In 1986, Duke University students discovered that the true designer of their Collegiate Gothic West Campus (1924-35) was African American architect, Julian Abele. Until recent decades, Abele’s identity as architect in Horace Trumbauer’s Philadelphia firm was virtually unknown. Dr. Mary R. Springer’s public lecture will examine new biographical and visual evidence about Abele’s involvement in Duke’s Collegiate Gothic design. Her lecture will consider the underlying racial and educational politics of designing and building Duke’s campus, as well as elucidate Abele’s architectural contributions to American campus planning.