University Archives Museum Cabinet collection, 1900-

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University Archives Museum Cabinet collection, 1900-

This collection consists largely of three dimensional objects that are associated with the University of Pittsburgh and its history. Included are items produced by the University to commemorate events or to give as gifts to patrons, donors, students and others. The collection also includes curiosities that have been connected to the University or its operations or is just memorabilia from offices or buildings.

171 items

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SNAC Resource ID: 8128120

University of Pittsburgh

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University of Pittsburgh. Archives Service Center.

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In 1997, staff at the Archives Service Center began the State and Local Government Archives (SLGA) Oral History Program. They aimed to capture the living memories of politicians from the local, state, and federal governments from Pittsburgh and the Western Pennsylvania area. SLGA interviewed local political figures about governmental and political workings in the region, emphasizing the role of parties, environmental issues, electoral campaigning, urban redevelopment, civil rights, the role of g...

University of Pittsburgh. United Faculty

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Throughout its history the University of Pittsburgh has received occasional support from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In the early 1960s it suffered an unprecedented fiscal crisis and sought a solution that linked it to the Commonwealth. On August 23, 1966, House Bill No. 2 of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania was signed and the University officially became state-related. From the description of State-related status of the University of Pittsburgh files, 1936-1983. (Universit...