In 1924, J.P. Morgan Jr., known as Jack, opened his late father’s private collection to the public as the Pierpont Morgan ...

Imagine yourself in Gilded Age New York, as you witness a glamorous, self-possessed young woman become an influential figure in wealthy social circles. Known throughout the city, photographed by the ...

Greene was born Belle Marion Greener in Washington, D.C. in 1879. She was the daughter of a racial justice activist Richard T. Greener—the first Black graduate of Harvard College—and musician and ...

‘Belle da Costa Greene: A Librarian’s Legacy’ tells the story of a remarkable individual and her relationship with a remarkable institution NEW YORK — Belle da Costa Greene’s life was the equivalent ...

Belle da Costa Greene, May 1911, photographed by Theodore C. Marceau (1859–1922) (image courtesy Biblioteca Berenson, I Tatti, Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies, and the Morgan ...

A 1910 watercolor portrait of Belle da Costa Greene by Laura Coombs Hills The Morgan Library & Museum, New York / Gift of the Estate of Belle da Costa Greene “Just because I am a librarian doesn’t ...