The American industrialist and financier John Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913 ... Palmer (on view at the Morgan Library through May), was twenty-five years old when she met her future employer.
Belle da Costa Greene in the West Room of J. Pierpont Morgan’s Library (ca. 1948–50). Reproduction of a photographic print, Center for Italian Renaissance Studies; Bernard and Mary Berenson ...
A Librarian’s Legacy" tells the story of a remarkable individual and her relationship with a remarkable institution.
In 1924, the Pierpont Morgan Library opened its doors, with Greene as its inaugural director. “She was pioneering in the way ...
John Pierpont Morgan was an American financier and industrial organizer during the Gilded Age. In 1885, America was years into a depression, and gold reserves were down more than 50%. Morgan ...
Morgan Hall was made possible by George F. Baker and is named in honor of his good friend and iconic figure in US business, John Pierpont Morgan. Completed in 1927, Morgan Hall was one of the original ...
He singlehandedly saved the United States from bankruptcy on two occasions but was often accused of being a monopolist He wielded as much power as the president and turned Wall Street into his ...