquisition of architectual and artifactual items, such as the cast iron fire back depicting the defeat of the Spanish Armada.
Subseries 1. Correspondence , 1948 Bossom to Burbidge , January 3, 1948 Containers volume 2 , item 1 Mitchell to Bossom , February 6, 1948 Mitchell to Bossom , February 16, 1948 Bossom to Mitchell , February 9, 1948 Bossom to Mitchell , March 6, 1948 Mitchell to Bossom , March 16, 1948 Agnes L. Starrett to Stanley Morrison , February 12, 1948 Bossom to Mitchell , March 31, 1948 Mitchell to Bossom , May 18, 1948 Guy Chapman to Bossom Chapman and Mitchell to Bossom , December 13, 1948 Subseries 2. Correspondence , 1949 Mitchell to Bossom , March 9, 1949 Bossom to Mitchell , March 21, 1949 Fitzgerald to Bossom , June 11, 1949 Bossom to Mitchell , July 22, 1949 Mitchell to Bossom , October 13, 1949 Bossom to Mitchell , October 20, 1949 Mitchell to Bossom , October 25, 1949 Bossom to Mitchell , November 10, 1949 Mitchell to Bossom , November 30, 1949 Subseries 3. Correspondence , 1950 Bossom to Mitchell , January 10, 1950 Mitchell to Bossom , January 20, 1950 Bossom to Mitchell , January 25, 1950 Mitchell to Bossom , April 18, 1950 Bossom to Mitchell , April 18, 1950 Mitchell to Bossom , April 19, 1950 Mitchell to Bossom , April 26, 1950 Bossom to Mitchell , May 5, 1950 Bossom to Mitchell , May 18, 1950 Bossom to Mitchell , May 25, 1950 Bossom to Mitchell , May 31, 1950 Mitchell to Bossom , May 26, 1950 Mansbridge to Fitzgerald , June 13, 1950 Mitchell to Bossom , June 29, 1950 Bossom to Mitchell , August 3, 1950 Mitchell to Bossom , August 15, 1950 List of English Room Details in which assistance is needed from London , August 15, 1950 Memorandum on Design , June 1949 Bossom to Mitchell , August 18, 1950 Bossom to Mitchell , October 2, 1950 Mitchell to Bossom , October 9, 1950 Bossom to Mitchell , October 14, 1950 Bossom to Mitchell , October 17, 1950 Bossom to Mitchell , October 25, 1950 Bossom to Fitzgerald , November 1, 1950 Bossom to Mitchell , November 16, 1950 Mitchell to Bossom , November 17, 1950 Mitchell to Bossom , November 1950 Bossom to Mitchell , December 12, 1950 Bossom to Mitchell , December 29, 1950 Subseries 4. Correspondence , 1951 Dotter to Bossom , January 5, 1951 Dotter to Bossom , January 7, 1951 Bossom to Mitchell , February 15, 1951 Bossom to Dotter , January 18, 1951 Coote to Bossom Mitchell to Bossom , February 20, 1951 Mitchell to Bossom , February 23, 1951 Memorandum , February, 26, 1951 Bossom to Mitchell , February 27, 1951 Bossom to Mitchell , April 2, 1951 Mitchell to Bossom , June 9, 1951 Bossom to Mitchell , June 29, 1951 Memo to Mitchell , June 30, 1951 Memo to Mitchell , July 3, 1951 Memo to Mitchell , July 27, 1951 Telegram from Mitchell to Roger Russell , June 20, 1951 Telegram from Mitchell to Roger Russell , June 21, 1951 Telegram from Mitchell to Bishop Brown , June 25, 1951 Telegram sent to Mitchell Telegram sent to Mitchell , June 22, 1951 Roger Carter to Mitchell , June 21, 1951 Roger Russell to Mitchell , June 22, 1951 A.W. Schmidt to Julius C. Holmes , June 27, 1951 Memo from Mitchell to Fitzgerald , July 3, 1951 Mitchell to Roger Russell , July 3, 1951 Clifton Brown to Fitzgerald , July 3, 1951 Bossom to Fitzgerald , July 3, 1951 Roger Carter to Mitchell , July 5, 1951 Memo from Mitchell to Fitzgerald , July 6, 1951 Suggested Radio Talk about the University of Pittsburgh - Drafts List of Potential Invitees for Luncheon List of Members of the United States Educational Commission in the United Kingdom (Fullbright) Telegram from Mitchell to Richard Taylor , July 7, 1951 Telegram from Fitzgerald to Clifton Brown , July 7, 1951 Telegram from Fitzgerald to Bossom , July 7, 1951 Mitchell to Richard Taylor , July 7, 1951 Richard Taylor to Mitchell , July 10, 1951 Telegram from Mitchell to Reginald Fairlie , July 16, 1951 Telegram from Mitchell to Peter Heath , July 16, 1951 Telegram from Mitchell to Margaret Godley , July 9, 1951 Mitchell to Fitzgerald , July 16, 1951 Mitchell to Fitzgerald , July 20, 1951 Mitchell to Dorothy Leet , July 20, 1951 Fitzgerald to Stanton Crawford , September 20, 1951 Stanton Crawford to Fitzgerald , Spetember 19, 1951 Mitchell to Bossom , November 30, 1951 Bossom to Mitchell , March 5, 1951 Note regarding Bossom, Fitzgerald and Klimcheck , November 27, 1951 Bossom to Mitchell , November 30, 1951 Bossom to Mitchell , December 12, 1951 Subseries 5. Correspondence , 1952 Bossom to Fitzgerald , February 18, 1952 Copy of Personal note from Mitchell to Bossom , February 21, 1952 Mitchell to Bossom , February 21, 1952 Mitchell to Bossom , March 4, 1952 Telegram from Bossom to Mitchell , February 28, 1952 Telegram from Mitchell to Bossom , February 29, 1952 Bossom to Mitchell , March 18, 1952 Bossom to Mitchell , March 17, 1952 Bossom to Mitchell , April 24, 1952 Bossom to Mitchell , April 28, 1952 Mitchell to Bossom , April 29, 1952 Fitzgerald to Samuel Scharpiro & Company, Inc. , April30, 1952 Mitchell to Bossom , May 5, 1952 Bossom to Mitchell , May 9, 1952 Bossom to