Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Toronto Small Press Book Fair '87
The Canadian establishment / Peter C. Newman
Books : standard, technical and miscellaneous publications, 1921-22 / McClelland & Stewart
Fall 1989 / Key Porter Books

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

Postcard,  [1914-1918]
Macmillan, Angus, Letter, 28 July 1916
Van Geel, A., Poster, 19 September 1914
Dubin, Al and Dave Franklin, Sheet Music, 1941

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: Sobocinski, Stanislaus  To: Unknown - Dachau 28 June 1941
postcard, From: Pakula, Ludwig  To: ?, in Poland - Gusen Postmark of 19 January 1944
postcard, From: Prunis, Pierre  To: Madame Mme Prunis, Marcelle  - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Jan. 26 1941
letter, From: Gaik, Tadeusz  To: Miklaszewska, Franciska in Krakow - Dachau 12 July 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

Free discussion of religious topics [and pamphlets by various authors / compiled by John Russell Amberley]
Immanuel Kant's sämmtliche Werke : in chronologischer Reichenfolge / hrsg. von G. Hartenstein.
Diary of Samuel Pepys : M.A.F.R.S., Clerk of the Acts and secretary to the Admiralty / for the first time fully transcribed from the shorthand manuscript in the Pepysian Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge, by the Rev. Mynors Bright, M.A., late Fellow a
Heart's journey / Siegfried Sassoon.

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.