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Pattee Library (PSU) – State College PA

Pattee Library

Pattee Library

Photo: Nathaniel C. Sheetz Source Creative Commons 2005

Pattee Library

Pattee Library

Project type: Colleges and Universities, Education and Health, Libraries
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding
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Description

Pennsylvania State University’s Pattee Library was one of a dozen buildings constructed on the campus during the Great Depression as part of a massive construction project enabled by the federal Public Works Administration (PWA). The building, which has since been added to, is still in use today.

Source notes

National Archives: Record Group 135: Public Works Administration; Projects Control Division; Entry 52: Indices to Non-Federal Projects; Report No. 5: Status of All Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects, page 36.

"History of University Park Campus"; accessed 11/30/14:
https://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/digital/upchc/history.html

Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on November 30, 2014.

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Location Info

State College, PA

Coordinates: 40.797700, -77.865886

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