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  • Soldiers in blue and grey uniforms at Fort Wagner, waving the American flag whilst in battle.
    Essay competition announced for members of the Scottish Association for The Study of America

    Adam Matthew are pleased to announce a new essay competition in partnership with the leading association on American Studies in Scotland, the Scottish Association for the Study of America (SASA). The essay competition is aimed at postgraduate students, early career researchers and independent researchers in the field of American Studies.

  • Map of South Africa showing districts in Cape Colony occupied by Boers, including railways.
    Adam Matthew signs ground-breaking agreement to include two digital collections in new Egyptian knowledge bank

    Adam Matthew, award-winning UK publisher of digital primary source collections, has signed a multi-year agreement with the Egyptian government to provide access to two digital primary source collections via the Egyptian Knowledge Bank (EKB) project. This ground-breaking agreement, announced in December 2014, is the first of its kind in the Republic of Egypt.

  • A vintage magazine featuring a woman in a green outfit with the title 'Twiggy' on the cover.
    Platinum award win for Adam Matthew

    LibraryWorks, Inc have announced the winners of their second annual Modern Library Awards (MLAs), which saw Adam Matthew receive a Platinum award for ‘Popular Medicine in America, 1800-1900' and Honorable Mention distinction for 'Popular Culture in Britain and America, 1950-1975'.

  • People in loose clothing harvesting sugarcane in a field with palm trees and a man on a horse.
    New competition for members of the Irish Association for American Studies

    Adam Matthew are pleased to announce a new essay competition in partnership with the leading association on American Studies in Ireland, the Irish Association of American Studies (IAAS). The essay competition is aimed at postgraduate students, early career researchers and independent researchers in the field of American Studies.

  • Three soldiers sitting on a bench, wearing uniforms and hats, in a historic setting
    Adam Matthew and the British Association for American Studies launch new essay competition

    Adam Matthew are pleased to announce a new essay competition in partnership with the leading association on American Studies in the UK, the British Association of American Studies (BAAS). The essay competition is aimed at postgraduate students, early career researchers and independent researchers in the field of North American history.

  • A group of seven young adults, dressed in mid-20th-century attire, engaged in conversation on the brick steps of a school or college
    Thirty-day free access to ‘The Weeksville Exhibition’

    Explore the buildings, objects and lives of the residents of the Historic Hunterfly Road Houses, Brooklyn, New York, through this innovative interactive tool. Throughout November 2015, Adam Matthew will provide free access to The Weeksville Exhibition – one part of the recently released African American Communities digital primary source collection.

  • A group of seven young adults, dressed in mid-20th-century attire, engaged in conversation on the brick steps of a school or college
    African American Communities: one hundred years of struggle and creativity

    Award-winning publisher Adam Matthew announces the publication of African American Communities: the latest digital primary source collection in their growing portfolio of resources for the humanities and social sciences.

  • An old invitation card with a coat of arms, requesting attendance for a Stationers' Company meeting.
    Adam Matthew to publish five hundred years of unique materials on the history of printing, publishing and bookselling

    Adam Matthew is pleased to announce an agreement with the Stationers’ Company to digitize and publish their entire records – hailed by academics as one of the most important sources on the history of printing, publishing, and bookselling.

  • A historical letter from a gentleman in New York discussing troubles during the last revolution.
    Adam Matthew launches vitally important research collection on early American history

    Award-winning digital publisher Adam Matthew has today announced the launch of ‘Colonial America’ – the complete CO5 files from The National Archives, UK, 1606-1822. A ‘game-changing’ development for historians and researchers of early America, the Atlantic world, the Caribbean and the nascent British Empire, Colonial America enables online access to the vast archive of c70,000 documents of of manuscript material for the first time.

  • Three women in traditional European, American and Persian attires.
    Unique digital resource for the study of the social and cultural history of medicine in America

    In collaboration with the Library Company of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Adam Matthew has today published Popular Medicine in America, 1800-1900. This new addition to Adam Matthew’s growing portfolio of digital primary source collections for social history exposes the wealth of printed and visual materials that were produced to educate consumers on health issues and to sell medicines used to treat common ailments of the era.

  • A greyscale photograph of a diverse group of people seated in an auditorium, focused on a speaker.
    Major collection documenting US civil rights announced

    Adam Matthew has today announced an agreement to digitally publish a wealth of documents from the ‘Race Relations Department of the United Church Board for Homeland Ministries, 1943-1970’ held by the Amistad Research Center.

  • Soldiers in blue and grey uniforms at Fort Wagner, waving the American flag whilst in battle.
    Free access to ‘The History of America in 100 Documents’

    31st July, Adam Matthew will enable free access to ‘American History in 100 Documents’: one-hundred hand-picked documents and associated analysis of their importance from American History, 1493-1945, sourced exclusively from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History in New York.

