Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

The Toronto Small Press Group : catalogue, Fall 1992

Letter from John G. (Jack) McClelland (McClelland & Stewart) to Alfred [Pat] Knopf Jr., 2 November 1960, re The Double Hook

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

McGee, Mollie, Newspaper clipping, 7 February 1944

Kentish, Lieut.-Col. R.J., Military document, November 1915

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: Porupka, Eduard To: Porupka, Eduard in Poland - Sachsenhausen 16 June 1940

lettercard, From: Prunis, Pierre To: Madame Mme Prunis, Marcelle - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Oct. 05 1941

lettercard, From: Witkowski, Johann To: Witkowski, Anna in Bromberg (Westphalia) - Sachsenhausen 25 May 1941

lettercard, From: Sadecki, Mieczyslaw To: Sadecka, Halina in Bernerowas-Warschau (Poland) - Neuengamme 11 January 1944.

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 of reason : or, The phases of human progress / by George Santayana.

Principles of psychology / by William James.

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.