Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

A catalogue of new books and Canadian books in print / from Peter Martin Associates Limited
The Macmillans in Canada present the new Macmillan books, 46th season, Spring and Summer 1929 / Macmillan Company of Canada
The Macmillans in Canada present this list of books by Canadian writers / The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited
Flame of power : intimate profiles of Canada's greatest businessmen / by Peter C. Newman

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

Russell, Bertrand, Manuscript, July 1955
Malleson, Constance [aka O'Niel, Colette], Postcard photograph, [193-]
Aldwinckle, Eric, Letter, 17 March 1944
Photograph, November 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: Dzikowski, Johann To: Dzikowska, Aniela in Tomaszow Lubelski (Poland) - Sachsenhausen 29 March 1942
letter, From: Grotha, Jorhan To: Grotha, Bernard in Karthaus (?) West Prussia - Gusen July 1944 (Postmark of 19 July 1944)
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lettercard, From: Porupka, Eduard To: Porupka, Eduard in Poland - Sachsenhausen 25 August 1940

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

Demosthenis orationes / ex recensione Guilielmi Dindorfii.
Geschichte der Ketzer im Mittelalter : besonders im 11., 12., und 13. Jahrhundert / nach den Quellen bearbeitet von Christoph Ulrich Hahn.
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Memoir on the algebra of symbolic logic [and pamphlets by Whitehead and Russell, bound in a single volume]

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.