Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Memo from J. G. (Jack) McClelland (McClelland & Stewart) to H. P. Kane (McClelland & Stewart), 22 August 1952, re Ron McAllister
Press release ; Garamond Press, June 1981
The silence on the shore / by Hugh Garner
Raven's cry / Christie Harris ; illustrations by Bill Reed

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

Ellis Studio, Postcard photograph, [1914-1918]
Pritchard, T. (Lyrics) ; Brazil, Jules (Music), Sheet music, [1914-1918]
Ford, Walter, Letter, 13 August 1917
Hermkuhn, Watercolour, 15 December 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

postcard, From: Levie-elte (?), Lea To: Unknown - [field_prison_camp-formatted] May 25, 1943.
postcard, From: Drinck, Antonin To: Drinckowa, Franziska in Ungarisch Hradisch in Czechoslovakia - Dora 10 December 1944
postcard, From: Janikcwski (?), Jan To: Kostulska, Maria in Kielce. - Neuengamme 15 November 1944
envelope, From: Kloss, Milan To: Anna Klosswa in Kromeritz - [field_prison_camp-formatted] 25 January 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

Was justice done? : the Rosenberg-Sobell case
Reformation / by Archibald Robertson.
The utmost island / by Henry Myers.
Egyptian mythology

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.