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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BelledaCostaGreene (November 26, 1879 – May 10, 1950) was an American librarian who managed and developed the personal library of J. P. Morgan. After...
The Personal Librarian tells of the lifework of BelledaCostaGreene, the personal librarian to J. P. Morgan, as well as the first director of the Morgan...
BelleGreene may refer to: BelledaCostaGreene (1883–1950), librarian to J. P. Morgan Belle C. Greene (1842–1926), American author This disambiguation...
"Greene" to disassociate themselves from him so that no one would know that they were African American. One of his daughters, BelledaCostaGreene, became...
Jane Edna Hunter, African-American social worker (d. 1971) 1883 – BelledaCostaGreene, American librarian and bibliographer (d. 1950) 1884 – Aimilios...
magician Ernest Yarrow, 1897, director of the Near East Foundation BelledaCostaGreene, librarian Peter Moss, 1976, basketball player Juliana R. Force...
politician, 2-time Prime Minister of Spain (d. 1962) November 26 – BelledaCostaGreene, American librarian, bibliographer, and archivist (d. 1950) November...
bibliophiles: Sarah Gildersleeve Fife (who convened the group), BelledaCostaGreene, Anne Lyon Haight, Ruth S. Granniss, Eleanor Cross Marquand, Henrietta...
The inspiration for the name Rrose Sélavy has been thought to be BelledaCostaGreene, J. P. Morgan's librarian at The Morgan Library & Museum (formerly...
(M.945) was purchased by the Pierpont Morgan Library through the BelledaCostaGreene Foundation, with additional assistance of various Library Fellows...
writer, columnist and a social activist (died 1978) December 13 – BelledaCostaGreene, American librarian (died 1950) December 23 – Yoshishige Abe, Japanese...
Cezaro Rossetti, Scottish-born Esperanto writer (born 1901) May 10 – BelledaCostaGreene, American librarian (born 1883) May 11 – Alfred O. Andersson, English-born...
engineer (b. 1883) May 10 John Gould Fletcher, American poet (b. 1886) BelledaCostaGreene, American librarian, bibliographer and archivist (b. 1883) May 11...
the book The Personal Librarian as the individual who introduces BelledaCostaGreene to his uncle J.P. Morgan. Morgan family "Junius Spencer Morgan (1867–1932)"...
1870s−1880s. The work of the Spanish Forger was first identified by BelledaCostaGreene who worked at the Pierpont Morgan Library. She was also the one...
University's School of Law, and a diplomat in Siberia; his daughter BelledaCostaGreene was a prominent librarian. Platt married in 1923, at age 61, and...