Sponsored by The Manuscript Society Manuscript Monday – A FREE Webinar provided by The Manuscript Society Date: Monday, Nov. 17, 8pm EST Guest Presenter: Dr. Deborah Parker Host: Gerald “Jay” Gaidmore, The Manuscript Society Pre-recorded presentation followed by a LIVE Q & A with Dr. Deborah Parker. Title: A Sensuous […]
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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 […]
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 […]