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The Fales Library, comprising nearly 350,000 volumes of book and print items, over 11,000 linear feet of archive and manuscript materials, and about 90,000 media elements, houses the Fales Collection of rare books and manuscripts in English and American literature, the Downtown Collection, the Food and Cookery Collection, the Riot Grrrl Collection, and the general Special Collections of the New York University Libraries.

We maintain a closed stacks reading room for scholarly access to our book collections, archival and manuscript collections, and media holdings. We also host public events and exhibitions, provide bibliographic instruction to class groups, and loan material from our collections for exhibitions and screenings worldwide.

Our mission is to acquire, preserve, and provide access to a wide range of primary research materials in their original formats, including books, manuscripts, media, archives, and other items in support of the educational and research activities of our various constituencies.

The Fales Library holds two copies of the 1861 first edition of Theodore Winthrop’s novel Cecil Dreeme and one copy of the 1862 fifth edition. The number of editions Cecil Dreeme went through indicates that the story found a fairly large audience in the mid-nineteenth century, which seems curious for a book with a cross-dressing main character. In general, the Fales Library has outstanding holdings for anyone interested in issues of gender and sexuality as represented through fiction.

—Marvin J. Taylor, Director, Fales Library and Special Collections