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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.”

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).

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.

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 ...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Adam Matthew is delighted to announce the publication of the long-awaited Gilder Lehrman Collection (GLC) under the title of American History, 1493-1945: From the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, New York, originally announced in September 2013.

This new collection from Adam Matthew provides comprehensive coverage of formerly classified files on the Apartheid Governments of South Africa from 1948-1980. This vast body of primary material provides unprecedented levels of detail with in-depth analysis of events, international reaction and policy dilemmas, accompanied by numerous first-hand accounts and reports.

Adam Matthew are delighted to announce the launch of their latest resource, American Consumer Culture: Market Research and American Business, 1935-1965. This truly unique collection showcases the market research reports and supporting documents of Ernest Dichter, the era’s foremost consumer analyst and market research pioneer, which are held at the Hagley Museum and Library in Delaware.

While archives across the UK are recognising the potential of digitisation to unlock their treasures, the realities of a large-scale digitisation project can be daunting for any institution. This article will explore how partnerships between publishers and archives can help the latter face the challenges of getting content digitised.

American West – a resource sourced from the Everett D. Graff collection of Western Americana at the Newberry Library, Chicago – was released in 2008, enabling research into the development of the American West and offering fascinating insights into overland travel, wagon trails, railroads, Native Americans, western fiction and the ‘wild west’.

Adam Matthew, today announced the digitisation of one of the largest World’s Fairs collections in the world: the Donald G. Larson Collection at the Henry Madden Library, California State University, Fresno. “We are delighted to be partnering with Adam Matthew on their forthcoming world’s fair digital collection."

Adam Matthew, today announced that The First World War Portal is the latest Adam Matthew collection to be awarded ‘Best Reference’ by Library Journal. Each year, Library Journal evaluates over 8,000 books, e-books, audio books, videos/DVDs, databases, systems and websites, awarding the prestigious ‘Best Reference’ accolade to a select few.

Last month saw the launch of China, America and the Pacific, a multi-library resource documenting the trading and cultural relationships between these regions during the period 1700-1900. An extensive range of material from 12 leading international libraries includes ships’ logbooks, rare newspapers and printed books, manuscript sources, historic maps, objects and artworks, ephemera and visual material.

Adam Matthew today announced an agreement with The National Archives (TNA), Kew - the UK government’s official repository - to digitise and publish all TNA materials relating to South Africa during the apartheid era. These formerly restricted documents provide unprecedented levels of detail and scope with first-hand accounts and reports.