Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Order list of new books / McClelland & Goodchild Limited
Black Rock : a tale of the Selkirks / by Ralph Connor ; with an introduction by George Adam Smith
Spring 1927 / publications of Dodd, Mead and Company (Canada) Limited
Statement by William Kirby Jr. titled "Literary Review of the Publication of William Kirby's 'Le Chien d'Or'", 1925

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

Kenwood, William Frank, Notebook, [15 October 1945?]
Colins, Leon, Poster, 31 March 1916
Brittain, Vera, Diary, 29-30 November 1914
Molony, William O'Sullivan, Diary, 16-18 January 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

lettercard, From: Simacek, Paul To: Simacek, Jaroslav in Prague - Sachsenhausen 24 July 1943
lettercard, From: Megoeuil, M To: Madame Megoeuil, M.H. - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Jul. 27 1943
letter, From: Unknown To: Unknown - 8 August no date
letter, From: Maruszewski, Aleksander To: Maruszcidski, Laura in Staszow district Radom (Poland) - Auschwitz 20 February 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

Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson.
Secret history of the English occupation of Egypt : being a personal narrative of events / by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt.
Inaugural address delivered at Tavistock, on Wednesday, August 8, 1866, at the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Devon Association for the Advancement of Literature, Science, and Art [and pamphlets by various authors / compiled by John Russell Amberley]
Was justice done? : the Rosenberg-Sobell case

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.