Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Dominion chemistry manual to accompany Dominion high school chemistry / by Harold E. Bigelow and Fred G. Morehouse
Memo to Hugh Kane from J.G.McClelland re The Secret World of Og by Pierre Berton, 11 April 1961
Letter from E.J. Pratt to Lorne Pierce, 24 September 1924
Letter from Jack McClelland (McClelland & Stewart) to Marian Engel, 12 January 1976, re Bear

This site features nearly 100 case studies – short essays written by Canadian scholars – on topics relating to Canadian publishing. The case studies are augmented with letters, photographs, multimedia, and other materials from publishers’ and authors’ archives at McMaster University Library, Queen’s University Archives, and The Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library (University of Toronto).

Peace & War in the 20th Century

Combined Universities Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (Canada), Leaflet, [1960-1?]
Fellows of Trinity College, Petition, January 1917
Trench, Watercolour, 28 May 1919
Knight, M. A. (Lyrics) ; Marshall, A. J. (Music) , Sheet music, 1918

This interactive, thematic website on Peace and War in the 20th Century has been designed to be informative, educational and engaging. Its major themes have been organized into the opposing paths of Waging Peace and Waging War. Within the themes, case studies provide context and insights. International conflicts are represented by the images and official records available in McMaster University Library’s archives. We invite you to explore Peace and War in the 20th Century.

World War, 1939-1945, German Concentration Camps and Prisons Collection

lettercard, From: Ryzaneck, Rostilav To: Frau K. Rysaneck, Prerau (?), Bohemia and Moravia - Groß-Rosen 27 June 1943
lettercard, From: Wrobel, Franz To: Wrobel, Stefania in Teschen - Sachsenhausen 5 November 1944
lettercard, From: Bernu, Auguste To: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Jul. 17 1944
lettercard, From: Sadecki, Mieczyslaw To: Sadecka, Halina in Bernerowas-Warschau (Poland) - Neuengamme 11 January 1944.

World War, 1939-1945, German Concentration Camps and Prisons Collection. The collection has correspondences available from these camps: Arbeitsdorf, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, Buchenwald, Dachau, Dondanen, Dora, Fallersleben, Floßenürg, Groß-Rosen, Gusen, Herzogenbusch, Janowska, Jungfernhof, Kaiserwalk, Kauen, Klooga, Kurtenhof, Lemberg, Lublin, Majdanek, Mauthausen, Mittelbau, Natzweiler, Neuengamme, Niederhagen, Plaszow, Ravenbrück, Riga, Sachsenhausen, Salapils, Sangerhausen, Struthof, Stuttof, Torgau, Vaivara, Vught, Warschau, and Wewelsberg.

Digital Russell

History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire / by Edward Gibbon.
Geschichte des Materialismus : und Kritik seiner Bedeutung in der Gegenwart / von Friedrich Albert Lange.
Peano, Giuseppe, , ;
The scientific outlook / Bertrand Russell.

McMaster University is home to the scholarly study of Bertrand Russell (1872-1970), British philosopher, logician, essayist, and renowned peace advocate. The Bertrand Russell Archives came to McMaster Library in 1968, where they are in the Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections. Russell's library is part of the Russell Archives, along with his correspondence, manuscripts, tapes, films, photographs, medals and permanently displayed writing desk.