Mitchell , May 9, 1952 Bossom to Mitchell , May 19, 1952 Bossom to James Roberston , May 1952 Mitchell to Bossom , May 21, 1952 Bossom to Mitchell , June 19, 1952 Bossom to Mitchell , July 7, 1952 Telegram from Bossom to Mitchell , July 7, 1952 Mitchell to Bossom , July 14, 1952 Bossom to Mitchell , July 14, 1952 Bossom to Mitchell , July 14, 1952 Telegram from Bossom to Mitchell , July 18, 1952 Mitchell to Bossom , July 23, 1952 Fitzgerald to Bossom , July 28, 1952 Bossom to Mitchell , July 28, 1952 Bossom to Fitzgerald , August 9, 1952 Bossom to Mitchell , August 9, 1952 Mary Louise Woods to Bossom , August 12, 1952 Telegram from Bossom to Fitzgerald , August 18, 1952 M. Edgcumbe to Mitchell , August 22, 1952 Bossom to Mitchell , August 25, 1952 Bossom to Fitzgerald , September 5, 1952 Bossom to Mitchell , September 12, 1952 Mitchell to Bossom , September 15, 1952 Tentative Draft of Program for the Dedication of the English Room Bossom to Mitchell , September 12, 1952 Mitchell to Bossom , September 16, 1952 Bishop Brown to Bossom , September 16, 1952 Fitzgerald to Bossom , September 17, 1952 M. Edgcumbe to Mrs. Crawford Mitchell , Septmber 22, 1952 Bossom to Mitchell , September 30, 1952 Bossom to Fitzgerald , September 30, 1952 Mitchell to Bossom , October 8, 1952 Telegram from Mitchell to Castell's , October 7, 1952 Hymns for Dedication Ceremony Bossom to Fitzgerald , October 16, 1952 Telegram from Fitzgerald to Bossom , October 21, 1952 Telegram from Fitzgerald to Bossom , October 21, 1952 Telegram from Bossom to Mitchell , October 21, 1952 Telegram from Bossom to Mitchell , October 18, 1952 Telephone Message from Howard Smith , October 22, 1952 Bossom to Mitchell , October 23, 1952 Mitchell to Bossom , October 27, 1952 Telegram from Bossom to Mitchell , October 31, 1952 Mitchell to Bossom , October 31, 1952 Telegram from Mitchell to Bossom , November 6, 1952 Mitchell to Bossom , November 7, 1952 Stanton Crawford to Dr. John W. Oliver, Dr. Elmer Graper, and Professor Walter Hovey , November 7, 1952 Telegram from Fitzgerald to Bossom , October 17, 1952 Telegram from Bossom to Fitzgerald Telegram from Fitzgerald to Bossom , November 25, 1952 Telegram from Bossom to Mitchell , November 26, 1952 Telegram from Bossom to Mitchell , November 17, 1952 Telegram from Bossom to Mitchell Telegram from Bossom to Mitchell , November 12, 1952 Telegram from Bossom to Mitchell Dotter to Bossom , November 26, 1952 Bossom to Mitchell , November 26, 1952 First Draft of a Suggestion for the Wording of the Bronze Tablet Commemorating the Gift of Materials from the House of Commons Draft of the Commemorative Bronze Tablet for the English Room Bossom to Mitchell , December 4, 1952 Memo from Mitchell to Fitzgerald , December 16, 1952 Jane Key to Mitchell , December 17, 1952 Bossom to Mitchell , December 17, 1952 Telegram from Bossom Memo from Mitchell to Fitzgerald , December 2, 1952 Bossom to Mitchell , December 2, 1952 Mitchell to Bossom , December 12, 1952 Mitchell to Bossom , December 23, 1952 Bossom to Mitchell , December 29, 1952 Bossom to Mitchell , December 29, 1952 Subseries 6. Correspondence , 1953 Cowell to Edgcumbe , January 5, 1953 Edgcumbe to Mitchell , January 2, 1953 Edgcumbe to Mitchell , January 2, 1953 Cowell to Edgcumbe , January 9, 1953 Goodale to Bossom , January 13, 1953 Edgcumbe to Mitchell , January 19, 1953 Warner & Sons Limited Receipt , January 13, 1953 Goodale to Bossom , January 12, 1953 Bossom to Goodale , January 8, 1953 Edgcumbe to Cowell , January 15, 1953 Bossom to Mitchell , January 19, 1953 Mitchell to Bossom , January 19, 1953 Telegram from Bossom to Mitchell , January 19, 1953 Bossom to Mitchell , January 23, 1953 Bossom to Mitchell , February 2, 1953 Bossom to Mitchell , February 26, 1953 Mitchell to Bossom , March 17, 1953 Fitzgerald to Bossom , April 2, 1953 Bossom to Mitchell , April 15, 1953 Bossom to Mitchell , April 29, 1953 Mitchell to Bossom , May 7, 1953 Mitchell to Bossom , May 15, 1953 Bossom to Mitchell , May 26, 1953 P.H. Gore-Boothe to Jane Key , July 6, 1953 Copy of Letter of Patent for Aldred Bossom awarded by Elizabeth II Bossom to Mitchell , July 13, 1953 Edgcumbe to Mitchell , August 28, 1953 Bossom to Mitchell , September 30, 1953 Mitchell to Bossom , September 30, 1953 Bossom to Mitchell , October 6, 1953 Bossom to Fitzgerald , November 3, 1953 Mitchell to Bossom , December 16, 1953 Bossom to Mitchell , November 21, 1953 Wincester Cathedral Broderers pamphlet by L.F. PeselPhotograph of embroidered cushion Bossom to Mitchell , December 7, 1953 Telegram from Mitchell to Bossom Fitzgerald to Bossom , December 22, 1953 Subseries 7. Correspondence , 1954 Bossom to Mitchell , January 7, 1954 Bossom to Mitchell , January 1954 Bossom to Mitchell , January 13, 1954 Who's Who 1953 : Alfred Bossom entryJanuary 20, 1954 Mitchell to Bossom , January 19, 1954 Bossom to Mitchell , January 25, 1954 Fitzgerald to Bossom , February 2, 1954 Bossom to Mitchell , March 26, 1954 Mitchell to Bossom , April 23, 1954 Bossom to Mitchell , May 