One of the most famous figures of the Gilded Age was J. Pierpont Morgan, also known as J.P. Morgan. Toward the end of his life, Morgan became obsessed with building an impressive collection. Now, his ...

A new exhibition sheds light on Belle da Costa Greene, who built a world-class collection for the Morgan—against all odds. Belle da Costa Greene in the West Room of J. Pierpont Morgan’s Library (ca.

With its exquisitely vaulted ceiling and inlaid walnut bookshelves covering three floors, the East Room was designed as a treasury and showroom for Morgan's rare book collection. The Morgan Library & ...

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates 100 years of illuminating the creative process, presenting remarkable exhibitions and programs for its centennial. The West Room of J. Pierpont Morgan’s Library, ...

Judge Elbert Henry Gary permitted the Saturday Evening Post to print last week an interview concerning the late John Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), the man who had raised him, a reluctant Illinois ...

Guardian angel. Wall Street specializes in cutthroat capitalism, but when the going gets tough, banks band together. After withdrawals lashed the banking system in 1907, financier J. Pierpont Morgan ...

J. PIERPONT MORGAN: AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT—Herbert L. Satterlee—Macmillan ($3.75). The elder J. (for John) Pierpont Morgan distrusted newspapermen, avoided “magazine men,” and there is no record of his ...

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Toward the end of the 19th century, J. Pierpont Morgan—the Gilded Age’s wolf of Wall Street—used some of his wealth to amass a vast collection of books and art. He soon realized it needed a home, and ...