Librarian in charge; J.P. Morgan's powerful, feisty confidante.(BOOKS)

From: The Washington Times | Date: August 26, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: Marion Elizabeth Rodgers, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In turn-of-the-century New York, no one was more powerful than the wealthy financier J. Pierpont Morgan. A major fixture in the cultural world, late in life he began developing a library to house his growing collection of books. Few had ever been inside the marble building with its lapis lazuli columns, located around the corner from Madison Avenue on East 36th Street. By 1905, Morgan was looking for a libr...

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