Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

New Canadian Library Committee meeting minutes, 23 February 1982
Communications 73 / Book Society
Toronto Small Press Book Fair : directory, 12 November 1994
Low tide on Grand Pré : a book of lyrics / by Bliss Carman

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

Canadian Peace Congress, Leaflet, [1986?]
Brittain, Vera, Diary, 22 August 1915
Neilands, J.B., Computer print, 19 July 2001
Scrapbook, 1915-1918

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: Kuchnowski, Anton To: Kuchnowski, Gertrid in Danzig - Sachsenhausen 10 October 1943
postcard, From: Prunis, Pierre To: Madame Mme Prunis, Marcelle - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Dec. 15 1940
lettercard, From: Megoeuil, M To: Madame Megoeuil, M.H. - [field_prison_camp-formatted] May 04 1942
[field_source-formatted], From: Bonn, Karl To: Bonn, Marie in Strasbourg - Dachau 29 January 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

Wo stehen wir heute?
Pensées de Pascal / publiées dans leur texte authentique, avec une introduction, des notes et des remarques par Ernest Havet.
Cambridge ancient history.
Human fertility : the modern dilemma / by Robert C. Cook; with an introd. by Julian Huxley.

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.