  • Soldiers in blue and grey uniforms at Fort Wagner, waving the American flag whilst in battle.
    Publication of renowned American History archive completed

    American History, 1493-1945 is now complete - providing teachers and researchers with access to thousands of exceptionally high-quality digital primary source documents from the renowned Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, New York - one of the most important archives on American history in existence.

  • A vintage poster of a cartoon of Charlie Chaplin promoting his ‘Funny Stunts’.
    ‘Victorian Popular Culture’ to receive 21st Century upgrade

    Bringing the darkened halls, spectacular shows, bawdy burlesque and spiritualist séances of the Victorian era to life is now even easier for students, researchers and teachers with the re-launch of the Victorian Popular Culture portal.

  • A hand resting on an open Bible with handwritten notes, next to a colourful notebook.
    Second annual USC Libraries Research Award winners honoured

    Adam Matthew is proud to congratulate the three winners of the second Annual USC Libraries Research Award, funded by Adam Matthew, who were announced on April 21, 2015. First place honors in the graduate student category was Slavic Languages and Literatures major Natalia Dame for her submission “Russia in Distress, or the Tortured Virgins in the Russian Satirical Journals of 1905–1906.”

  • A smiling cosmonaut in a bright orange suit and helmet, ready for a space mission.
    Adam Matthew to publish film collection on socialist propaganda

    Adam Matthew today announced a new agreement with the BFI National Archive (British Film Institute) to publish the Educational and Television Films (ETV) archive of producer and distributor Stanley Forman (1921-2013).

  • A gothic cathedral surrounded by local people and western missionaries.
    Church Missionary Society Periodicals now available online

    Adam Matthew today announced the launch of Church Missionary Society Periodicals, sourced from the Church Missionary Society (CMS) collection at the Crowther Mission Studies Library, Oxford. Encompassing documents from 1804 to 2009, access to this unique material will enable new research opportunities in the fields of missiology and world Christianity, as well as providing a unique perspective on global history and cultural encounters.

  • Black-and-white image of a crowd from the early to mid-20th century, seated at a public event, wearing formal and semi-formal attire
    Adam Matthew celebrate completion of landmark Mass Observation Online project at UKSG Conference

    Adam Matthew today announced that UKSG 2015 delegates will be offered free access to the complete Mass Observation Archive.Adam Matthew continues to celebrate the completion of Mass Observation Online – a landmark digital project with the University of Sussex and seven years in development – throughout 2015.UKSG delegates visiting Adam Matthew’s booth 79-80 will receive 30-day free ...

  • A large crowd of people in a field, some walking and a few on bicycles for an on-stage event.
    Publication of British government papers on apartheid-era South Africa (1948-1980) now complete

    Adam Matthew has announced the publication of the final section of Apartheid South Africa, 1948-1980, marking the completion of this digital collection of previously restricted British government files from the Foreign, Colonial, Dominion and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices.

  • Soldiers in blue and grey uniforms at Fort Wagner, waving the American flag whilst in battle.
    Free access to the history of America in 50 documents

    From 1st-31st March, Adam Matthew will enable free access to ‘American History in 50 Documents’: fifty hand-picked documents and associated analysis of their importance from the first module of American History, 1493-1945, sourced exclusively from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History in New York.

  • An annotated script of Shakespeare's "King John" featuring Act 3, Scene 1.
    World-renowned collection of Shakespeare material to be digitised

    Adam Matthew announces exclusive agreement with the Folger Shakespeare Library as part of a new series of theatre-related projects. Adam Matthew is delighted to announce the digitisation of the world’s largest collection of prompt books from the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington D.C.

  • A festive advert for credit offers through a seventieth anniversary party with cake and gifts.
    Double-win for Adam Matthew

    LibraryWorks, Inc have announced the winners of the first Modern Library Awards (MLAs), which saw Adam Matthew receive a Platinum award for 'American History, 1493-1945' and Gold for 'American Consumer Culture'. According to LibraryWorks, Inc, the MLAs are "a product-review program designed to recognise elite products.

  • People, including a man in a suit, shaking hands with a North American Indigenous woman.
    Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America Wins Choice ‘Outstanding Academic Title 2014’

    Adam Matthew today announced Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America, a major digital resource sourced exclusively from the renowned Edward E. Ayer Collection at the Newberry Library in Chicago, has been selected for inclusion in Choice’s annual ‘Outstanding Academic Title’ (OAT) list.

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    Mass Observation Online Now Complete

    Adam Matthew today announced the launch of the latest and final section of Mass Observation Online, marking the completion of this landmark digital project. Publication of this section makes the entire Mass-Observation Archive available to students and researchers.