Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Cultural studies catalogue / McClelland & Stewart, 1991
The Toronto Smallpress Spring Bookfair : Trinity-St. Paul's, 27 May 1995
Les éditions Guernica : livres français, 1978-1989
Letter from William Arthur Deacon to Thomas Raddall, 10 December 1944

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

Hetherington, T.G., Letter, 23 December 1918
Nerincx, A., Poster, 25 September 1914
Manley, Morris, Sheet music, 1918
Toronto Co-ordinating Committee Against the War in Vietnam, Leaflet, 26 March [1966]

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: Rekawicki, Franz To: Rekawicka, Branislawa in Litzmannstadt - Auschwitz 7 November 1943
letter, From: Mecluzak (?), Jan To: Boleslaw Mecluzak in Litzmannstadt - Gusen 7 December 1943
[field_source-formatted], From: Travincek, Anton To: Famiskia Travinckova, Brunn (Brno), Bohemia and Moravia - Dachau 1st December 1940
lettercard, From: Zaworski, Johann To: Zaworska, Wanda in Krakow - Neuengamme 1st May 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

Aubrey's brief lives / edited from the original manuscripts and with an introduction by Oliver Lawson Dick.
War and peace in the space age
Byzantine civilisation / by Steven Runciman
Diary of a journey from Srinagar to Kashgar, via Gilgit / by H.I. Harding.

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.