Autograph letter signed : New York, to Belle da Costa Greene, 1944 May 22.

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Autograph letter signed : New York, to Belle da Costa Greene, 1944 May 22.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/764448436

Sending a photograph of her son Alan Seeger, remarking that it is not a good photograph but that it was taken in a provincial city and that the background was probably the only one they had. Noting that her son died on the fourth of July and that the photograph was taken about May 1, 1916.

1 item (2 p.) ; 12.5 cm

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8152873

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Greene, Belle da Costa, 1883-1950

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Belle da Costa Greene (December 13, 1883 – May 10, 1950) was the librarian to J. P. Morgan. After Morgan's death in 1913, Greene continued as librarian under his son, Jack Morgan. In 1924 the private collection was incorporated by the State of New York as a library for public uses, and the Board of Trustees appointed Greene first director of the Pierpont Morgan Library. Born Belle Marion Greener in Washington, D.C., Greene grew up there and in New York City. Her biographer Heidi Ardizzone lis...

Seeger, Alan, 1888-1916

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American poet, killed in World War I. From the description of Autograph postcard signed : to his mother, 1914 Aug. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270964208 Written while Seeger was serving in Europe during World War I, copied from his poetry book (MS Am 255.1) and sent home in a letter addressed to "H. R." From the description of Poems : manuscript, 1916. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612782773 American poet. From the description ...

Seegar, Elsie Adams,

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Mother of the American poet Alan Seeger. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Belle da Costa Greene, 1944 May 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 764448436 ...