Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Toronto Small Press Book Fair, 30 April & 1 May, 1994
The Grip-sack
A catalogue of new books and Canadian books in print / from Peter Martin Associates Limited
Toronto Small Press Group : Fall Book Fair, 30 October 1993

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, 1974
Toronto Association for Peace, Leaflet, 28 November - 1 December [1968]
Irvin, Leslie L., Caterpillar Club, Letter, 24 September 1941
Poster, 26 July 1916

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 20, 1943
postcard, From: Betdowski, Miecryslaus To: Betdowska, Marie in Germany - Sachsenhausen 18 August 1940
envelope, From: Pilat, Adalbert To: Pilat, Berta in Linz - Dachau 2 August 1942
lettercard, From: Megoeuil, M To: Madame Megoeuil, M.H. - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Oct. 07 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

The Sweeniad / Myra Buttle
History of the Papacy : from the great schism to the sack of Rome / by M. Creighton
life of reason : or, The phases of human progress / by George Santayana.
Cassell's history of the British people / by Ernest A. Baker ... [et al.]

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.