Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Letter from C.J. Newman (Prism International) to Diane Schoemperlen, 17 June 1975
Fall & Winter 2000-2001 / Key Porter Books
The Toronto Smallpress Spring Bookfair : Trinity-St. Paul's, 27 May 1995
Photo album: "Macmillans in Canada (Toronto) ca. 1906"

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

Abbott, Jane, Diary, 8-13 June 1914
Programme, 26 July 1936
Poster, [1939-1945]
Canadian League for Peace and Democracy, Programme, 13-14 May 1939

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

lettercard, From: Megoeuil, M To: Madame Megoeuil, M.H. - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Dec. 18 1943
letter, From: Wrobel, Stefania and Fryda To: Wrobel, Franz - Sachsenhausen 29 October 1943.
letter, From: Szymanski, Franz To: Szymanski, Maria in Wojslawice , district Lublin, in Poland. - Sachsenhausen 11 January 1942
letter, From: Gaik, Tadeusz To: Miklaszewska, Franciska in Krakow - Dachau 2 May 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

Elements of projective geometry / by Luigi Cremona ; translated by Charles Leudesdorf.
Three Copernican treatises: the Commentariolus of Copernicus, the Letter against Werner, the Narratio prima of Rheticus. Translated with introd. and notes by Edward Rosen
The virtues needed for freedom : a summary of Western anthropology / by F. Creedy.
The trouble with Jake.

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.