{"id":14296,"date":"2018-10-23T09:00:20","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T13:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/?p=14296"},"modified":"2018-10-23T08:46:53","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T12:46:53","slug":"gothic-reading-room-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/2018\/10\/23\/gothic-reading-room-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Changes in the Gothic Reading Room"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Post contributed by Val Gillispie, University Archivist.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14298\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14298\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14298\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2018\/10\/gothic-2015.jpg\" alt=\"Color photo showing four men hanging the portrait of President A. Hollis Edens in the Gothic Reading Room.\" width=\"350\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2018\/10\/gothic-2015.jpg 681w, https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2018\/10\/gothic-2015-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14298\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hanging portraits in the Gothic Reading Room following the Rubenstein Library renovation, 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The air is finally crisp in Durham, and we are all enjoying the cool weather and colorful leaves. We are changing inside the library, too, with a major shift for the portraits in the Gothic Reading Room. That\u2019s right, the beloved and historic Gothic is getting an art update!<\/p>\n<p>So what\u2019s moving?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The three men responsible for the initial construction of Duke\u2019s campus, Horace Trumbauer, Julian Abele, and Arthur C. Lee, will be moving across the room, next to the John Hope Franklin portrait.<\/li>\n<li>The presidents will all be moved down to make room for future presidential portraits, including a portrait of past president Richard Brodhead, which will be hung in early November.<\/li>\n<li>Founding Duke Endowment trustees will be moving in to archival storage, providing more room for additional portraits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What\u2019s not moving? James, Washington, and Ben Duke will remain where they are, as will Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans and John Hope Franklin.<\/p>\n<p>The change means that the room now has space for new portraits to be added. <strong>So we ask you, dear reader: who would you honor with a portrait in the Gothic Reading Room?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Post contributed by Val Gillispie, University Archivist. The air is finally crisp in Durham, and we are all enjoying the cool weather and colorful leaves. 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