Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Cover design for A gentlewoman in Upper Canada: the journals of Anne Langton
As ten as twenty / P.K. Page
A complete price list of the publications & importations of the Canadian Macmillans, 1918
Canadiana : a list of books on Canada and Canadian questions : books by Canadian writers

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

Lisle, John, Postcard, 4 April 1943
Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, No. 31, Poster, December 1914
Turner, Marjorie, Poem, [1939-1945]
Canadian Peace Congress, Peace pin, [198-]

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

postcard, From: Prunis, Pierre To: Madame Mme Prunis, Marcelle - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Jul. 27 1941
postcard, From: Kubista, Joseph To: Johann (his brother) in Prague - Buchenwald 12 July 1942
letter, From: Plaska, Maks To: Mr. Hamburger, Bert in Chicago, U.S.A. - Gusen 25 May 1945
lettercard, From: Bernu, Auguste To: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Nov. 08 1942

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

War and peace in the space age
Philosophy of John Dewey / edited by Paul Arthur Schilpp.
Lettres écrites à un provincial / par Blaise Pascal ; précédées de l'histoire des Lettres provinciales d'après l'édition de 1754 et d'observations littéraires par François de Neufchateau.
Complete poetical works of Percy Bysshe Shelley / the text carefully revised with notes and a memoir by William Michael Rossetti

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.