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Untapped New York Members are invited to an exclusive, educator-led tour of The Morgan Library's newest exhibition, Belle da Costa Greene: A Librarian’s Legacy, on view from October 25, 2024 through May 4, 2025. The exhibit traces Greene’s storied life, from her roots in a predominantly Black community in Washington, D.C., to her distinguished career at the helm of one of the world’s great research libraries. She was born Belle Marion Greener, but passed as white as Belle da Costa Greene, crossing the color line with her mother and siblings a few years after moving to New York City in the age of Jim Crow. She was widely recognized as an authority on illuminated manuscripts and deeply respected as a cultural heritage executive, making her one of the most prominent librarians in American history. Through extraordinary objects―from medieval manuscripts and rare printed books to archival records and portraits―the exhibition will demonstrate the confidence and expertise Greene brought to her roles as librarian, scholar, curator, and cultural executive and document her enduring legacy.
In 1924, Greene was appointed director of the Pierpont Morgan Library. The exhibition explores the growth of the Morgan as a public educational institution under her leadership, as well as Greene’s place among her contemporaries in librarianship, specifically Black librarians working in New York City.
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