Belle da Costa Greene : a librarian's legacy / edited by Erica Ciallela and Philip S. Palmer ; foreword by Colin B. Bailey ; afterword by Tamar Evangelestia-Dougherty ; essays by Julia S. Charles-Linen, Erica Ciallela, Rhonda Evans, Anne-Marie Eze, Daria Rose Foner, Gail Levin, Philip S. Palmer, Deborah Parker, Deborah Willis.

Format Book
PublicationNew York : The Morgan Library & Museum : DelMonico Books/D.A.P., 2024.
Copyright Date©2024
Description303 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits, facsimiles ; 28 cm
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Other author/creatorCiallela, Erica, editor, writer of essay.
Other author/creatorPalmer, Philip S., 1983- editor, writer of essay. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjtjVVjJqfRKXBwrQh6mgq
Other author/creatorCharles, Julia S., writer of essay. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjBd7WxXvfgw4BYCDrqjkC
Other author/creatorEvans, Rhonda (Rhonda Lynn), writer of essay. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjKTgqyWKHjv8VtwT49tw3
Other author/creatorEze, Anne-Marie, writer of essay. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjBwMrgRVdY9KFjBGYqbBP
Other author/creatorFoner, Daria Rose, writer of essay.
Other author/creatorLevin, Gail, 1948- writer of essay. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJv4hQKkGrgWPjCVwTrXh3
Other author/creatorParker, Deborah, 1954- writer of essay. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJyCB4bFCgybfKTCTC4KBP
Other author/creatorWillis, Deborah, 1948- writer of essay. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJr83H8gtxG3RyCC7MQ6rq
Other author/creatorBailey, Colin B., writer of foreword. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJwxKhtV7J8cMyqjrYWFKd
Other author/creatorEvangelestia-Dougherty, Tamar, writer of afterword. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdCq8wMyJq7fBJJVgyDbd
Other author/creatorPierpont Morgan Library issuing body, host institution.
Portion of title Librarian's legacy
Contents Introduction / Philip S. Palmer -- The education of Belle da Costa Greene / Daria Rose Foner -- The cleverest girl: strategic racial performance and the making of Belle da Costa Greene / Julia S. Charles-Linen -- Becoming or belonging: Belle's camera portraits / Deborah Willis -- Belle Greene and literature / Philip S. Palmer and Deborah Parker -- Plates: Highlights of Belle Greene's Acquisitions for the Morgan Library -- The Ballad of Belle da Costa Greene: Librarian as Medievalist / Anne-Marie Eze -- Belle da Costa Greene, the Stieglitz Circle, and Modern Art / Gail Levin -- Plates: Belle Greene's personal collection -- Belle Greene as director: Transitions / Erica Ciallela and Philip S. Palmer -- Black librarianship and the legacy of Belle da Costa Greene / Rhonda Evans -- Belle Greene as director: Endings / Philip S. Palmer -- Afterword / Tamar Evangelistia-Dougherty.
Abstract "Accompanying an exhibition during the Morgan Library & Museum's centennial in 2024, this publication tells the story of the American librarian Belle da Costa Greene (1879-1950), the first director of the institution. She ran the Morgan Library for forty-three years--initially as the private librarian of J. Pierpont Morgan, and then his son Jack, who established his father's collection as an educational and research facility for the public. The book, edited by the Morgan's Philip S. Palmer, Robert H. Taylor Curator and Department Head of Literary and Historical Manuscripts, and Erica Ciallela, Exhibition Project Curator, features contributions from multiple authors on her family, education, portraits, professional networks, and her own art collection, while also addressing larger themes such as race in America, gender and culture, and the history of Black librarianship"-- Provided by publisher.
General notePublished to accompany an exhibition held at the Morgan Library & Museum, New York, October 25, 2024 - May 4, 2025.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2024021711
ISBN9781636811352 (hardback)
ISBN1636811353 (hardback)

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Joyner Ronnie Barnes African American Collection Z720.G83 B45 2024 ✔ Available Place Hold