Pusey Library

Nathan Marsh Pusey Library is an underground library at Harvard University. Announced in June 1971, it is named for Nathan Pusey, president of Harvard from 1953 to 1971. It contains the Harvard University Archives, and is the first library built with a halon-gas fire-extinguishing system..

Underground library at Harvard University

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Nathan Marsh Pusey Library
42°22′23″N 71°6′55″W / 42.37306°N 71.11528°W / 42.37306; -71.11528
Location	Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Established	February 1976[1]
Architects	Hugh Stubbins and Associates, Inc.
Branch of	Harvard Library

Nathan Marsh Pusey Library^[2][3] is an underground library at Harvard University. Announced in June 1971, it is named for Nathan Pusey, president of Harvard from 1953 to 1971. It contains the Harvard University Archives, and is the first library built with a halon-gas fire-extinguishing system.^[1].

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1. ^ ^{a b} Gleick, James (February 21, 1976). "At Last The Library Opens". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
2. ^ "Pusey Library | News | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
3. ^ Bryant, Rene Kuhn (1976). Change and Continuity in the Harvard Yard: The Nathan Marsh Pusey Library. Harvard College Library.

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