Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

1927 Spring publications of Geo. J. McLeod Limited
"Call My People Home" / Dorothy Livesay, with annotations
Grip's comic almanac
A complete price list of the publications & importations of the Canadian Macmillans, 1918

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

Vanden Bempt, J., Poster, 25 July 1916
Molony, William O'Sullivan, Photograph, 3 April 1914
Sloan, T. R., Sheet music, 1939
No-Conscription Fellowship, Leaflet, 26 June 1917

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: Porupka, Eduard To: Porupka, Eduard in Poland - Sachsenhausen 9 February 1941
receipt, From: Unknown To: Stejskal, Frantisek - Mauthausen Various
postcard, From: Megoeuil, M To: Madame Megoeuil, M.H. - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Jun. 09 1943
postcard, From: Prunis, Pierre To: Madame Mme Prunis, Marcelle - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Dec. 29 1940

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

Idea of development of the soul in medieval Jewish philosophy / by Philip David Bookstaber.
Diary of a journey from Srinagar to Kashgar, via Gilgit / by H.I. Harding.
Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia / written by Sir Philip Sidney ; with his life and death ; a brief table of the principal heads, and som[e] other new additions.
Calidore & miscellanea / T. Love Peacock ; edited by Richard Garnett.

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.