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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 .
Belle da Costa Greene, librarian [2] Peter Moss, 1976, basketball player; Juliana R. Force, 1900, art museum director; Pixley Seme, 1902, founder of the African National Congress [1] Chester Barnard, 1906, philanthropist; Henry Roe Cloud, 1906, educator and government official [1] Mohini Maya Das, 1906, educator; Harry Kemp, tramp poet, c. 1907 ...
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.
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 ...
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
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]
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
Belle da Costa Greene: American librarian 1883-12-13 1950-05-10 Berta Golob: Slovene writer and poet 1932-08-09 Beryl May Dent: British librarian and mathematical physicist 1900-05-10 1977-08-09 Bess Thomas: Australian librarian 1892-03-14 1968-03-07 Bessie Boehm Moore: American librarian 1902-08-02 1995-10-24 Betty Mary Goetting