Pattee Library and Paterno Library

Named for Fred Lewis Pattee, author of the Penn State Alma Mater and regarded as the first professor of American literature, Pattee Library was built between 1937-1940 as a Public Works Administration-General State Authority project. Major expansions added the "Stacks" or Stack Building (1953), "West Pattee" (1966) and "East Pattee," now Paterno Library (1973). 

The former East Pattee Library underwent expansion from 1998-2000 and was rededicated as Paterno Library for its fundraising campaign chairs. It is home to Foster Auditorium, four subject libraries and the first floor Eberly Family Special Collections Library, which includes rare books and manuscripts and the University Archives. Also located on the first floor is Starbucks and MacKinnons Study Lounge, spaces created as part of the first phase of the Libraries 2020 construction project.