Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Austin Clarke's handwritten notes regarding More, c. 1987-8
The Brockenfiend : a tragedy in 5 acts / by William Wilfred Campbell
The Toronto Smallpress Spring Bookfair : Trinity-St. Paul's, 27 May 1995
Book tour itinerary (Random House of Canada) for Marjorie Harris's The Canadian Gardener, 1990

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

Poster, [1939-1945]
Molony, William O'Sullivan, Diary, 19 July 1914
Print (art), [1914-1917]
Macpherson, Duncan, Pen drawing, 9 January 1959

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: Elzanowski, Feliks To: Elzanowski, Josef in Wlochy (Poland). - Dachau 20 June 1942
letter, From: Matejko, Gustaw To: Matejko, Franciszka. In Terespolam am Bug in Poland - Auschwitz 4 April 1943
lettercard, From: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) To: Bernu, Auguste - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Mar. 10 1943
envelope, From: Wieczorek, Jadwiga To: Bando, Stanislaw in Krakow (Poland) - Ravensbrück December 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

Cassell's history of the British people / by Ernest A. Baker ... [et al.]
Works of Jeremy Bentham / published under the superintendence of his executor, John Bowring.
Dr. A. Neander's Christliche Dogmengeschichte / hrsg. von J.C. Jacobi
History of the war in the peninsula and in the south of France : from the year 1807 to the year 1814 / by Sir W.F.P. Napier.

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.