Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

The Fall 1997 Toronto Small Press Fair, 28 September 1997

The Macmillans in Canada present the new Macmillan books for Autumn and Winter 1926 / The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited

Pope Leo, el elope : a tragedy in four letters / by John Riddell ; "puerile drawings" by B. P. Nichol

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

Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, No. 62, Poster, [1915?]

International Catholic Truth Society, Leaflet, [1938]

Connor, Tommy and Pola, Eddie, Sheet music, 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

envelope, From: Lantier, Henri To: His wife in Lagnhet (Alpes-Maritimes) - [field_prison_camp-formatted] August 4, 1943

letter, From: Unknown To: Unknown - 8 August no date

letter, From: Korolczuk, Stanislaus To: Jakubiak, Amela in Warsaw - Auschwitz 4 May 1941

letter, From: Urbanski, Mieryslaw To: Urbanska, Mitztzi in Sanok (Poland) - Auschwitz 26 August 1940

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 Friedrich II of Prussia, called Frederick the Great / by Thomas Carlyle.

Was justice done? : the Rosenberg-Sobell case

Correspondance particulière et historique du Maréchal duc de Richelieu, en 1756, 1757 et 1758 : avec M. Paris du Verney, suivi de Mémoires relatifs à l'expédition de Minorque, en 1756, et précédeé d'une Notice historique sur la vie du Maréchal.

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.