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Table of Contents:

• 1. Raised Expectations
• 2. Gilded Dreams in New York
• 3. Princeton: Early Influences
• 4. Belle Greene, Girl Librarian
• 5. A Turn in the Road
• 6. "The Whirl in Which I Live"
• 7. Bella Italia
• 8. Hiding in the Light
• 9. A Modern Woman
• 10. Crossroads
• 11. Battlefields
• 12. Lady Directress
• 13. A Woman of a Certain Age
• 14. Shining through the Darkness
• Epilogue: The Passing of Belle Greene.

Author/Creator:

Ardizzone, Heidi

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

An illuminated life: Belle da Costa Greene's journey from prejudice to privilege [by Ardizzone, H.]

Subjects:

Greene, Belle da Costa

African American librarians — New York (State) — New York — Biography

Women library administrators — New York (State) — New York — Biography

Pierpont Morgan Library — History

Manuscripts — Collectors and collecting — New York (State) — New York — History

Art — Collectors and collecting — New York (State) — New York — History

Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959 — Friends and associates

Passing (Identity) — United States — Case studies

New York (N.Y.) — Intellectual life — 20th century

Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959

Pierpont Morgan Library

1900-1999

Manuscripts — Collectors and collecting

Manuscripts

Art — Collectors and collecting

Art

Women library administrators

Friends and associates

Passing (Identity)

Intellectual life

African American librarians

New York (State) — New York

United States

Genres:

Case studies

History

Biographies

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical Description:

580 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Call Numbers:

Z720.G83 A89 2007

ISBNs:

9780393051049

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2007004967

OCLC Numbers:

84837891