4, 1954 Mitchell to Bossom , May 19, 1954 Bossom to Mitchell , May 25, 1954 Mitchell to Bossom , July 6, 1954 Fitzgerald to Bossom , July 8, 1954 Viers Adams to Gerald Firth , July 9, 1954 Adams to William Milne Guthrie , July 9, 1954 Bossom to Mitchell , July 14, 1954 Bossoms to Mitchell , July 27, 1954 Mitchell to Bossom , August 2, 1954 Bossom to Mitchell , August 6, 1954 Mary Newell to Mitchell , August 8, 1954 Bossom to Mitchell , August 12, 1954 Mitchell to Bossom , August 16, 1954 Mitchell to Bossom , August 17, 1954 Edgcumbe to Mitchell , August 19, 1954 Edgcumbe to Mitchell , August 20, 1954 Edgcumbe to Mitchell , August 23, 1954 Bossom to Mitchell , October 18, 1954 Telegram from Fitzgerald to Bossom , October 19, 1954 Bossom to Mitchell , October 23, 1954 Mitchell to Bossom , November 10, 1954 Telegram from Mitchell to Bossom Bossom to Mitchell , December 13, 1954 Subseries 8. Correspondence , 1955 Mitchell to Bossom , February 2, 1955 Bossom to Mitchell , February 28, 1955 Bossom to Mitchell , March 3, 1955 Whistler to Bossom , March 27, 1955 Mitchell to Bossom , March 8, 1955 Bossom to Mitchell , March 9, 1955 Master of Sinclair to Bossom , March 3, 1955 Mitchell to Bossom , March 22, 1955 Bossom to Mitchell , March 31, 1955 Fitzgerald to Bossom , April 6, 1955 Mitchell to Bossom , April 13, 1955 Bossom to Mitchell , April 20, 1955 Bossom to Mitchell , May 25, 1955 Bossom to Mitchell , June 2, 1955 Smolkovich to Bossom , June 29, 1955 Dotter to Bossom , July 27, 1955 Bossom to Dotter , August 8, 1955 Dotter to Bossom , August 10, 1955 Bossom to Dotter , August 22, 1955 Bossom to Dotter , September 6, 1955 Bossom to Mitchell , September 8, 1955 Bossom to Elliot , September 23, 1955 Mitchell to Bossom , October 27, 1955 Bossom to Mitchell , October 19, 1955 Bossom to Mitchell , November 24, 1955 Bossom to Mitchell , November 5, 1955 Mitchell to Bossom , December 1, 1955 Bossom to Mitchell , December 13, 1955 Instructions for Care of English Room Woodwork from Bossom , December 13, 1955 Bossom to Mitchell (Copy) , December 23, 1955 Subseries 9. Correspondence , 1956 Elliot to Richard Hadden , January 14, 1956 Mitchell to Bossom , January 16, 1956 Bossom to Mitchell , January 20, 1956 Telegram from Bossom to Mitchell Bossom to Mitchell , February 21, 1956 Bossom to Mitchell , April 3, 1956 Bossom to Mitchell , April, 1956 Clive Bossom to Mitchell , April 20, 1956 Schedule of Clive and Barbara Bossom's visit , May 8-10, 1956 Bossom to Mitchell , June 4, 1956 Bossom to Mitchell , May 17, 1956 Mitchell to Bossom , May 22, 1956 Bossom to Mitchell , June 4, 1956 Clive Bossom to Mitchell , June 15, 1956 Mitchell to Barbara Bossom , June 19, 1956 Bossom to Mitchell , June 19, 1956 Mitchell to Bossom , June 21, 1956 Mitchell to Bossom , June 29, 1956 Bossom to Mitchell , June 30, 1956 Bossom to Mitchell , July 5, 1956 Bossom to Mitchell , July 5, 1956 Mitchell to Bossom , July 30, 1956 Bossom to Mitchell , September 26, 1956 Extracts from a Report from Charles Elliott after a Conference with Sir Alfred Bossom , September 24, 1956 Mitchell to Richard Hadden , October 13, 1956 Cook to Mitchell , October 12, 1956 Firth to Bossom , December 21, 1956 Subseries 10. Correspondence , 1957 Mitchell to Bossom , January 11, 1957 Bossom to Mitchell , February 4, 1957 Oyen to Bossom , February 25, 1957 Mitchell to Bossom , March 15, 1957 Bossom to Oyen , March 18, 1957 Bossom to Mitchell , July 15, 1957 Elliott to Bossom , September 16, 1957 Bossom to Elliott , October 17, 1957 Subseries 11. Correspondence , 1958 Elliott to Bossom , May 22, 1958 Mitchell to Bossom , July 22, 1958 Bossom to Mitchell , September 17, 1958 Mitchell to Bossom , October 3, 1958 Bossom to Mitchell , November 5, 1958 Mitchell to Bossom , November 12, 1958 Bossom's Secretary to Mitchell , November 14, 1958 Bossom to Mitchell , December 12, 1958 Subseries 12. Correspondence , 1959 Bossom to Mitchell , February 4, 1959 Mitchell to Bossom , February 23, 1959 Bossom to Mitchell , February 28, 1959 Bossom to Mitchell , May 20, 1959 Mitchell to Bossom , May 18, 1959 Bossom to Mitchell , June 19, 1959 Subseries 13. Correspondence , 1960 Bill Eldridge to Mitchell , March 23, 1960 Bossom to Mitchell , April 16, 1960 Subseries 14. Correspondence , 1961 Mitchell to Bossom , June 20, 1961 Bossom to Mitchell , July 11, 1961 Subseries 15. Christmas Cards from Bossom Card , 1949 Card , 1952 Card , 1953 Card , 1954 Card , 1955 Card from Clive and Barbara Bossom , 1956 Card , 1957 Card , 1958 Card , 1959 Card , 1960 Card , 1961 Card , 1962 Series III. Volume III: Dedication 1952, Gifts 1948-1963, Clippings 1930-1961 Scope and Content Notes This volume contains correspondence and programs concerning the 1952 dedication of the English Nationality Room. Also included is information about a variety of gifts to the room, including furniture, art work, and architectural elements, such as wood and stone from the House of Commons. Clippings from newspapers and other publications concerning the room are also present.
