Yugoslavian Nationality Room

March 31, 1939

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Title
Yugoslavian Nationality Room
Date
March 31, 1939
Identifier
YUCR01.UA
Description
The Yugoslav Nationality Room combines the crafts of wood carving, weaving and lace making with tributes to Yugoslav cultural leaders. Above the blackboard can be seen two portraits. The portraits are of Vuk Karadzic, and Bishop Josip Strossmayer who compiled the Serbian dictionary. The intricate woodwork done on the ceilings and walls was done back in Yugoslavia with small pocket knives. The Yugoslav Room was dedicated on March 31, 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 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.)--Yugoslav 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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