Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

The Toronto Smallpress Spring Bookfair : Trinity-St. Paul's, 27 May 1995
Beautiful Joe / by Marshall Saunders ; with an introduction [by] Hezekiah Butterworth ; illustrated by Charles Copeland
Order list of new books / McClelland & Goodchild Limited
Musson's general trade catalogue : a reference catalogue of standard and staple books regularly carried in stock in Toronto

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

Military Document, [29-30 September 1916]
Scrapbook, 1915-1918
Canadian Peace Congress, Leaflet, [198-]
Brittain, Vera, Diary, 24-25 April 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: Christel, Albert To: Christel family in Frankfurt (Germany) - Sachsenhausen 5 March 1944
envelope, From: Elzanowski, Feliks To: Elzanowski, Josef in Wlochy (Poland). - Auschwitz 30 March 1941
envelope, From: Elzanowski, Feliks To: Elzanowski, Josef in Wlochy (Poland). - Dachau 13 July 1941
postcard, From: Unidentified To: Chetmecka, Halina - 26 September 1943

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

Divina commedia di Dante Alighieri / col comento di Pietro Fraticelli
Report of a meeting of the London National Society for Women's Suffrage, held at the Gallery of the Architectural Society in Conduit Street, Saturday, July 17th, 1869 [and pamphlets by various authors / compiled by John Russell Amberley]
New Catholic church [and pamphlets by various authors / compiled by John Russell Amberley]
Lives of the noble Grecians & Romanes : compared together / by that grave learned philosopher and historiographer, Plutarke of Chaeronea ; translated out of Greeke into French by James Amyot ; and out of French into Englishe by Thomas North ; the illustra

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.