Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Manuscript pages from "The Blythes are Quoted" by L.M. Montgomery, [April, 1942]

A complete price list of the publications & importations of the Canadian Macmillans, 1918

Voices of the Plains Cree / Edward Ahenakew ; Ruth M. Buck, editor

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

Leighton, Roland, Letter, 24 August 1915

Leighton, Roland, Letter, 26 November 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

postcard, From: Chojnowski, Kazimierz To: Ursula Lcwandowska in Krakow (Poland) - Sachsenhausen 8 October 1944

postcard, From: Grabarek, Alojzy To: Grabarek, Stanislaus in Thorn, Westprussia - Auschwitz 7 November 1943

postcard, From: Mates (?), Ladislav To: Matesava, Ludvika in Zditz (Bohemia and Moravia) - Neuengamme 7 January 1945

postcard, From: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) To: Bernu, Auguste - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Dec. 25 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

Chinese empire : a sequel to the work entitled "Recollections of a journey through Tartary and Thibet" / by M. Huc.

Cobden-Sanderson, T. J. (Thomas James), 1840-1922., , 1914, 1914, 1914, 1913, 1911 and [1911];

The warfare state / Fred J. Cook ; with a foreword by Bertrand Russell.

From the Shiffolds, Christmas, 1945 / R. C. Trevelyan.

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.