Mass Observation Online

Adam Matthew has been publishing unique primary historical source collections for over 25 years. The company’s portfolio comprises almost 70 digital collections and one of the best known is Mass Observation Online. Adam Matthew began microfilming the archives of Mass Observation, held at the University of Sussex, in 1997, and the first online database of these materials became available in 2007. Since then, four additional modules have been published, the last being Part IV in 2014, which completes the collection.

Mass Observation began as a social investigation by three researchers: Charles Madge, a poet and journalist; Humphrey Jennings, a...