Subseries 1. Dedication , 1952 Invitations to Press Preview and Room Dedication Containers volume 3 , item 1 Program Speech by Mrs. Ruth Crawford Mitchell Speech by Alfred Bossom Containers item 4 Item 1. Typed Copy of Speech by Alfred Bossom
Item 2. Original Copy of Bossom's Speech
Speech by Sir Christopher Steel Texts of Presentation for Symbolic Gifts Containers item 6 Item 1. King James Bible
Item 2. Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica
Item 3. Magna Carta
Arrangements Containers item 7 Item 1. Memo from Mitchell to Fitzgerald , September 26, 1952
Item 2. Memo from Adams to Fitzgerald , September 24, 1952
Item 3. Memo from Mitchell to Fitzgerald , October 3, 1952
Item 4. Sixth draft of program for dedication , October 17, 1952
Item 5. Tentative Schedule , November 11, 1952
Item 6. Publicity Report , November 11, 1952
Item 7. Program draft , November 13, 1952
Item 8. Schedule of Work , November 21-22, 1952
Item 9. Music Booklet
Item 10. Castel & Son Ltd. to Dotter , December 2, 1952
Press Releases Containers item 8 Item 1. Memo to Mitchell , October 31, 1952
Item 2. Biography of Alfred Bossom
Item 3. Biography of Christopher Steel
Item 4. Guests for the English Room dedication
Item 5. General Information on the Nationality Rooms
Letters of Regret Containers item 9 Item 1. Livingstone to Fitzgerald , November 12, 1952
Item 2. Coville to Fitzgerald , October 12, 1952
Item 3. Mitchell to Cooley , October 3, 1952
Item 4. Morrison to Fitzgerald , November 11, 1952
Item 5. D'Egville to Fitzgerald , November 13, 1952
Copy of Pitt Quarterly , Winter 1952-1953 Subseries 2. Gifts List of Gifts to the English Room, 1956 Portrait of a Lady bookletLetter from Elizabeth Robins to Sam and Elsa, 1948 Memorandum from Bowman , February 17, 1948 Mitchell to Eliot , February 27, 1948 Mitchell to Elizabeth Robins , 1948 Transcript of Letter from William Wilberforce to Samuel Wilberforce , 1822 Mitchell to Robins , September 21, 1950 Bust of Willaim Pitt Containers item 9 Item 1. Description , 1948
Item 2. Mitchell to Doty , February 5, 1948
Item 3. Memo from Doty to Mitchell , February 6, 1948
Item 4. Mitchell to Godfrey , February 9, 1948
Item 5. Godfrey to Mitchell , April 16, 1948
Wood and Stone from Blitzed House of Commons , 1949 Containers item 10 Item 1. Clifton Brown to Fitzgerald , November 15, 1949
Nest of Tables Containers item 11 Item 1. Text of Speeches on the Occasion of the Presentation , October 25, 1950
Item 2. Mansbridge to Fitzgerald , April 21, 1950
Item 3. Fitzgerald to Queen Mary , May 3, 1950
Item 4. Wickham to Fitzgerald , May 12, 1950
Item 5. Carter to Fitzgerald , June 2, 1950
Item 6. Fitzgerald to Wickham , June 12, 1950
Item 7. Fitzgerald to Carter , June 16, 1950
Item 8. Transcript of Telephone Call between Carter and Fitzgerald , June 16, 1950
Item 9. Fitzgerald to Carter , August 7, 1950
Item 10. Carter to Fitzgerald , 1950
Item 11. Carter to Mitchell , August 29, 1950
Item 12. Mitchell to P.H. Gore-Booth , September 25, 1950
Item 13. Carter to Mitchell , October 3, 1950
Item 14. Mitchell to Carter , October 5, 1950
Item 15. Draft of Statement for Presentation of Tables
Item 16. Fitzgerald to Crawford , October 20, 1950
Item 17. Guest List Suggestions
Item 18. Suggested Program
Item 19. Carter to Mitchell , October 26, 1950
Item 20. Mitchell to Carter , November 1, 1950
Item 21. J. Thurston to Mitchell , November 15, 1950
Item 22. Fitzgerald to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother , November 20, 1950
Item 23. Carter to Fitzgerald , December 6, 1950
Item 24. Fitzgerald to Carter , December 19, 1950
Three Pictures of the House of Commons Containers item 12 Item 1. Fitzgerld to Coote , May 11, 1951
Item 2. Coote to Fitzgerald , May 23, 1951
Royal Coat of Arms of England Containers item 13 Item 1. Crawley to Fitzgerald , October 1952
Gifts from Alfred Bossom Containers item 14 Item 1. Bossom to Fitzgerald , February 22, 1952
Item 2. Telegram from Bossom to Mitchell , February 28, 1952
Item 3. Telegram from Mitchell to Bossom , February 29, 1952
Item 4. Fitzgerald to Bossom , March 21, 1952
Item 5. York to Fitzgerald , April 7, 1952
Item 6. Key to York , April 23, 1952
Item 7. York to Key , April 23, 1952
Item 8. Fitzgerald to York , April 30, 1952
Item 9. Memo from Key to Mitchell , May 13, 1952
Item 10. Fitzgerald to Bossom , May 21, 1952
Item 11. Boyd-Carpenter to Bossom , May 21, 1952
Item 12. Bossom to Fitzgerald , November 12, 1952
Item 13. List of Articles
Item 14. Memo from Mitchell to Fitzgerald , December 16, 1952
Item 15. Bossom to Mitchell , November 28, 1953
Item 16. Bossom to Mitchell , February 19, 1954
Portrait of Andrew Mellon Containers item 15 Item 1. Fitzgerald to Alisa Mellon Bruce , October 7, 1952
Portrait of the Earl of Chatham (William Pitt) Containers item 16 Item 1. Article on William Pitt
Item 2. Memo from Mitchell to Fitzgerald , March 24, 1952
Item 3. Fitzgerald to O'Connor , May 29, 1952
Item 4. Copy of the Portrait in Pitt Magazine , Summer 1949
Item 5. O'Connor to Fitzgerald , June 11, 1952
Item 6. Fitzgerald to O'Connor , June 12, 1952
Item 7. Fitzgerald to O'Connor , October 1, 1952
Furniture , 1952 Containers item 17 Item 1. Mitchell to Firth , January 7, 1952
Item 2. Dotter to Firth , January 25, 1952
Item 3. Memo from Mitchell to Fitzgerald , February 14, 1952
Item 4. Mitchell to Firth , March 5, 1952
Item 5. Firth to Fitzgerald , October 29, 1952
Item 6. Fitzgerald to Mitchell , October 30, 1952
Item 7. Fitzgerald to Firth , November 10, 1952
Item 8. Photo of 1610 bulbous-leg side table
Item 9. Photo of 1605 Credence table
Item 10. Photo of 1570 Elizabethan chair
Item 11. Photo of sideboard
Item 12. Photo of cabinet
Item 13. Photo of table
