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Belle da Costa Greene: A Librarian's Legacy

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  • 300 - Introduction
    Introduction
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  • 301 - Introducing Belle da Costa Greene
    Introducing Belle da Costa Greene
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  • 302 - Belle Greene’s mother, Genevieve
    Belle Greene’s mother, Genevieve
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  • 303 - Richard T. Greener
    Richard T. Greener
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  • 304 - Belle Greene’s Family in the Census
    Belle Greene’s Family in the Census
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  • 305 - The Earliest Known Belle Greene letter and photograph
    The Earliest Known Belle Greene letter and photograph
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  • 306 - The Drop Sinister
    The Drop Sinister
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  • 307 - Portraits of Belle Greene
    Portraits of Belle Greene
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  • 308 - The Octoroon Girl
    The Octoroon Girl
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  • 309 - Princeton
    Princeton
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  • 310 - Belle Greene Builds the Collection
    Belle Greene Builds the Collection
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  • 311 - Bernard Berenson
    Bernard Berenson
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  • 312 - Greene in the Newspapers
    Greene in the Newspapers
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  • 313 - Belle Greene’s Desk
    Belle Greene’s Desk
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  • 314 - Acquiring Medieval Manuscripts
    Acquiring Medieval Manuscripts
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  • 315 - An Interest in Persian and Indian Art
    An Interest in Persian and Indian Art
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  • 316 - Love of Opera
    Love of Opera
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  • 317 - The Only Known Photograph of Genevieve Greene, Belle’s Mother
    The Only Known Photograph of Genevieve Greene, Belle’s Mother
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  • 318 - Modern Art
    Modern Art
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  • 319 - Belle Greene’s Politics
    Belle Greene’s Politics
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  • 320 - Director of the Pierpont Morgan Library
    Director of the Pierpont Morgan Library
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  • 321 - Accessing the Collection
    Accessing the Collection
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  • 322 - Black Librarianship
    Black Librarianship
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  • 323 - A Legacy Remembered
    A Legacy Remembered
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