The purpose of this paper is to trace the architectural origin of the Bosung College Library (1935~37), which is currently used as Graduate School Building of Korea University. So far, numerous books have repeatedly described that the library was modelled on a Duke University library, but without any serious consideration. Through literature review, field-trip and archives investigation, this research discovered new critical facts concerning the origin of the building. First, Dong-Jin Park, the architect for Bosung College, saw a photograph of the Duke library in a Duke University catalog possessed by Chun Suk Auh, Professor of the college at that time. Second, the Duke library that he saw in the catalog, which might possibly be Bulletin of Duke University (Feb. 1931), is certainly the present Perkins Library (1930) in Duke University West Campus. Third, the architect probably referred not only to the library but also to other Duke buildings such as School of Medicine and The Union, of which photographs were also published impressively in the Bulletin. Although the Bosung College Library was inspired by the Duke buildings, however, it is undoubtedly a creative design work by the architect Park. Arguably, these findings broaden our view of Korean architectural history in the modernization period, and it is more than a confirmation of just one building's origin.

Abstract
1. 서 론
2. 보성전문의 안암동 시대 개막과 고딕 석탑의 발흥
    2-1. 보성전문 본관(안암동 신교사 1933.9~1934.9)
    2-2. 보성전문 도서관 (1935.6~1937.9)
3. 보성전문 도서관의 연원에 대한 풍문과 정설
    3-1. 본관 및 도서관의 연원과 관련된 문헌검토
    3-2. 보성전문 도서관과 오천석의 ‘석탑야사’
4. 듀크대학의 고딕 캠퍼스와 퍼킨스 도서관
    4-1. 오천석의 듀크대학교 카탈로그
    4-2. 보성전문에 영감을 준 듀크대학의 건축
5. 결 론
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• 김현섭(고려대학교 건축학과 부교수) | Kim Hyon-Sob Corresponding author