Item 14. Garloch to Horton , December 16, 1952
Furniture , 1954 Containers item 18 Item 1. Firth to Frick , July 19, 1954
Item 2. Mitchell to Cooley , July 21, 1954
Item 3. Rupp to Cooley , September 15, 1954
Two Oriental Rugs Containers item 19 Item 1. Mitchell to Hunt , March 3, 1955
Item 2. Mitchell to Fitzgerald , March 31, 1955
Item 3. Fitzgerald to Hunt , April 5, 1955
Calendar of Ripon, England (Documents) , 1961 Containers item 20 Item 1. List of Ripon Documents
"Loving Cup," to commemorate the coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II , June 2, 1953 Containers item 21 Item 1. Certificate of authenticity of the Loving Cup
Grimsby Coat of Arms , 1963 Containers item 22 Item 1. Letterhead of the Mayor of Grimsby , March 6, 1963
Item 2. Pamphlet on the text of the Magna Carta , 1950
Subseries 3. Clippings , 1930-1961 Family tree of English Royal Family , 1953 Pittsburgh Record article, "English Gifts For English Room"October 1930 Shenandoah Herald article, "Pittsburgh Receives London War Relics"December 31, 1948 Pitt News article, "Hello, America! Merry old Brick Comes Across"Summer 1936 Lake North, Florida article, "Gets Relics of Bombed Commons"December 31, 1948 Scranton Post article, "Pittsburgh Gets Relics of Bombed Commons"January 9, 1949 Pitt Quarterly article, "Nationality Rooms Christmas Party"Winter 1948-1949 Pitt Quarterly article, "The English Room"Winter 1948-1949 Pitt Quarterly article, "English"Spring 1950 Pitt Quarterly article, "House of Commons"Winter 1949-1950 Pitt Quarterly article, "The English Room"Spring 1951 Pitt News article, "English Room Soon to Appear in Cathedral"December 1949 Pttsburgh Sun-Telegraph article, "London Told of Pitt Room"July 18, 1951 Daily Telegraph article, "English Room in Pittsburgh"November 1952 Daily Telegraph article, "Thanks from Pittsburgh"July 1951 Photo from Pittsburgh Press article, "The English Room, nearing completion, will be a bit of old England at Pitt" , November 1951 Photos from Pittsburgh Press article, "Stone and tile fireplace being installed" and "Bosses dating back to days of the Tudors" , November 1951 Pittsburgh Press article, "Pitt's Blitz-Born English Room"November 1951 Greeting card with picture of the Churchill Arch Pttsburgh Sun-Telegraph article, "Nationality Room at Pitt Duplicate of Parliament"November 16, 1952 Pitt News article, "Queen Mother Writes Pitt on English Room"November 21, 1951 Pittsburgh Press article, "A Touch of Old England"November 16, 1952 Christian Science Monitor article, "Dramatizing a Period: University of Pittsburgh Dedicates Its Eighteenth 'Nationality' Classroom"November 22, 1952 Pitt News article, "Ceremony Tonight New English Room Dedication"November 21, 1952 Pittsburgh Press article, "Ascent of Elizabeth II Quickens Hope of Britons"February 17, 1952 Pttsburgh Sun-Telegraph article, "British Donor of Pitt Gifts A Real 'Jigsaw Puzzler'"November 21, 1952 Pttsburgh Post-Gazette article, "Pitt Will Dedicate English Room Friday"November 17, 1952 Pitt News article, "All Nationality Classrooms, a Twenty-five Year Project, Soon Expected to be Finished"July 30, 1952 Pittsburgh Press article, "English Room at Pitt Dedicated with Pageantry"November 16, 1952 Pttsburgh Sun-Telegraph article, "Englishmen's Wives Say City Impressive"November 22, 1952 Pttsburgh Sun-Telegraph article, "There'll Always be a Bit of England Here at Pitt"November 20, 1952 Pttsburgh Post-Gazette article and photos, "British Envoy to Attend Pitt Ceremony"November 20, 1952 Pitt News article, "Member of Parliament Speaks at English Room Dedication"November 19, 1952 Pttsburgh Post-Gazette article, "British M.P. to Open Pitt's English Room"November 11, 1952 Evening Star article, "Englishman is Speaker at College"November 22, 1952 Beaver Valley Times article, "Beaver Firm Helps Complete 'English Room'"November 17, 1952 The Connoisseur article, "University of Pittsburgh"March 1953, Children's Newspaper article, "Classrooms of the Nations"March 31, 1953 Border Telegraph article, "Fostering Goodwill"March 31, 1953 Weekly Scotsman article, "Palace - Only One Royal Standard"July 7, 1953 Pitt News article, "Oxford Professor Stops at Pitt to Promote Study in England"November 13, 1953 Invitations to celebrate the 366th Anniversary of the Defeat of the Spanish Armada , July 1954 Pttsburgh Post-Gazette article, "They Like Nip in Pittsburgh's Air"May 17, 1955 Pitt News article, "A Royal Setting"October 5, 1955 Pitt News article, "Blood, Sweat, and Tears"March 4, 1957 New York Times Magazine article, "Behind Britain's Foreign Policy"June 17, 1956 Pittsburgh Press article, "17th Century English 'Curled'"May 8, 1961 Postcard of Herald's College, Earl Marchal's Throne Postcard of Herald's College, Earl Marshal's Court Postcard of Herald's College, Chimneypiece in the Public Office, by William Emmot, 1675 Postcard of Herald's College, South Front Postcard of Heraldic Shields Postcard of the Herald of Charles I Postcard of Herald Proclaiming the Peace of Versailles (1783), Recognizing American Independance Booklet on the proposed Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Series IV. Volume IV: Architectural Design 1929-1956, Window Rondelles 1952-1958, Furniture 1954-1959 Scope and Content Notes This volume contains correspondence and specifications for the various proposed architectural designs for the English Nationality Room, including an Elizabethan Oak Room, Queen Anne design, Tudor design, and the house of Commons design which came to fruition. Other correspondence is concerned with features that were added to the room after it was dedicated, including furniture and the window rondelles, which feature the coats of arms for several English universities.
