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The latest news, articles and press releases from AM.
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Essay competition announced for members of the Scottish Association for The Study of AmericaAdam 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.
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Adam Matthew signs ground-breaking agreement to include two digital collections in new Egyptian knowledge bankAdam 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.
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Platinum award win for Adam MatthewLibraryWorks, 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'.
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New competition for members of the Irish Association for American StudiesAdam 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.
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Adam Matthew and the British Association for American Studies launch new essay competitionAdam 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.
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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.
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African American Communities: one hundred years of struggle and creativityAward-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.
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Adam Matthew to publish five hundred years of unique materials on the history of printing, publishing and booksellingAdam 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.
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Adam Matthew launches vitally important research collection on early American historyAward-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.
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Unique digital resource for the study of the social and cultural history of medicine in AmericaIn 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.
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Major collection documenting US civil rights announcedAdam 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.
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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.
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Publication of renowned American History archive completedAmerican 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.
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‘Victorian Popular Culture’ to receive 21st Century upgradeBringing 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.
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Second annual USC Libraries Research Award winners honouredAdam 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.”
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Adam Matthew to publish film collection on socialist propagandaAdam 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).
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Church Missionary Society Periodicals now available onlineAdam 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.
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Adam Matthew celebrate completion of landmark Mass Observation Online project at UKSG ConferenceAdam 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 ...
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Publication of British government papers on apartheid-era South Africa (1948-1980) now completeAdam 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.
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Free access to the history of America in 50 documentsFrom 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.
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World-renowned collection of Shakespeare material to be digitisedAdam 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.
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Double-win for Adam MatthewLibraryWorks, 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.
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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 CompleteAdam 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.