Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Spring 1994 / Key Porter Books
The Book Society catalogue : K-8, 1977-8
Catalogue advertising PaperJacks Canadian books, c. November 1973
Letter from Alistair MacLeod to Lily Miller, 20 September 1974

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

Photograph, [193-]
Beck, A., Pen drawing, [1917?]
Manteuffel, V., Poster, 9 September 1914
Inter-Service Topographical Department, Government report, January 1943

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: Pillny, Rudolf To: Pillny, Angela in Paulsdorf - Buchenwald 6 March 1940
letter, From: Stejskal, Frantisek To: Stejskalova, Emilie in Brno, Poland. - Mauthausen 31 May 1942
letter, From: Urban, Edmund To: Martha Urban in Zdunska-Wola (Poland). - Sachsenhausen 9 July 1944
postcard, From: Witkowski, Johann To: Witkowski, Anna in Bromberg (Westphalia) - Sachsenhausen 5 January 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

Thomae Hobbes Malmesburiensis Opera philosophica quae latine scripsit omnia : in unum corpus nunc primum collecta / studio et labore Gulielmi Molesworth.
The Western mind in transition : an eyewitness story
Dissertation sur les aérostates des anciens et des modernes / par A.G. Ro****.
With many voices : Europe talks about America

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.