An illuminated life : Belle da Costa Greene's journey from prejudice to privilege

Publication Data

• Title An illuminated life : Belle da Costa Greene's journey from prejudice to privilege
• Author Heidi Ardizzone
• Publisher W. W. Norton
• Publication date 2007
• Publication location New York
• Language English

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
Epilogue: the passing of Belle Greene.

Topics

• Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959 :: Friends and associates
• Greene, Belle da Costa
• Pierpont Morgan Library :: History
• African American librarians :: New York (State) :: New York :: Biography
• Women library administrators :: New York (State) :: New York :: Biography
• Manuscripts :: Collectors and collecting :: New York (State) :: New York :: History
• Art :: Collectors and collecting :: New York (State) :: New York :: History
• Passing (Identity) :: United States :: Case studies
• New York (N.Y.) :: Intellectual life :: 20th century
• New York (N.Y.)

An illuminated life : Belle da Costa Greene's journey from prejudice to privilege by Heidi Ardizzone. ISBN 9780393051049. Published by W. W. Norton in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.