Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Letter from Farley [Mowat] to Jack [McClelland], 28 January 1955
A complete price list of the publications & importations of the Canadian Macmillans, 1918
Guernica Editions : catalogue, 1978-1991
The meeting point [by] Austin C. Clarke

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

Reed, A. H. M. (Lyrics) ; May, A. S. L. (Music), Sheet music, 1916
Molony, William O'Sullivan, Diary, 19 July 1914
Royal Military College, Military document, 12 January 1889
Brittain, Vera, Diary, 5 July 1916

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: Bartella, Richard To: Bartella, Sofie; Jesevitz, District Dirschau, West Prussia - Dachau 16 November 1941
postcard, From: Bernu, Auguste To: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Feb. 11 1942
letter, From: Faltus, Jaroslav To: Faltus, Julius - Floßenürg 9 January 1944
letter, From: Hanusova, Vlasta To: Hanus, Josef in Alt-Mohabit prison in Berlin - [field_prison_camp-formatted] 1er December 1942

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

Youth : a narrative : and two other stories / Joseph Conrad
War and peace in the space age
The scientific outlook / Bertrand Russell.
This is your inheritance, a history of the Chemung County, N. Y. branch of the Brooks family

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.