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An illuminated life : Belle da Costa Greene's journey from prejudice to privilege / Heidi Ardizzone.
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- Author/Creator:
- Ardizzone, Heidi.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Greene, Belle da Costa.
- Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959.
- Pierpont Morgan Library.
- African American librarians--New York (State)--New York--Biography.
- African American librarians.
- Women library administrators--New York (State)--New York--Biography.
- Women library administrators.
- Pierpont Morgan Library--History.
- Manuscripts--Collectors and collecting--New York (State)--New York--History.
- Manuscripts.
- Art--Collectors and collecting--New York (State)--New York--History.
- Art.
- Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959--Friends and associates.
- Berenson, Bernard.
- Passing (Identity)--United States--Case studies.
- Passing (Identity).
- Friends and associates.
- Art--Collectors and collecting.
- History.
- Manuscripts--Collectors and collecting.
- New York (N.Y.)--Intellectual life--20th century.
- New York (N.Y.).
- National Book Committee.
- Intellectual life.
- United States.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 580 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W. W. Norton & Co., [2007]
- Summary:
- Ardizzone explores the secret life of Belle Da Costa Greene, the sensational woman behind the Morgan masterpieces, who was renowned for her self-made expertise, her acerbic wit, and her flirtatious relationships.
- Contents:
- Raised expectations
- Gilded dreams in New York
- Princeton : early influences
- Belle Greene, girl librarian
- A turn in the road
- The whirl in which I live
- Bella Italia
- Hiding in the light
- A modern woman
- Crossroads
- Battlefields
- Lady directress
- A woman of a certain age
- Shining through the darkness.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [543]-547) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780393051049
- 0393051048
- OCLC:
- 84837891
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