Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Spring 1927 / publications of Dodd, Mead and Company (Canada) Limited
Letter from John G. (Jack) McClelland (McClelland & Stewart) to Alfred [Pat] Knopf Jr., 2 November 1960, re The Double Hook
Spring publications, 1927 / Cassell & Company Limited
The Shagganappi / by E. Pauline Johnson ;

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

Aldwinckle, Eric, Letter, 8 September [1944]
Parliamentary War Savings Committee, Poster, 1915
Brittain, Vera, Letter, 6 December 1915
Brittain, Vera, Diary, 2 January 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

lettercard, From: Riewitecki, Withold To: Riewitecka, Anna in Bromberg - Sachsenhausen 12 April 1942
receipt, From: Unknown To: Stejskal, Frantisek - Mauthausen Various
lettercard, From: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) To: Bernu, Auguste - [field_prison_camp-formatted] May 15 1944
lettercard, From: Drong, Josef To: Drong (or Drag), Franz - Sachsenhausen 14 November 1943

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

Was justice done? : the Rosenberg-Sobell case
Letters of Edward John Trelawny / edited with a brief introduction and notes by H. Buxton Forman.
Satires of circumstance : lyrics and reveries, with miscellaneous pieces / by Thomas Hardy.
Treatise on probability / by John Maynard Keynes.

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.