American Studies Fellowships and Awards – The British Library

The Eccles Centre offers a range of Fellowships and Awards to support the use of the British Library's North American collections and to raise awareness of these resources.

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Photograph of Jodie Collins
…Getting to explore the Library’s rich collection of pamphlets is a huge privilege as a doctoral researcher.…

Researching American political pamphlets from between 1919 and 1945.

Laura Gallon British Library Sussex
…This placement introduced me to a career path I had not considered before.…

During her PhD research placement, Laura examined the Library’s holdings of North American migrant literature.

Melissa Bennett - Collaborative Doctoral Partnership
…Everyone is really willing to help each other out…

Melissa is doing collaborative PhD research on photographs of the British West India Regiments between 1865-1914.

Naomi Wood
…I can't imagine writing another book without the British Library's collections…

Author Naomi Wood was one of the Eccles British Library Writer's Award holders (formerly the Writer in Residence programme). She used our collections to research her novel Mrs Hemingway, on Ernest Hemingway and his wives.