Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

As ten as twenty / P.K. Page
The Toronto Small Press Group : catalogue, Fall 1992
The Fall 1997 Toronto Small Press Fair, 28 September 1997
The Macmillans in Canada present the new Macmillan books : 44th season, Spring and Summer 1928 / Macmillan Company of Canada

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

Seiler, Eddie ; Marcus, Sol ; Benjemen, Bennie, Sheet music, 1942
McDaniel, Francis, Letter, 24 May 1942
Toronto Coordinating Committee to End the War in Vietnam, Leaflet, [1967]
Photograph, [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

letter, From: Juliette To: Mon cher Bury - [field_prison_camp-formatted] February 1st [1943 ?]
lettercard, From: Megoeuil, M To: Madame Megoeuil, M.H. - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Jan. 21 1945
[field_source-formatted], From: Maslowski, Florian To: Rosl Rokot, Rydneta, District Rybnik (Poland) - Dachau 12 March 1944
letter, From: Sobocinski, Stanislaus To: Unknown - Dachau 15 November 1941

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

Wilhelm Meister's apprenticeship and travels / translated from the German of Goethe by Thomas Carlyle
Life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman.
New Catholic church [and pamphlets by various authors / compiled by John Russell Amberley]
Guy Mannering or The astrologer / by Sir Walter Scott

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.