Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Spring 1999 / Key Porter Books
Letter from Loren [Lorne] Pierce (Ryerson Press) to Dr. Marius Barbeau (National Museum of Canada), 15 March 1945
Spring publications, 1927 / McClelland & Stewart, Limited
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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

Abbott, Jane, Diary, 28 August 1914
Aldwinckle, Eric, Letter, 17 March 1944
Pencil drawing, [1917?]
Kemmis, C.T., Diary, 26-28 March 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: Wojciechowski, Johann To: Frau Dr. Lumila Halka à Elsenau - Dachau 31 October 1943
lettercard, From: Riewitecki, Withold To: Riewitecka, Anna in Bromberg - Sachsenhausen 17 October 1943
postcard, From: Corzer, Eugenius To: Marie Corzer in Litzmannstadt - Gusen Postmark of 3 January 1944
postcard, From: Bernu, Auguste To: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Jun. 23 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

Works of George Berkeley, D.D., formerly Bishop of Cloyne : including many of his writings hitherto unpublished / with prefaces, annotations, his life and letters, and an account of his philosophy, by Alexander Campbell Fraser.
Cassell's history of the British people / by Ernest A. Baker ... [et al.]
Sacred books of China : The texts of Tâoism / translated by James Legge
Maid Marian / T. Love Peacock ; edited by Richard Garnett.

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.