Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

The book fair guide to new books, November 1937
Grip cartoon "The irrepressible Jack ; or, The conservative resuscitation", 22 November 1873
The colour as naked / Patrick Anderson
The raiders : being some passages in the life of John Faa, Lord and Earl of Little Egypt / by S.R. Crockett

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

Poster, [1914-1916]
Associated Field Comforts, Pamphlet, April 1917
Poster, [1939-1945]
Bethune, Norman, Pamphlet, [1937?]

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

postcard, From: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) To: Bernu, Auguste - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Nov. 08 1944
postcard, From: Kaliska, Felicja To: Kaliska, Adela in Kielce - [field_prison_camp-formatted] April 14, 1942
postcard, From: Megoeuil, M To: Madame Megoeuil, M.H. - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Feb. 27 1944
[field_source-formatted], From: Frodl, Johann To: His son Mirek Frodl in Brünn - Buchenwald 14 January 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

Nightmare Abbey / T. Love Peacock ; edited by Richard Garnett
Letter to M. Van de Weyer [and pamphlets by various authors / compiled by John Russell Amberley]
This many summers / by Joan Henry.
Diary of Samuel Pepys : M.A.F.R.S., Clerk of the Acts and secretary to the Admiralty / for the first time fully transcribed from the shorthand manuscript in the Pepysian Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge, by the Rev. Mynors Bright, M.A., late Fellow a

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.