Belle da Costa Greene, the first director of the Morgan Library, was a Black woman who passed as white in the early 20th ...

Its first director was Belle da Costa Greene (1879-1950). She had been Pierpont’s librarian from 1905 until his death in 1913, although the term, Greene’s preferred, seems inadequate to her ...

At the Morgan Library & Museum, an exhibition looks at the museum’s first director, whose remarkable career broke prejudicial barriers as she helped hone the tastes of avid collector J.P ...

With this breezy pronouncement, Belle da Costa Greene handily differentiated herself from most librarians. She stood out for other reasons, too. In the early 20th century — a time when men held ...

Join 6,000 other Cincinnatians and get News about the African Americans' Dreams and Hopes for our City! Sign up With this breezy pronouncement, Belle da Costa Greene handily differentiated herself ...

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.