Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

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

Contract and supplementary agreement between Macmillan Co. of Canada and Raymond Knister, 1928 and 1929, re White Narcissus

Letter from Nellie L. McClung to Dorothy [Dumbrille], 3 October 1946

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

IUS (International Union of Students), Poster, 1987

Gould, Frederick J., Pen drawing, 3 September 1894

Kenwood, W.Y.N. , Cablegram, 3 October 1942

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

envelope, From: Wieczorek, Jadwiga To: Bando, Stanislaw in Krakow (Poland) - Ravensbrück May 1942

envelope, From: Skarda, Joseph To: Skarda, Marie in Pilsen (Bohemia and Moravia) - Buchenwald unknown

postcard, From: Handali, Alberto To: Handali, Anna in Paris - [field_prison_camp-formatted] No Date

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

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

Agricultural labourers, as they were, are, and should be, in their social condition [and pamphlets by various authors / compiled by John Russell Amberley]

Complete Greek drama : all the extant tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, and the comedies of Aristophanes and Menander, in a variety of translations / edited by Whitney J. Oates and Eugene O'Neill, jr

World of mathematics; a small library of the literature of mathematics from Aʻh-mosé the scribe to Albert Einstein, presented with commentaries and notes by James R. Newman.

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.