Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Guernica Editions : catalogue, 1978-1991

The collected poems of Al Purdy / edited by Russell Brown

Letter from Grey Owl to Hugh Eayrs, 21 January 1935

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

Russell, Bertrand, Newspaper clipping, 4 May 1963

W.E.B. Dubois Clubs of America (Mike Myerson), Mimeograph, 31 March 1965

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: Kiczan, Ludwik To: Kiczan, Luiza in Przemysl (?) - Auschwitz 8 August 1943

letter, From: Wiszewski (?), Stefan To: Owsiak, Sophia in Warsaw (Poland) - Auschwitz 17 October 1943

lettercard, From: Lakosil, Jan To: Lakosilova, Bozka in Shaznice (Bohemia and Moravia) - Sachsenhausen 16 May 1943

letter, From: Urban, Edmund To: Martha Urban in Zdunska-Wola (Poland). - Sachsenhausen 14 March 1943

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

Life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman.

Excursion : a poem / by William Wordsworth.

The vaults of Blackarden Castle / by Arthur Gask.

Freedom and Catholic power / by Paul Blanshard.

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.