R.I. Lovell, a graduate of the University of London, became the first British scholar to conduct research at the Clements Library when he was brought on a scholarship established by Frances E. Riggs to support the study of American history. Lovell remarked: “Tis a jolly fine university you have here…I couldn’t have come to a better place. The Clements Library of Americana is simply marvelous and offers everything one could want in the way of facilities for research in American history.”
