Sponsored by The Caxton Club November Midday Program Belle da Costa Greene was Pierpont Morgan’s personal librarian from 1908–1913 and from 1924–1948 the first Director of the Morgan Library. Though a striking and much written about figure, much of what is known about Greene derives from her more than 600 letters […]
Belle da Costa Greene
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Sponsored by The Book Club of California Belle da Costa Greene (1879–1950) was Pierpont Morgan’s personal librarian (1908–1913) and the first Director of the Morgan Library (1924–1948). She was also the daughter of two mixed-race parents and passed for white. In the nearly six hundred letters that Greene sent to […]
Sponsored by The Book Club of Washington Online Sunday, October 22, 2 PM PDT What bibliophile could resist an introduction to the early history and development of the private library of J. Pierpont Morgan? John McQuillen elaborates on the rich scope of his talk: “Morgan had an exemplary eye for […]
by Jennifer Larson Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray. 2021. The Personal Librarian. New York: Random House. Heidi Ardizzone. 2007. An Illuminated Life: Belle da Costa Greene’s Journey from Prejudice to Privilege. New York: W. W. Norton and Co. In The Personal Librarian, authors Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray […]