Mining the American West: A Bibliographical Guide to Printed Materials on American Mining Frontiers in the British LIbrary Available to Purchase

Following a gift of £1 million from Viscount Eccles, the first chairman of the British Library Board, whose influence in high places at critical moments in the early history of the British Library cannot be over‐estimated, the David and Mary Eccles Centre For American Studies was established within the library in 1991. Its prime purpose is to develop and promote the library’s collections of material relating to North America as a means of increasing understanding and knowledge of North America and strengthening Anglo‐American friendship. To that end the responsibilities of the centre’s bibliographical editor include the preparation and publication of...