Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Fall 1989 / Key Porter Books
Spring publications, 1927 / George H. Doran Company (Canada) Limited
The Macmillans in Canada present the new Macmillan books : 45th season, Autumn and Winter 1928 / Macmillan Company of Canada
Fall & Winter 2000-2001 / Key Porter Books

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

Vietnam Mobilization Committee, Leaflet, 1 February [1969?]
Mendelson, Alan, Typescript, [28 August 1991]
University of Toronto & York High School & University Committees to End the War in Vietnam, Poster, 15 October [1967?]
Spanish Information Bureau, Periodical, 19 February 1938

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: Olszowka, Erwin To: Olszowka, Paul in Konigshütte. - Auschwitz 1er March 1943
letter, From: Swierczynski, Jersy To: Swierczynska, Marie in Posen (Poznan) in Poland - [field_prison_camp-formatted] 29 March 1941
letter, From: Lienske, Heinrich To: Lienske, Helene in Konigshütte. - Auschwitz 7 August 1944
lettercard, From: Megoeuil, M To: Madame Megoeuil, M.H. - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Mar. 08 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

Principles of political economy : with some of their applications to social philosophy / by John Stuart Mill.
Herodotus / recensuit Josephus Williams Blakesley.
William Congreve / edited by Alex. Charles Ewald
Immanuel Kant's Kritik der reinen Vernunft / Hrsg. von Benno Erdmann.

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.