Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Letter from Hugh Garner to Jack McClelland (McClelland & Stewart), 28 August 1963, re The Silence on the Shore
The Toronto Smallpress Spring Bookfair : Trinity-St. Paul's, 27 May 1995
The Group of Seven / Thoreau MacDonald
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

Russell, Bertrand, Manuscript, July 1955
Brittain, Vera, Poem, 6 May 1917
Leighton, Roland, Letter, 18 October 1915
Friends of the Abraham Lincoln Battalion, Leaflet, 23 June [1937]

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: Prunis, Pierre To: Madame Mme Prunis, Marcelle - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Dec. 06 1942
letter, From: Schultze, Hermann To: Unknown - Sachsenhausen n.d. (June 1937-June 1938)
lettercard, From: Bernu, Auguste To: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Oct. 23 1944
[field_source-formatted], From: Kleiner, Emil To: Raczynska, Olga in Lakliczyn near Tarnow, Poland - Groß-Rosen 15 July 1944 (date of postmark)

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

Philosophischen Schriften / von Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ; herausgegeben von C.J. Gerhardt.
Works and more
Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica / auctore Isaaco Newtono ; perpetuis commentariis illustrata, communi studio Thomae Le Seur & Francisci Jacquier, ex gallicanâ Minimorum familiâ, matheseos professorum.
Willing agents : an anthology

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.