Subseries 1. Overview of Design Proposals , 1956
Subseries 2. John Rothenstein , 1929 Letter from Rothenstein to Ruth Crawford Mitchell , April 11, 1929 Containers volume 4 , item 1 Specificaton for Jacobean Room and Queen Anne Room , April 25, 1929 Subseries 3. Charles Roberson of London , 1931-1934 Letter from Charles Roberson to Mitchell , June 11, 1931 List of woodwork and carving by Roberson Letter from Nigel Stuart to Mitchell , March 5, 1934 Description of Elizabethan Oak Room from Exeter College Photo of Elizabethan Oak Room from Exeter College Preliminary Memorandum , November 1934 Subseries 4. A.E. Richardson , 1936 Comments on Preliminary Designs Submitted for the English Memorial Classroom in the Cathedral of Learning by A.E. Richardson , July 1936 Floor Plan of the Christopher Wren design Wall Sections of the Christopher Wren design Sketched View of the Christopher Wren design Subseries 5. Walter Godfrey , 1936-1946 Correspondence , 1936 Containers item 1 Item 1. Description of the Proposed English Room by Walter H. Godfrey , 1936
Item 2. Description of Walter Godfrey's Career , 1956
Item 3. Extract of a letter Dr. Bowman from W.G. Constable , July 23, 1936
Item 4. Mitchell to Dr. Mansbridge , August 18, 1936
Item 5. Revisions of Preliminary Elevations for the English Room , September 1, 1936
Correspondence , 1937 Containers item 2 Item 1. Summary of Mitchell's conferences in London , March 9, 1937
Item 2. Mary Gillick to Mitchell , January 22, 1937
Item 3. Mitchell to Godfrey , August 4, 1937
Item 4. Godfrey to Mitchell , August 24, 1937
Item 5. Mitchell's Secretary to Godfrey , September 3, 1937
Item 6. Description of the English Room Architecture by Walter Godfrey , November 1937
Item 7. Elevations of Godfrey's plan for the English Room , 1937
Correspondence , 1938-1946 Containers item 3 Item 1. Summary of Discussions with Mrs. Mitchell and Dr. Bowman , March 31 and April 1, 1938
Item 2. Extract of Letter from Mr. Godfrey , February 4, 1938
Item 3. Department Request from Mitchell to Klimcheck , April 5, 1938
Item 4. List of queries in connection with proposed English Room, Pittsburgh University , March 1938
Correspondence , 1939 Containers item 4 Item 1. Godfrey to Mitchell , April 4, 1939
Item 2. List of Drawings for English Room , April 28, 1939
Item 3. Mitchell to Godfrey , April 28, 1939
Item 4. Godfrey to Mitchell , August 9, 1939
Correspondence , 1946 Containers item 5 Item 1. Godfrey to Mitchell , August 5, 1946
Item 2. Godfrey to Mitchell , August 13, 1946
Item 3. Architect's Fee and Terms of Payment
Printed Material Containers item 6 Item 1. Third Annual Report of the National Buildings Record , April 12, 1944
Item 2. Fourth Annual Report of the National Buildings Record , April 12, 1945
Item 3. The Abbot's Parlour, Thame Park 91929
Subseries 6. Final Design for the English Room Memorandum on Design , June 1949 Revised Memorandum on Design , November 2, 1950 Description of the Proposed Design for the English Room, A.A. Klimcheck , December 1950 Memorandum on Conferences with Alfred Bossom , September 22, 1953 Theodore Bowman to Mitchell , October 2, 1953 English Room Financial Statement No. 1 , December 12, 1952 Subseries 7. Correspondence relative to Improvemnet of the English Room , 1956-1958 Correspondence , 1956 Containers item 1 Item 1. Memo from Elliott to Mitchell , April 6, 1956
Item 2. Memo from Mitchell to Nutting , May 2, 1956
Item 3. Memo from Mitchell to Nutting , May 4, 1956
Item 4. Nutting to Fisher , May 15, 1956
Item 5. Mitchell to Fisher , June 30, 1956
Item 6. Fisher to Robert Samuel , July 3, 1956
Item 7. English Room Committee Conference with Robert Samuel , August 3, 1956
Item 8. Estimates for English Room Improvement , August 27, 1956
Item 9. Mitchell to Fisher , November 28, 1956
Item 10. Fisher to Ray Cross , December 7, 1956
Item 11. Fisher to Robert Samuel , December 7, 1956
Item 12. Bruce Allen to Fisher , January 10, 1957
Correspondence , 1957 Containers item 2 Item 1. Robert Samuels to Fisher , January 16, 1957
Item 2. Fisher to Mitchell , February 19, 1957
Item 3. Bossom to Mitchell , March 27, 1957
Item 4. Photo of Cabinet with dimensions
Item 5. Memo from Mitchell to Elliott , July 23, 1957
Item 6. Memo from Mitchell to Elliott , July 23, 1957
Item 7. A.C. van Dusen to Elliott , October 30, 1957
Item 8. Mitchell to A.C. van Dusen , November 12, 1957
Item 9. Charles Elliott to Adolph Schmidt (draft)
Item 10. Handwritten notes
Item 11. Richard Hadden to Elliott , November 25, 1957
Item 12. Fleming to Elliott , December 1, 1957
Item 13. J.D. Forbes to Walter A. Taylor , December 10, 1957
Item 14. Turpin C. Bannister to Elliott , December 19, 1957
Correspondence , 1958 Containers item 3 Item 1. Memo from Elliott to R. Hadden and Mitchell , January 6, 1958
Item 2. Fisher to Samuels , February 18, 1958
Item 3. Samuels to Fisher , March 6, 1958
Subseries 8. Window Rondelles , 1952-1958 Correspondence , 1952 Containers item 1 Item 1. English Room Committee recommndations , November 12, 1952
Item 2. List of English Cities
Item 3. List of Important Men with Coats of Arms
Item 4. English Room Committee Addresses , November 8, 1952
Item 5. Members of the General Committee
Item 6. Brief History of Some English Colleges
Item 7. Firth to Ruth Crawford Mitchell , November 26, 1952
Correspondence , 1953 Containers item 2 Item 1. Weaver to Klimcheck , February 18, 1953
Item 2. Klimcheck to Mitchell , February 20, 1953
Item 3. William Pitt Coat of Arms
Correspondence , 1954 Containers item 3 Scope and Content Notes This section does not contain any pieces of correspondence. Instead, it cross references several letters between Ruth Crawford Mitchell and Alfred Bossom.
