Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Staff of Archives and Research Collections, McMaster University Library, 8 October 2009
Catalogue advertising PaperJacks Canadian books, c. November 1973
Fall & Winter 2003-2004 / Key Porter Books
Letter from John W. (John William) Garvin to Lorne Pierce, 8 March 1935

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

Smith, S. G. (Lyrics) ; Eborall, Frank (Music), Sheet music, 1915
Aldwinckle, Eric, Letter, 1 June 1945
H.M. Stationery Office, Poster, [1939-1945]
Aldwinckle, Eric, Letter, [6 October 1943]

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

letter, From: Magdalinski, Josef To: Magdalinski, Therese in Suwalki - Gusen 6 April 1941
postcard, From: Prunis, Pierre To: Madame Mme Prunis, Marcelle - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Jan. 26 1941
letter, From: Wrobel, Stefania and Fryda To: Wrobel, Franz - Sachsenhausen 18 October 1944
postcard, From: Bernu, Auguste To: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Mar. 14 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

Divina commedia di Dante Alighieri / col comento di Pietro Fraticelli
Philosophischen Schriften / von Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ; herausgegeben von C.J. Gerhardt.
Works of Aristotle / translated into English under the editorship of W. D. Ross.
World technology and human destiny

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.