Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

The Macmillans in Canada present the new Macmillan books : 45th season, Autumn and Winter 1928 / Macmillan Company of Canada

Inscription page with Cree translation from Ruth Buck, re Edward Ahenakew

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

Molony, William O'Sullivan, Diary, 31 July 1914

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: Bartella, Richard To: Bartella, Sofie; Jesevitz, District Dirschau, West Prussia - Dachau 13 July 1941

envelope, From: Lantier, Henri To: His wife in Lagnhet (Alpes-Maritimes) - [field_prison_camp-formatted] August 18, 1943

postcard, From: Megoeuil, M To: Madame Megoeuil, M.H. - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Jun. 28 1942

[field_source-formatted], From: Louma, Franz To: Loumova, Tonicka in Turnov (Bohemia & Moravia) - Buchenwald 28 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

The warfare state / Fred J. Cook ; with a foreword by Bertrand Russell.

Philosophy of Anaxagoras :an attempt at reconstruction /by Felix M. Cleve

Calidore & miscellanea / T. Love Peacock ; edited by Richard Garnett.

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.