Correspondence , 1955 Containers item 4 Item 1. Bossom to Mitchell , March 17, 1955
Item 2. Firth to Rupp , April11, 1955
Item 3. Dotter to Bossom , July 27, 1955
Item 4. Master of Sinclair to Mitchell , August 4, 1955
Item 5. Dotter to Master of Sinclair , September 4, 1955
Item 6. Fyfe to Mitchell , September 21, 1955
Item 7. Weaver to Klimcheck , October 14, 1955
Item 8. Heaton-Armstrong to Mitchell , November 16, 1955
Item 9. Fisher to Mitchell , November 9, 1955
Item 10. Mitchell to Heaton-Armstrong , November 8, 1955
Item 11. Mitchell to Fyfe , October 19, 1955
Item 12. Mitchell to Firth , December 1, 1955
Correspondence , 1956 Containers item 5 Item 1. Master of Sinclair to Mitchell , January 4, 1956
Item 2. Mitchell to Master of Sinclair , November 8, 1956
Item 3. Moore to Mitchell , December 20, 1956
Correspondence , 1957 Containers item 6 Item 1. Elliott to Moore , January 16, 1957
Item 2. Mitchell to Master of Sinclair , January 31, 1957
Item 3. Master of Sinclair to Mitchell , February 5, 1957
Item 4. Master of Sinclair to Mitchell , February 16, 1957
Item 5. Mitchell to Klimcheck , April 3, 1957
Item 6. Mitchell to White , July 16, 1957
Item 7. Memo from Mitchell to Elliott , July 17, 1957
Item 8. Memo from Mitchell to Elliott , October 31, 1957
Item 9. Pittsburgh Stained Glass to the University of Pittsburgh , November 4, 1957
Item 10. Hunt to Theodore Bowman , November 20, 1957
Item 11. Memo from Mitchell to Elliott , December 11, 1957
Correspondence , 1958 Containers item 7 Item 1. The Lord Sinclair to Elliott , January 22, 1958
Item 2. Elliott to Master of Sinclair , January 15, 1958
Item 3. Memo from Mitchell to Elliott , January 9, 1958
Item 4. Memo from Elliott to Fisher , April 2, 1958
Item 5. Hadden to Rupp , April 10, 1958
Item 6. Memo from Elliott to Theodore Bowman , April 18, 1958
Item 7. The Lord Sinclair to Elliott , April 29, 1958
Item 8. Elliott to The Lord Sinclair , May 1, 1958
Item 9. Moore to Elliott , May 7, 1958
Item 10. Receipt for the paintings of Walls End and Ripon arms
Item 11. The Lord Sinclair to Elliott , June 12, 1958
Item 12. Mitchell to the Lord Sinclair , July 2, 1958
Item 13. Mitchell to the Lord Sinclair , July 9, 1958
Item 14. The Lord Sinclair to Mitchell , July 14, 1958
Item 15. Firth letter to Donors , August 18, 1958
Item 16. List of Medallions with Names of Donors
Item 17. Financial Statement of the English Room Window Fund
Subseries 9. Furniture , 1953-1959 Correspondence , 1953 Containers item 1 Item 1. Mitchell to Fitzgerald , May 14, 1953
Item 2. Fitzgerald to Mitchell , May 15, 1953
Correspondence , 1954 Containers item 2 Item 1. Outline of Proposed Furnishings for the English Room , Januray 19, 1954
Item 2. Estimate for Furniture , February 24, 1954
Item 3. Cooley to Mitchell , July 22, 1954
Item 4. Memo from Mitchell to Fisher , September 22, 1954
Item 5. Memo from Mitchell to Fitzgerald , October 7, 1954
Item 6. Memorandum Concerning Furniture of the English Room , October 14, 1954
Item 7. Fisher to Mitchell , October 20, 1954
Item 8. Memo from Fisher to Mitchell , October 29, 1954
Item 9. Memo of meeting , October 29, 1954
Item 10. Memo from Mitchell to Fisher , November 3, 1954
Item 11. Mitchell to Firth, Martin, DeMoss, and Amundson , November 11, 1954
Item 12. Firth to Fisher , November 22, 1954
Correspondence , 1955 Containers item 3 Item 1. Memo from Mitchell to Fitzgerald , January 26, 1955
Item 2. Memo from Mitchell to Fitzgerald , March 3, 1955
Item 3. Mitchell to Fitzgerald , March 31, 1955
Item 4. Mitchell to Mr. and Mrs. Firth , April 27, 1955
Item 5. Memo from Mitchell to McFeaters , June 3, 1955
Item 6. Fisher to Fitzgerald , June 10, 1955
Item 7. Receipt from George Ciukurescu , September 20, 1955
Item 8. Memo of Conference , October 13, 1955
Item 9. Fisher to Mitchell , December 30, 1955
Correspondence , 1956 Containers item 4 Item 1. Memo from Mitchell to Fisher , February 11, 1956
Item 2. Coates to Klimcheck , February 16, 1956
Correspondence , 1957 Containers item 5 Item 1. Photo of Display Case
Item 2. Photo of Display Case with Dimensions
Correspondence , 1959 Containers item 6 Item 1. Odey to Bossom , May 21, 1959
Item 2. Drawing of fire side chair
Series V. Volume V: Photographs: Classroom, Dedication, Special Events, Gifts Scope and Content Notes The final volume in this collection contains photographs of the English Nationality Room in various stages of construction, as well as its completion. Close up photographs of some of the features, including portraits, the fireplace, and windows, are also present. In addition, there are images of Alfred Bossom and some of the special events that have been hosted in the room, including the dedication of the English Room.
