Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Sketches, illustration, and photograph from Marjorie Harris's The Canadian Gardener (1990)
A complete price list of the publications & importations of the Canadian Macmillans, 1919
Memo from Hugh Kane to Jack McClelland, 19 October 1962
The diviners / Margaret Laurence

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

Cigarette package,  [1914-1918]
Colins, Leon, Poster, 16 July 1915
King Albert, Poster, 4 August 1914
Overseas Military Forces Of Canada, Cablegram, [1914-1918]

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

postcard, From: Elzanowski, Feliks To: Elzanowski, Josef in Wlochy (Poland). - Buchenwald 18 April 1943
lettercard, From: Bernu, Auguste To: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Nov. 01 1943
postcard, From: Bernu, Auguste To: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Apr. 10 1944
letter, From: Kaczmerkiewicz, Thadaus To: Unknown - Dachau 1 March 1942

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

Pensées de Pascal / publiées dans leur texte authentique, avec une introduction, des notes et des remarques par Ernest Havet.
Ethic, demonstrated in geometrical order : and divided into five parts, which treat 1) of God, 2) of the nature and origin of the mind, 3) of the nature & origin of the affects, 4) of human bondage, or of the strength of the affects, 5) of the power of th
The underworld of state / by Stan Harding ; with an introduction by Bertrand Russell.
Report of a meeting of the London National Society for Women's Suffrage, held at the Gallery of the Architectural Society in Conduit Street, Saturday, July 17th, 1869 [and pamphlets by various authors / compiled by John Russell Amberley]

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.