Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

New books : for spring and summer publication 1927 / The Musson Book Company Ltd.

PMA books, Fall '74 / Peter Martin Associates Limited

Toronto Small Press Book Fair, Spring 1992

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

Grant Duff, Adrian, Diary, 7 October 1910

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: Kubista, Joseph To: Johann (his brother) in Prague - Buchenwald 4 May 1941

letter, From: Wrobel, Stefania and Fryda To: Wrobel, Franz - Sachsenhausen 8 June 1944

postcard, From: Kubista, Joseph To: Johann (his brother) in Prague - Buchenwald 26 December 1943

lettercard, From: Kuchnowski, Anton To: Kuchnowski, Gertrid in Danzig - Sachsenhausen 12 March 1944

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]

The scholar in America : past, present, and future / Samuel Eliot Morison.

Evangelien, oder, Marcus und die Synopsis der kanonischen und ausser-kanonischen Evangelien : nach dem ältesten Text, mit historisch-exegetischem Commentar / von Gustav Volkmar. --

System of magic ; or, A history of the black art : being an historical account of mankind's most early dealing with the devil : and how the acquaintance on both sides began.

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.