Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Record book, Macmillan of Canada, listing sales of Donald Creighton's biography of John A. Macdonald, 1964-1980
Toronto Small Press Book Fair : directory, 12 November 1994
Fall & Winter 2000-2001 / Key Porter Books
Madeleine de Verchères / by E. T. Raymond

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

Hartmann, Otto, Letter, 25 July 1915
Asaf, George (Lyrics) ; Powell, Felix (Music) , Sheet music, 1915
Periodical, January 1916
Brittain, Vera, Diary, 27 June 1915

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

envelope, From: Mohr, T. To: Recipient in Vienna - [field_prison_camp-formatted] May 30, 1942
letter, From: Kaminski, Wilhelm To: Kaminska, Frau Irena - Auschwitz 22 October 1944
letter, From: Hinz, Franz To: Hinz, Anastasie in Westphalia - Sachsenhausen 22 March 1942
letter, From: Wrobel, Stefania and Fryda To: Wrobel, Franz - Sachsenhausen 25 February 1944

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

Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, translated out of the original tongues : and with the former translations diligently compared and revised by His Majesty's special command.
The space child's Mother Goose / verses by Frederick Winsor ; illustrations by Marian Parry.
Original Sanskrit texts on the origin and history of the people of India, their religion & institutions / collected, translated, and illustrated by J. Muir.
Tales of unrest / Joseph Conrad

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.