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  2. Belle da Costa Greene - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  3. File:Belle da Costa Greene, by Paul Helleu.jpg - Wikipedia

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    Belle da Costa Greene; Usage on www.wikidata.org Q273240; Metadata. This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used ...

  4. Hroswitha Club - Wikipedia

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    The Hroswitha Club was founded in 1944 by a group of women bibliophiles: Sarah Gildersleeve Fife (who convened the group), Belle da Costa Greene, Anne Lyon Haight, Ruth S. Granniss, Eleanor Cross Marquand, Henrietta C. Bartlett and Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt. [2]

  5. The Personal Librarian - Wikipedia

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    The novel follows Belle da Costa Greene as she receives employment from J. P. Morgan and establishes herself in high society while disguising her true identity as a person of color in the early twentieth century. In her time working for J. P. Morgan, she became hugely successful as she purchased rare manuscripts to build Mr. Morgan's collection.

  6. 24 Must-Read Novels That Are Based on True Stories - AOL

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    Belle da Costa Greene, born Belle Greener, lived much of her remarkable life on the shadowy margins of America's highest echelons, so it’s fitting that her remembrance is also extraordinary.

  7. Bernard Berenson - Wikipedia

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    Bernard Berenson was also involved in a long relationship with Belle da Costa Greene. Samuels (1987) mentions Mary's "reluctant acceptance (at times)" of this relationship. Cole Porter, Linda Lee Thomas, Bernard Berenson, and Howard Sturges in a gondola, 1923

  8. J. P. Morgan Jr. - Wikipedia

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    Belle da Costa Greene, Morgan's personal librarian, became the first director and continued the aggressive acquisition and expansion of the collections of illuminated manuscripts, authors' original manuscripts, incunabula, prints, and drawings, early printed Bibles, and many examples of fine bookbinding. Today the library is a complex of ...

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