Magnificent Obsession

The Mitchell Library, Sydney, was established as a result of the magnificent obsession of one manDavid Scott Mitchellwho assembled the premier collection of books, manuscripts, maps and pictures relating to Australia and the Pacific. Mitchell bequeathed his collection to the State Library of New South Wales on his death in July 1907 with an endowment of £70,000 to fund additions. The library that emerged as a result was shaped in part by the richness of its continually expanding collections, the