Belle da Costa Greene: References & Edit History
Additional Reading
Heidi Ardizzone, An Illuminated Life: Belle da Costa Greene’s Journey from Prejudice to Privilege (2007), is a complete and sympathetic biography that lays out the facts of Greene’s early life. Lawrence C. Wroth, The First Quarter Century of the Pierpont Morgan Library: A Retrospective Exhibition in Honor of Belle da Costa Greene (1949), is an exhibition catalog from the celebration of her contributions to the Morgan Library. Dorothy Eugenia Miner (ed.), Studies in Art and Literature for Belle da Costa Greene (1954), contains several tributes to Greene. Jean Strouse, “The Unknown J.P. Morgan,” The New Yorker (March 21, 1999), reveals the discovery of Greene’s birth certificate.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Added cross references. | Sep 21, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | May 06, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Nov 22, 2025 | ||
| Corrected Greene's date of birth: she was born on November 26, 1879, not December 13, 1883. | Jun 20, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 24, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: HistoryNet - Belle Da Costa Greene: Passing Fancy. | Sep 09, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: American National Biography Online - Biography of Belle da Costa Greene. | Jun 20, 2017 | ||
| Changed "ex-wife" to "wife" as any official divorce papers have not been found. | Jun 07, 2016 | ||
| New bibliography added. | Apr 26, 2016 | ||
| Added information on Greene's early life. | Apr 18, 2016 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 10, 2000 | ||
| New article added. | Jun 30, 1999 |
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