Fales, DeCoursey, 1888-1966

Banker, art collector; New York City.

From the description of Selected items from the autograph collection of De Coursey Fales, 1838-1865. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502626

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.

From the description of De Coursey Fales autograph collection, 1713-1956, bulk (1840-1920). (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122532631

From the guide to the De Coursey Fales autograph collection, 1713-1956, 1840-1920, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.)

De Coursey Fales (1888-1966) was a lawyer, banker, collector, bibliophile and yachtsman. In the last years of his life, Fales devoted himself full-time to collecting. Fales' collecting started with Walter Scott materials, and around that core, his collection grew to around 50,000 items pertaining to various authors spanning the 18th and 20th centuries. He began donating parts of that collection to New York University in 1957, and portions of his collection were also donated to the New York Public Library, Manhattan College, and the Morgan Library (of which he was a life fellow).

From the guide to the Fales Manuscript Collection, ca. 1700-2000, (© 2012 Fales Library and Special Collections)

From the guide to the Fales Manuscript Collection, ca. 1700-2000, (© 2010 Fales Library and Special Collections)