Subseries 1. The English Classroom English Room, showing fireplace Containers volume 5 , item 1 Mr. Aflred Bossom hanging the House of Commons stained glass medallion during the Dedication Ceremony, His Constituency is Maidstone in Kent , November 21, 1952 Certificate of Appreciation , 1952 Enid A. Hetterley, Lord Mayor of Sheffield 1981-82, on the occasion of her visit to the Nationality Rooms , November 17, 1981 Mrs. R. C. Mitchell, Mrs. S.T. Patterson, Mrs. J. Scott, Mrs. C.W. DeMoss, Lady Wakehurst,Mrs. K.W. Todd, Mrs. J.W. Lawrence Pittsburgh Branch of English Speaking Union Luncheon for lady Wakehurst, wife of retiring Governor General of Australia and president Elect of English Speaking Union, London. Old beams from 18th Century barn in Northern Pennsylvania through English Room window - used eventually for ceiling timbers and English Room tables Sir Christopher Steel and Mr. Alfred C. Bossom with House of Commons stained glass Medallion at the Dedication Ceremony , November 21, 1952 Mrs. Peter Gray member of the English room Committee and Mrs. Ruth C. Mitchell Director, examining pieces of paneling from bombed House of Commons Photograph of old House of Commons from which paneling came Photograph of etching of Dennis Flanders of the new House of Commons , 1950 Sketch of English Room before completion made by Mr. Theodore Bowman Sketch prepared by Mr. Theodore Bowman for carving of British Coat of Arms over the Entrance to the English Room Old beam taken in through window of the English room for construction purposes Subseries 2. Dedication , November 21, 1952 English Room, showing fireplace Photograph of Mr. Alfred Charles Bossom, M.P. Chairman of English Room Committee in London sent for use in Dedication Program , November 21, 1952 Mr. Alfred Bossom, British Member of Parliament and Chancellor Rufus H. Fitzgerld, in English room Mr. L. Gerald Firth, Chairman, English Room Committee hangs the stained glass medallion with the Insignia of his Alma Mater, Cambridge University, in the Oriole window during the Dedication Ceremonies , November 21, 1952 Mr. William V. Griffin, National President of the English Speaking Union of the United States speaks after placing the bronze marker underneath the brick from 10 Downing Street, in the wall of the English Room at the Dedication Ceremony , November 21,1952 Right to Left: Mr. William V. Griffin, National President, E.S.U. of U.S., Mr. Alfred C. Bossom, Member of Parliament, Sir Christopher Steel, Her Majesty's Minister to Wa. D.C., and Aide to Sir Steel in English Room , November 21, 1952 The Rt. Rev. Austin Pardue, Bishop of Pittsburgh who gave the Invocation at the Dedication Ceremony , November 21, 1952 English Room, looking towards entrance door English room, showing Oriole windows English Room as arranged at time of Dedication looking toward Oriole window English Room under construction. Installation of stone bosses Oriole window, English Room Original Fireback, specially cast in 1588 to celebrate the defeat of the Spanish Armada Carving in the English oak panel over the fireplace from the House of Commons selected by Mrs. Agnes L. Starret for overmantel panel and Lettering by Mr. Theodore Bowman Water color print of English Room Overmantel from Aye Lobby from bombed House of Commons after being putin position in English Room Linenfold panels from the bombed House of Commons, set in frame work at end of English room. Fireplace shown with tile facing Subseries 3. Special Events Dr. Albert Mansbridge: First Chairman of English Room Committee in London (Photograph of Portrait painted by son of Dr. Mansbridge) Subseries 4. Gifts British Education Officer, J. Roger Carter, Wa. D.C. photographed with Chancellor Fitzgerald beside bust of the younger Pitt by English Sculptor J. Nollekins, R.A. taken on the occasion of the presentation by Mr. Carter of the gift of nest of walnut tables from Her Royal Highness Queen Mary , October 25, 1951 Brick from No. 10 Downing Street, obtained by Mrs. Ruth Crawford Mitchell marked by a bronze ribbon by the English Speaking Union of the United States, at the Dedication Ceremony , November 21, 1952 Showing fireplace and linenfold panels on either side of the English Room Close up photo of one of the four stone bosses from bombed House of Commons used in supporting beamed ceiling in English Room Carved and Polychromed British Royal Coat of Arms made in 1688, at the time of James II, the gift of a friend of Mr. Bossom Alfred Bossom, Chairman, English Room Committee in London, showing Chancellor Fitzgerald the stained glass medallion he had made for the Oriole windows in the English Room - one of his many generous gifts Photograph of portrait of William Pitt, First Earl of Chatham by William Hoare; Presented to the University of Pittsburgh by Carnegie Institute (the Painting is a copy of the original) Photograph of Portrait of Andrew W. Mellon by Frank O. Salisbury; Gift of Ailsa Mellon Bruce Original Andirons-1595, made in Sussex, England, from Sir Alfred C. Bossom, M.P. Dr. Rosalind Branning, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh, examining a brick from 10 Downing Street sent to the University by Mrs. R.C. Mitchell from London to be used in English Room , Summer 1936 Flowers from Garden of Mr. L. Firth, Chairman of English Room Committee, being arranged for meeting of English Speaking Union. Left to Right: Mrs. Dodds, Mr. Firth, Mrs. Martin, Mrs. Firth Hood of L.L.D. degree being conferred upon Alfred C. Bossom, M.P. at Dedication Ceremony , November 21, 1952 Dr. Peter Gray, Professor of Biology, presenting gift of Sir Isaac Newton's Volume Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematics at the Dedication Ceremony , November 21, 1952 Academic Procession lead by University Marshalls Dr. Paul Masoner and Prof. P.W. Hutson, Dedication Ceremony , November 21, 1952 Dr. Carroll J. Anderson, Professor of History, presenting the gift of the framed Magna Carta at the Dedication Ceremony , November 21, 1952 Election of Queen Mother as Chancellor of University of London, sent by a friend and visitor to the English Room, Percy Dunseath, Chairman of Convocation, University of London , March 3, 1955 British Education Officer, J. Roger Carter, Wa. D.C. shaking hands with Chancellor Fitzgerald on the occasion of presenting a gift of tables from Her Majesty the Queen Mother , October 25, 1951 Mr. Roger W. Russell, Professor of Psychology at University of Pittsburgh, Visiting Professor, University College, University of London, and Mr. Alrfred C. Bossom , 1951 Flowers placed in English Room as a tribute to the memory of Her Gracious Majesty Queen Mary , March 24, 1953 
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