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After we supposedly left Old Campus, it was suspected that we were in search of a new meeting location, one that could properly conceal our identities from those that wished us harm. In 1963, Yale began construction on this very Beinecke Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, complete with a large underground area connected to an elaborate system of steam tunnels. According to myth, architect Gordon Bunshaft, a member of MIT’s burgeoning Massachusetts branch of The Society, implemented a unique structural feature to the building: In the event of an emergency, the entire Beinecke could submerge completely underground, protecting its priceless collection of works.
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