[1]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 died 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 was librarian for J. Pierpont Morgan from 1905–1913, J. P. Morgan Jr. from 1913–1924, and director at the Pierpont Morgan Library from 1924–1948. Her career spanned two world wars and the Great Depression.

Belle da Costa Greene (born November 26, 1879, Washington, D.C., U.S.—died May 10, 1950, New York, New York) was an American librarian and bibliographer, the moving force in organizing and expanding the collection of J.P. Morgan as the Morgan Library.

2019年5月3日 · Belle Da Costa Greene was the olive-skinned daughter of African-American academic Richard Greener. By the time she started working for J.P. Morgan, she had dropped the "R' from her surname and invented a Portuguese heritage. (Archive PL/Alamy Stock Photo)

To mark the 2024 centenary of its life as a public institution, the Morgan Library & Museum will present a major exhibition devoted to the life and career of its inaugural director, Belle da Costa Greene (1879–1950).

2021年3月15日 · I recently came across a pair of letters that shed new light on the youth and education of the Morgan’s inaugural Director, Belle da Costa Greene (1879–1950).

2021年6月9日 · Belle da Costa Greene was one of the most prominent librarians in American history. She was born Belle Marion Greener to African American parents Richard Theodore Greener and Genevieve Ida Fleet Greener, in Washington, D.C., on November 26, 1879.

2021年8月31日 · Belle da Costa Greene was quietly passing as white in order to work for one of the most powerful men in the United States. I called up authors Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray to...

Having honed her librarian skills in summer school at Amherst College, and at Princeton, the self-christened Belle da Costa Greene was brilliant as Morgan’s personal librarian, cataloging his...

2025年2月21日 · Belle da Costa Greene, the first director of the Morgan Library, was a Black woman who passed as white in the early 20th century Deborah W. Parker, The Conversation A 1910 watercolor portrait of ...