Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Cover design for A gentlewoman in Upper Canada: the journals of Anne Langton
Spring publications, 1927 / Cassell & Company Limited
Memo from Patrick Crean (McClelland & Stewart) to Jack McClelland (McClelland & Stewart), 26 March 1973, re Ahenakew title
The Macmillans in Canada present this list of books by Canadian writers / The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited

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

Royal Navy, Military document, [1916?]
Leighton, Roland, Letter, 28 November 1915
Programme, 27 April 1975
Knight, M. A. (Lyrics) ; Marshall, A. J. (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: Wykret, Anton Johann To: Unidentified - Auschwitz 6 April 1941
letter, From: Lienske, Heinrich To: Lienske, Helene in Konigshütte. - Auschwitz 10 April 1944
lettercard, From: Prunis, Pierre To: Madame Mme Prunis, Marcelle - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Dec. 07 1941
postcard, From: Brunecky, Karl To: Brunecky, Anna, his mother in Telekovice (Bohemia and Moravia) - Sachsenhausen 21 July 1940

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.
History of Friedrich II of Prussia, called Frederick the Great / by Thomas Carlyle.
Rome et la Judée au temps de la chute de Néron : (ans 66-72 après Jésus-Christ) / par le cte. Franz de Champagny.
Mechanik in ihrer entwickelung :-kritisch Dargestellt / von Ernst Mach.

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.