Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

University of Toronto Library Council minutes, re banning of Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer
Fall & Winter 2003-2004 / Key Porter Books
Toronto Small Press Book Fair '88
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

Ellis Studio, Photograph, [1914-1918]
LaViolette, F.E., Pamphlet, 1946
Molony, William O'Sullivan, Diary, 31 August 1914
Hancock, H. E., Sheet music, 1919

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: Fiala, Joseph To: Fialova, Marti in Pisek (Bohemia and Moravia) - Buchenwald 7 June 1942
postcard, From: Chambert, Margot in Paris To: Nevès, José - [field_prison_camp-formatted] April 4, 1942
lettercard, From: Kaden, Kazimierz To: Kaden, Hélène. Maison Bourguignon, Sousceyrac (Lot), FRANCE - Neuengamme 23 July 1944
[field_source-formatted], From: Glaser, Leo To: Unidentified - Buchenwald 16 October 1938

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

The urge to punish : new approaches to the problem of mental irresponsibility for crime / by Henry Weihofen ; with a foreword by Lord Russell of Liverpool.
History of modern philosophy / Frederick Mayer.
Peano, Giuseppe, , ;
Dramatische Dichtungen.

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.