Celebrate Belle da Costa Greene, the trailblazing librarian who shaped the Morgan Library. As its first director, she overcame racial barriers during the Gilded Age to pioneer education and culture.

Explore her extraordinary journey and impact at the Morgan Library’s centennial exhibition, running until May 4, 2025.

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https://mymodernmet.com/belle-da-costa-greene-morgan-library/

The true story of a famed librarian and the secret she guarded closely

https://www.npr.org/2024/10/28/nx-s1-5159998/the-true-story-of-a-famed-librarian-and-the-secret-she-guarded-closely

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A new #exhibition at the #MorganLibrary explores the #legacy of its #inaugural #director, who amassed a trove of #rare #books and #prints while passing as a #White #woman in #segregated #America.

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https://hyperallergic.com/878327/the-extraordinary-story-of-black-librarian-belle-da-costa-greene-morgan-library/

One for #LibrarianMastodon - did you know that Harney & Sons makes a Bella da Costa Greene-themed tea? It may have her boss in the pic on the tin, but here for this.

May need to pick up more next time I’m in NYC, recently re-discovered among my tea hoard and it’s so good.

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