Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Northern spring : the flowering of Canadian literature / George Woodcock

The Toronto Smallpress Spring Bookfair : Trinity-St. Paul's, 27 May 1995

Clothes and History: Lecture by C.W. Jefferys, 12 April 1946

Photograph of Brita Mickleburgh, [c.1973]

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

Toronto Association for Peace, Leaflet, 28 November - 1 December [1968]

Parliamentary Association for World Government, Periodical, December 1955 - March 1956

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

[field_source-formatted], From: Hoffmann, Max To: Hoffmann, Maria in Hohenlinde - Dachau 3 September 1944

lettercard, From: Juraszek, Johann To: Juraszek, Stephanie. In Teschen. - Sachsenhausen 17 November 1940

envelope, From: Lantier, Henri To: His wife in Lagnhet (Alpes-Maritimes) - [field_prison_camp-formatted] May 1940

receipt, From: Velas (?), Jed (?) To: Unknown, to Amsterdam, Holland. - [field_prison_camp-formatted] n.d.

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

Mémoires et correspondance de Duplessis-Mornay : pour servir à l'histoire de la réformation et des guerres civiles et religieuses en France, sous les règnes de Charles IX, de Henri III, de Henri IV et de Louis XIII, depuis l'an 1571 jusqu'en 1623.

Centaur not fabulous : in six letters to a friend on the life in vogue.

Västerlandets filosofi : och dess samband med den politiska och sociala utvecklingen

Nouveau dictionnaire anglais-français et français-anglais : composé sur un plan nouveau d'après les travaux d'Ogilvie, de Worcester, de Webster, de Latham, de Johnson, de Cooley, etc., de l'Académie française, de Bescherelle, de Littré, etc., et les ouvra

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.