Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Memo from Dianne Woodman [M&S] to Anna Porter [M&S], 30 August 1973, re Maria Campbell's Halfbreed

Letter from Douglas Gibson (McClelland & Stewart) to Alice Munro, 16 June 1995

Photograph of "Frank Appleton promoting the White Circle series"

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

Russell, Bertrand, Mimeograph, 9 July 1955

H.M. Stationery Office, Poster, [1939-1945]

Director of Public Cleansing, Memorandum, 11 June 1941

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: Kozak, Jan To: Kazimiera, Janiec in Poland - Dachau unknown

postcard, From: Urbanski, Mieryslaw To: Another recipient in Sanok - [field_prison_camp-formatted] 16 February 1940

lettercard, From: Kuchnowski, Anton To: Kuchnowski, Gertrid in Danzig - Sachsenhausen 19 July 1942

lettercard, From: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) To: Bernu, Auguste - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Feb. 02 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

Trois lecons sur les principes philosphiques et juridiques du mariage [and pamphlets by various authors / compiled by John Russell Amberley]

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.

The space child's Mother Goose / verses by Frederick Winsor ; illustrations by Marian Parry.

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.