Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

[Scrapbook of printer's proofs produced by the Bulletin job printing office, Collingwood, Ontario], 1886 - 1905

Record book, Macmillan of Canada, listing sales of Donald Creighton's biography of John A. Macdonald, 1964-1980

Canadiana : a list of books on Canada and Canadian questions : books by Canadian writers

A complete price list of the publications & importations of the Canadian Macmillans, 1919

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

City Engineer's (A.R.P.) Department, Government document, 3 November 1939

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

letter, From: Christel, Albert To: Christel family in Frankfurt (Germany) - Floßenürg 15 February 1942

, From: Wife of prisoner in Weisental and Swarzenau To: Kolodziejski, Roman - Mauthausen 1941-1942

envelope, From: Staszel, Stanislaus To: His wife near Krakow - Auschwitz 19 January 1941

[field_source-formatted], From: Pietrzycki, Roman To: Pietrzycka, Irena - Dachau 18 March 1945

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

The tragedy of Coriolanus / by William Shakespeare ; 1623.

The scourge of the Swastika : a short history of Nazi warcrimes / by Lord Russell of Liverpool.

Convito di Dante Alighieri ; et le epistole / con illustrazioni e note di Pietro Fraticelli e d'altri.

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.