Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Clarke Irwin backlist
General catalogue : including late fall and early spring books, 1927 / J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.
The Macmillans in Canada present the new Macmillan books : 45th season, Autumn and Winter 1928 / Macmillan Company of Canada
The witches' brew / by E.J. Pratt ; with decorations by John Austen

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

Periodical, 1 February 1915
Peace Movement in the Niagara Region, Newspaper clipping, 12 June 1967
Le Commandant de la Ville, Andenne, Poster, 22 August 1914
Lisle, John, Postcard, 28 May 1943

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: Gaik, Tadeusz To: Miklaszewska, Franciska in Krakow - Dachau 2 May 1943
lettercard, From: Prunis, Pierre To: Madame Mme Prunis, Marcelle - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Nov. 14 1943
envelope, From: Fiala, Joseph To: Fialova, Marti in Pisek (Bohemia and Moravia) - Buchenwald 7 September 1941
lettercard, From: Bernu, Auguste To: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Apr. 24 1941

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

Treatise on probability / by John Maynard Keynes.
Discourses of slavery / by Theodore Parker.
Claim of Englishwomen to the suffrage constitutionally considered [and pamphlets by various authors / compiled by John Russell Amberley]
Golden bough : a study in magic and religion / by J. G. Frazer.

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.