Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Knihy 1980-1981 [Sixty Eight Publishers' catalogue]
A complete price list of the publications & importations of the Canadian Macmillans, 1919
Letter from Jack McClelland (McClelland & Stewart) to Anna Porter, 10 August 1982
Promotional postcard for Toni : a novel / Fiorella De Luca Calce

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

Molony, William O'Sullivan, Diary, 9 August 1914
Mixed Media, [1942-1944]
Poster, 4 July [1937]
Wakefield, C.C., Lord Mayor of London, Poster, January 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

postcard, From: Stejskalova, Emilie in Brno, Poland. To: Stejskal, Frantisek - Mauthausen January 1945
envelope, From: Elzanowski, Feliks To: Elzanowski, Josef in Wlochy (Poland). - Dachau 21 September 1941
lettercard, From: Riewitecki, Withold To: Riewitecka, Anna in Bromberg - Sachsenhausen 28 September 1941
lettercard, From: Riewitecki, Withold To: Riewitecka, Anna in Bromberg - Sachsenhausen 2 May 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

Poems, 1901 to 1918 / by Walter De La Mare.
Waley, Arthur., , 1956;
The space child's Mother Goose / verses by Frederick Winsor ; illustrations by Marian Parry.
Essay concerning human understanding / by John Locke ; collated and annotated, with prolegomena, biographical, critical, and historical, by Alexander Campbell Fraser.

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.