Records, 1944-1999.

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...

Hrotsvitha, approximately 935-approximately 975

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Bartlett, Henrietta C. (Henrietta Collins), 1873-1963

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Henrietta C. Bartlett, born in 1873, was a long-time resident of New Haven. Her father, Charles G. Bartlett, received his M.A. from Yale in 1888, and at least one of her brothers attended Yale as an undergraduate. Bartlett herself was involved with the University as an active donor to the library, with gifts ranging from her extensive library of rare books to her own personal papers. Bartlett gave many lectures at Yale during the 1920's and 1930's on the subjects of bibliography, collecting, and...

Granniss, Ruth S. (Ruth Shepard), 1872-1954

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Librarian of the Grolier Club. From the description of Ruth S. Granniss correspondence, 1911-1914. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 470399492 ...

Fife, Sarah Gildersleeve.

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Marquand, Eleanor Cross, 1873-1950

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Eleanor Cross Marquand (1873-1950) is most noted for her research on the botanical symbolism of the Unicorn Tapestries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She was granted an honorary M.A. by Princeton in 1948. Cross Marquand was a student of horticulture and botany. She contributed to the Garden Club of America Bulletin and the Journal of the New York Botanical Garden. She was born in New York in 1873 and died in Princeton, N.J. in 1950. She bequeathed her botanical and horticultural library to t...

Barlow, Marjorie Dana

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Haight, Anne Lyon.

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Hroswitha Club

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The Hroswitha Club of women book collectors was founded in New York City in 1944 and took its name from a 10th century female German poet (Hrotsvitha, ca. 935-ca. 975). Meetings were scheduled three to four times a year during the winter months and held at the homes of members as well as at major libraries and private collections, mainly in the northeast. In 1948, the Club founded its Sarah Gildersleeve Fife Memorial Library (named after one of the Hroswitha Club's founders) consist...

Hunt, Rachel McMasters Miller, 1882-1963

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William Pitt, the younger, was prime minister of Great Britain from 1783-1801. James O'Hara served in the Revolutionary War and became an important businessman and landholder in Pittsburgh. John Heckewelder was a Moravian missionary trying to convert Indians in the Ohio territory to Christianity. From the description of Rachel McMasters Hunt collection 1792-1839. (Historical Society of W Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 48226811 ...