Archives of American Art

Selected items from the autograph collection of De Coursey Fales

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.falede
Creators:
Fales, De Coursey, 1888-1966
Dates:
1838-1865
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
9 Items
(on partial microfilm reel)
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Four letters and a note from Samuel Cousins to various people, one of which is to Thomas Sully enclosing proofs of engravings; a 5-page holograph poem by Palmer Cox; a poem by Christopher P. Cranch and a letter requesting that his poems be printed because he is "much in need of money"; and a letter from Felix O. C. Darley about the cast of "McClellan."

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Banker, art collector; New York City.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reel N5 (frames 1316-1330) available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals in the New York Public Library, Manuscript Division.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Microfilmed 1956 by the Archives of American Art with other art-related papers in the Manuscript Division of the New York Public Library. Included in the microfilming project were selected papers of the Art Division and the Prints Division.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Art -- Collectors and collecting Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Bankers -- New York (State) -- New York Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Cranch, Christopher Pearse, 1813-1892 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Cousins, Samuel, 1801-1887 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Cox, Palmer, 1840-1924 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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