Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Knihy 1991 [Sixty Eight Publishers' catalogue]
Letter from Diane Schoemperlen to Phyllis Bruce (HarperCollins Publishers), 21 September 1994, re In the Language of Love
The Toronto Small Press Group : catalogue, Fall 1992
A caricature history of Canadian politics

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

Lisle, John, Letter, 22 December [1943]
Neilands, J.B., Photograph, 1967
Corkran, Victor S., Letter, 28 July 1921
Lisle, John, Postcard, 28 January [1944]

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: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) To: Bernu, Auguste - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Aug. 13 1943
postcard, From: Bernu, Auguste To: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Jun. 23 1941
[field_source-formatted], From: Travincek, Anton To: Famiskia Travinckova, Brunn (Brno), Bohemia and Moravia - Dachau 1st December 1940
letter, From: Koresch, Rafael To: Unidentified - Groß-Rosen 27 June 1943

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

Translations from Horace, Juvenal & Montaigne : with two imaginary conversations / R.C. Trevelyan.
Agricultural labourers, as they were, are, and should be, in their social condition [and pamphlets by various authors / compiled by John Russell Amberley]
Memoir on the algebra of symbolic logic [and pamphlets by Whitehead and Russell, bound in a single volume]
Bismarck and the German Empire.

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.