Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

The deficit made flesh / John Glassco, 1958
The perilous trade : book publishing in Canada, 1946-2006 / Roy MacSkimming
Books, for November 1919 / McClelland & Stewart
The adventures of Sajo and her beaver people / [by] Grey Owl (Wa-Sha-Quon-Asin)

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

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Pamphlet, 21 May [1959]
National Salvage Office, Poster, [1939-1945]
Aldwinckle, Eric, Letter, 15 July 1944
Air Raid Precautions, Poster, [1939-1945]

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: Olszowka, Erwin To: Olszowka, Paul in Konigshütte. - Auschwitz unknown
lettercard, From: Megoeuil, M To: Madame Megoeuil, M.H. - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Sep. 26 1940
letter, From: Szymanski, Franz To: Szymanski, Maria in Wojslawice , district Lublin, in Poland. - Sachsenhausen 16 November 1941
[field_source-formatted], From: Vilnai, Edgar Israël To: Unidentified - Buchenwald 21 May 1939

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

Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson.
The virtues needed for freedom : a summary of western anthropology / by F. Creedy.
The theory of international trade : with some of its applications to economic policy / by C.F. Bastable.
Who wrote that?

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.