Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Sally go round the sun / Edith Fawke
The Macmillans in Canada present the new Macmillan books : 44th season, Spring and Summer 1928 / Macmillan Company of Canada
The Macmillans in Canada present this list of books by Canadian writers / The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited
West to the setting sun / by Harvey Chalmers

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

Postcard Photograph, 22 January 1919
Aldwinckle, Eric, Letter, [6 October 1943]
Morrison, Mary Carmichael, Sheet music, 1940
Thompson, Gordon V., Sheet music, 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 3 September1944
lettercard, From: Bernu, Auguste To: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Feb. 14 1943
postcard, From: Larwawz (?), Jon To: IIlegible - Lublin 12 March 1944
letter, From: Wykret, Anton Johann To: Unidentified - Auschwitz 6 April 1941

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

Trois lecons sur les principes philosphiques et juridiques du mariage [and pamphlets by various authors / compiled by John Russell Amberley]
Relations between ancient Russia and Scandinavia, and the origin of the Russian state : three lectures delivered at the Taylor Institution, Oxford, in May, 1876, in accordance with the terms of Lord Ilchester's bequest to the University / by Vilhelm Thoms
Wissenschaftliche Abhandlungen / von Hermann Helmholtz
Diary of Samuel Pepys : M.A.F.R.S., Clerk of the Acts and secretary to the Admiralty / for the first time fully transcribed from the shorthand manuscript in the Pepysian Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge, by the Rev. Mynors Bright, M.A., late Fellow a

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.