Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Fall 1976 / Peter Martin Associates
The Macmillans in Canada present the new Macmillan books for Autumn and Winter 1926 / The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited
[Cashbook], 1 May 1879 - 31 December 1887
A complete price list of the publications & importations of the Canadian Macmillans, 1919

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

Colins, Leon, Poster, 13 July 1915
Malleson, Constance [aka O'Niel, Colette], Letter, 3 November 1939
Aldwinckle, Eric, Letter, [6 October 1943]
Brittain, Vera, Diary, 17 April 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

letter, From: Nowak, Joseph To: Nowak, Marta in Posen (Poland). - Dachau 11 July 1943
[field_source-formatted], From: Obrslik, Alois To: Obrslikova, Pauly in Bohemia and Moravia - Buchenwald 26 April 1942
lettercard, From: Prunis, Pierre To: Madame Mme Prunis, Marcelle - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Jun. 08 1941
envelope, From: Pilat, Adalbert To: Pilat, Berta in Linz - Dachau 4 July 1942

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

Philosophischen Schriften / von Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ; herausgegeben von C.J. Gerhardt.
Why I am not a Christian, and other essays on religion and related subjects
Société russe / par un russe ; traduit par Ernest Figurey et Désiré Corbier ; avec une introduction de Antonin Proust
Poems, 1901 to 1918 / by Walter De La Mare.

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.