Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Fall 1989 / Key Porter Books
Earth and high heaven / by Gwethalyn Graham
A complete price list of the publications & importations of the Canadian Macmillans, 1918
Letter from [Bliss Carman] to [Kate Eastman], 7 July 1923

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

Underwood, Austin, Photograph, 3 April 1961
Leighton, Roland, Letter, 13 June 1915
League of American Writers, Periodical, 25 March 1938
Neilands, J.B., Acting Chair, Scientists's Committee to End Chemical Warfare in Vietnam, , Letter, December 1968

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: Kaczmerkiewicz, Thadaus To: Unknown - Dachau 2 August 1942
postcard, From: Pakula, Ludwig To: ?, in Poland - Gusen Postmark of 19 January 1944
letter, From: Kasakova, Marie from Kladino To: Kasak, Karel - Dachau 14 March 1943
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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

Unpopular essays
Wissenschaftliche Abhandlungen / von Hermann Helmholtz
The warfare state
Johann Gottlieb Fichte's sämmtliche Werke / herausgegeben von J.H. Fichte.

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.