De Coursey Fales autograph collection

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id: 1466
origination: Fales, DeCoursey, 1888-1966
date statement: 1713-1956 [bulk 1840-1920]
key date: 1713
identifier (local_mss): 972
org unit: Manuscripts and Archives Division
call number: MssCol 972
b-number: b11822984
total components: 695
total series: 0
max depth: 2
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component layout: Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields: false
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created: 2013-04-01 15:04:12 UTC
updated: 2026-01-20 20:50:43 UTC
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unitid: {"value"=>"972", "type"=>"local_mss"}

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unitdate: {"value"=>"1713-1956", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1713/1956"}

{"value"=>"1840-1920", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1840/1920"}
date_inclusive_start: 1713
date_inclusive_end: 1956
keydate: 1713
date_start: 1713
date_end: 1956
unittitle: {"value"=>"De Coursey Fales autograph collection"}
physdesc: {"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"3 linear feet (8 boxes, 1 v.)"}], "supress_display"=>true}
repository: {"value"=>"The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division. <div class=\"address\"> Stephen A. Schwarzman Building Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788</div>"}
abstract: {"value"=>"De Coursey Fales (1888-1966) was a New York City lawyer and banker who collected books and manuscripts. He donated his book collection to New York University and split his manuscript gifts between N.Y.U. and the New York Public Library. Autograph collection consists primarily of letters, some holograph manuscripts, and a few signed graphics. Individuals represented are literary figures, artists, journalists, religious leaders, politicians, and theatre people. Also, documents, 1818-1848, from Albany, N.Y. concerning official activities; and additional papers of English and American authors."}
langmaterial: {"value"=>"Materials in English"}
prefercite: {"value"=>"De Coursey Fales autograph collection, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}
origination: {"value"=>"Fales, DeCoursey, 1888-1966", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist: {"value"=>"DeCoursey Fales (1888-1966) was a New York City lawyer and banker who was also a book and manuscript collector."}
custodhist: {"value"=>"Fales donated his book collection to New York University and split his manuscript gifts between NYU and the Library."}
scopecontent: {"value"=>"This is an autograph collection consisting primarily of letters, some holograph manuscripts, and a few signed graphics. The approximately 650 individuals represented in this collection are generally not the most prominent in their fields but those who were popular among their contemporaries and of the second level of importance. In general, they are literary figures, artists, journalists, religious leaders, politicians, and those involved in the theatre. Most are men, but 15-20% are women. Geographically, most of the correspondents are from England and the United States with significant numbers also from Scotland, Ireland, and France. Although the collection is general contains only one or a few items for each individual, there are several significant accumulations of documents. Two of these larger accumulations are dispersed and filed under the name of each individual. The first of these consists of letters written to Squire Bancroft (1841-1926) and Marie Bancroft (1839-1921) at the end of their stage career at the Haymarket Theatre, 1884-1885. There are letters from about 100 correspondents (marked with an * on the name list) and a few items written by the Bancrofts. The second accumulation consists of replies from writers to a question posed by British journalist James Milne (1865-1951). He queried them as to which character in literature they would most like to have created. There are approximately 30 responses (marked with a+ on the name list). Another symposium, conducted by Ernest B. Smith (-) for Minster Magazine, queried public figures on \"What Is the Immediate Future of the British Empire? \" There are letters drafts of replies, and a printed version of the answers (all filed under Ernest B. Smith) Sixty-nine documents from Albany, N. Y. concern official accounts of the city, 1818-1848. Other significant accumulations include letters and papers of English authors Robert M. Gilchrist (1868-1917), Roberts. Hitchens (1864-1950), Barbara Hofland (1770-1844), and Sheila Kaye-Smith (1888-1956); English actor and dramatist Benjamin Webster (1797-1882); American authors Julius Chambers (1850-1920), Lydia Sigourney (1791-1865), and Bettina von Hutten (1874-1957); American bibliophile Ernest D. North (1858-1945); and also C. F. Cazenove, Century Magazine, Martin Curtier, and Roger Eykyn."}
acqinfo: {"value"=>"1951-1963, Received from DeCoursey Fales."}
processinfo: {"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"Accessioned by Robert Sink"}
altformavail: {"value"=>"Francis H. Burnett material available on microfilm; New York Public Library; *ZL-237"}
extent_statement: 3 linear feet (8 boxes, 1 v.)
date_bulk_start: 1840
date_bulk_end: 1920

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