Gutman Library
Address6, Appian Way, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site Number416
Building Root Number
02402
Architect (Original)
Benjamin Thompson and Associates
Land Acquired
1948-1959
Constructed 1972
Building Acquired 1972
Constructed 1972
Building Acquired 1972
StatusActive
Site Name HistoryThe site is named for Monroe C. Gutman, a New York City banker and philanthropist.Historical NotesGutman Library was designed by Benjamin Thompson Associates of Cambridge. It has served as the library of the Graduate School of Education since its opening in 1972, and received the Harleston Parker Medal from the Boston Society of Architects in 1973 for being "the most beautiful piece of architecture, building, monument or structure within the limits of the City of Boston or of the Metropolitan Parks District".Additional Information1973 winner of the Boston Society of Architects Harleston Parker Medal.
Harvard University Archives. Construction Management Records, ca. 1953-1986. Harvard University Archives call number UAV 298.8000
Monrue C. Gutman Library. General information by and about Monroe C. Gutman Library, Harvard University Archives call number HUB 1442.
The Monroe C. Gutman Library. Harvard Graduate School of Education [Guide to the Harvard Libraries, no. 12], HOLLIS number 005434100.
Harvard University Graduate School of Education. More than books alone: an education library for Harvard, HOLLIS number 003166381
Two college libraries: one designed to occupy a city corner site, the other shaped to overlook a campus green [Reprint from Architectural Record, August 1974], HOLLIS number 005434134
The education libary [photocopy from Harvard Library Bulletin, v. 8, no. 2, Spring 1954], HOLLIS number 003401980
“Two College Libraries: One Designed to Occupy a City Corner Site, the Other Shaped to Overlook a Campus Green.” Architectural Record, vol. 156, no. 2, 1974, pp. 97–104, usmodernist.org/AR/AR-1974-08.pdf.
"Ed School Library to Receive Architectural Excellence Medal." The Harvard Crimson, 20 Dec. 1973, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1973/12/20/ed-school-library-to-receive-architectural/.
"Gutman Gives $1.1 Million To Ed Library." The Harvard Crimson, 16 July 1968, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1968/7/16/gutman-gives-11-million-to-ed/.
"Mongol Yurt Graces Harvard Lot On Site of New Education Library." The Harvard Crimson, 9 Nov. 1968, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1968/11/9/mongol-yurt-graces-harvard-lot-on/.
Samuelson, Robert J. "Ed School Acquires Land Site for New Library." The Harvard Crimson, 17 Mar. 1966, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1966/3/17/ed-school-acquires-land-site-for/.
Trobe, Jonathan D. "School of Education Plans to Move To Site at Radcliffe Quadrangle." The Harvard Crimson, 27 Sept. 1961, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1961/9/27/school-of-education-plans-to-move/.
“Harvard Honors Gutman in Naming of Its Education School Center.” Cambridge Chronicle, 6 Mar. 1969, p. 9.
“Monroe C. Gutman Library, Harvard University.” Architectural Record, Aug. 1974, pp. 98–103, https://www.usmodernist.org/AR/AR-1974-08.pdf.
This building has been designated by the University Planning Office as having a Notable Interior.
