Belle da Costa Greene Portrait Bookmark
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Belle da Costa Greene (1879–1950) was one of the most prominent librarians in American history. Born Belle Marion Greener into a prominent Black family in Washington, DC, she passed as white as Belle da Costa Greene in New York City with her mother and siblings. She ran the Morgan Library for forty-three years, building one of the most important collections of rare books and manuscripts in the United States and beginning the robust program of exhibitions, lectures, publications, and research services that continues today. The miniature by Laura Coombs Hills is the only surviving painting of Belle Greene.