Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

The Ryerson book of prose and verse : book two / by Lorne Pierce and Arthur Yates
How much land does a man need? / Leo Tolstoy ; [translation by Louise & Aylmer Maude ; illustrations by Margaret Lock]
A complete price list of the publications & importations of the Canadian Macmillans, 1919
The Tin flute / by Gabrielle Roy ; translated from the French by Hannah Josephson

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

Photograph, 1914
Parliamentary War Savings Committee, Poster, July 1915
Photograph, 1960
Canadian YMCA, Sheet music, 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: Bernu, Auguste To: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) - [field_prison_camp-formatted] May 29 1944
envelope, From: Fiala, Joseph To: Fialova, Marti in Pisek (Bohemia and Moravia) - Buchenwald 4 August 1940
[field_source-formatted], From: Kluger, Josef To: Kluger, Cipora in Vienna - Dachau Postmark 9 June 1938
lettercard, From: Megoeuil, M To: Madame Megoeuil, M.H. - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Jul. 31 1944

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 Sweeniad / Myra Buttle.
The way to the devil
Why not victory? : a fresh look at American foreign policy
Collected works of R. C. Trevelyan.

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.