Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

1927 Spring publications of Geo. J. McLeod Limited
The Pauline Johnson Trust Fund, 29 July 1912
Canadian folk-lore
Notebook of William Wilfred Campbell

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

Thompson, Gordon V. ; Farrenger, E. (Arr.), Sheet music, 1915
Abbott, Jane, Diary, 16-20 August 1914
Colins, Leon, Poster, 10-15 July [1916]
Scrapbook, 1915-1918

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

lettercard, From: Megoeuil, M To: Madame Megoeuil, M.H. - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Jun. 03 1941
letter, From: Faltus, Jaroslav To: Faltus, Julius - Floßenürg 13 August 1944
letter, From: Plaska, Maks To: Mr. Hamburger, Bert in Chicago, U.S.A. - Gusen 25 May 1945
lettercard, From: Megoeuil, M To: Madame Megoeuil, M.H. - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Nov. 23 1943

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 Spanish labyrinth; an account of the social and political background of the Civil War.
The world and the West
Life and letters of Edward Gibbon : with his History of the Crusades / verbatim reprint, with copious index by W.J. Day.
De la démocratie en Amérique / par Alexìs de Tocqueville.

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.