Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Black Rock : a tale of the Selkirks / by Ralph Connor ; with an introduction by George Adam Smith

Living latin / by B. C. Taylor [and] K. E. Prentice

Paperbacks : January to April releases 1992 / McClelland & Stewart

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

Vanden Bempt, J., Poster, 11 February 1916

Curran, John D. ; Brazil, Jules (Arr.), Sheet music, 1918

Japanese Canadian Committee for Democracy, Survey form, [194-]

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] Feb. 24 1943

letter, From: Latezdki (?), Stanislaw To: Ladyriska, Janina in Warsaw - Auschwitz 23 April 1944

letter, From: Kasakova, Marie from Kladino To: Kasak, Karel - Dachau 23 January 1942

letter, From: Urban, Edmund To: Martha Urban in Zdunska-Wola (Poland). - Sachsenhausen 17 May 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

Johann Gottlieb Fichte's sämmtliche Werke / herausgegeben von J.H. Fichte.

The Third World : the unaligned countries and the world revolution / by Mario Rossi.

Immanuel Kant's Kritik der reinen Vernunft / Hrsg. von Benno Erdmann.

Wissenschaftliche Abhandlungen / von Hermann Helmholtz

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.