Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

PMA books, Fall '74 / Peter Martin Associates Limited
Letter from Brita Mickleburgh to Judith Robinson (McClelland & Stewart), 23 July 1972, re Can Lit book
Condensed catalogue of English books shown by Canadian Authors' Association at book fairs, 1937
Backgound-The secret circle series, 21 November 1962

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

Ration book, 30 June 1918
Manley, Morris, Sheet music, 1916
Fouet, A., Watercolour, 1919
Abbott, Jane, Diary, 25-26 July 1914

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

postcard, From: Pilaiakonska (?), Sophie To: Vtodarkievier (?), Stephan in Dombrowa - Auschwitz No date but postmark of 4 September 1942
letter, From: Brovis, Wladystaw To: Brovis, Frau in Krakow Poland - Auschwitz 8 August 1943
lettercard, From: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) To: Bernu, Auguste - [field_prison_camp-formatted] May 15 1943
lettercard, From: Megoeuil, M To: Madame Megoeuil, M.H. - [field_prison_camp-formatted] ?

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

Was justice done? : the Rosenberg-Sobell case
Utilitarianism / by John Stuart Mill.
History of Babylon : from the foundation of the monarchy to the Persian conquest / by Leonard W. King.
Poems / by T.S. Eliot.

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.