Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Letter from Ira Dilworth to R.W.W. Robertson, 11 September 1951, re Book of Small and A Little Town and a Little Girl

Knihy 1980-1981 [Sixty Eight Publishers' catalogue]

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

Robe, Harold (Lyrics) ; Rice, Gitz (Music), Sheet music, 1918

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: Koniorczyk, Edward To: Koniorczyk, Maria in Fabrio - Mauthausen December 1942

envelope, From: Lantier, Henri To: His wife in Lagnhet (Alpes-Maritimes) - [field_prison_camp-formatted] May 1940

letter, From: Meisling, Lyta To: Lizakowska, Maryla in Schrimm in Germany - Buchenwald N.D. (postmark of 30 October 1944 )

letter, From: From the city of Ostrowiec in Poland (?) To: Pieszak (?), Joseph - Sachsenhausen 30 June 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

If I were a preacher / by G.K. Chesterton ... [et al.].

Vita nuova di Dante Alighieri : i trattati De vulgari eloquio, De monarchia e la Questione de aqua et terra / an traduzione italiana delle opere scritte latinamente, e note e illustrazione di Pietro Fraticelli.

Who can be happy and free in Russia? / by Nicholas Nekrassov ; translated by Juliet M. Soskice ; with an introduction by David Soskice

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.