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Belle da Costa Greene
Woman in feather adorned hat and fur collared coat seen in profile
Belle da Costa Greene (1914)
Born
Belle Marion Greener

(1879-11-26)November 26, 1879
Washington, D.C., US
DiedMay 10, 1950(1950-05-10) (aged 70)
New York City, US
OccupationLibrarian
Employer(s)J. P. Morgan, Princeton University
Parent
  • Richard Theodore Greener (father)
Belle da Costa Greene, pastel portrait by Paul César Helleu, ca. 1913.

Belle da Costa Greene (November 26, 1879 – May 10, 1950) was an American librarian who managed and developed the personal library of J. P. Morgan. After Morgan's death in 1913, Greene continued as librarian for his son, Jack Morgan, and in 1924 was named the first director of the Pierpont Morgan Library. Despite being born to Black parents, Greene spent her professional career passing for white.

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Bernard Berenson

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Marcel Duchamp

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1950 in literature

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Cezaro Rossetti, Scottish-born Esperanto writer (born 1901) May 10 – Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian (born 1883) May 11 – Alfred O. Andersson, English-born...

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Library by Pierpont Morgan's librarian and its first director, Belle da Costa Greene, in 1945. As Curator, Stampfle oversaw acquisitions of art that...

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Spanish Forger

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1905 in literature

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Vajirayanana and Buddhasasana Sangaha libraries by royal decree. Belle da Costa Greene, aged 22, is appointed as librarian to J. P. Morgan in New York...

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Ida Platt

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