Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Promotional poster for Guernica Editions, Le Québec et l'ailleurs ; Translating different realities, [198-?]

Letter from Frederick Macmillan (Macmillan London) to George Brett (Macmillan New York), 13 Nov. 1905, re Macmillan Canada

The Book Society catalogue : K-8, 1977-8

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

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: Wrobel, Stanislaw To: none - Sachsenhausen ? December 1944

letter, From: Ftot, Alois To: ? - Neuengamme 19 April 1942

lettercard, From: Burchardt, Peter To: Burchardt, Sophi in Tormasron Mazordiecki (Poland) - Sachsenhausen 27 September 1942

[field_source-formatted], From: Kluger, Josef To: Kluger, Cipora in Vienna - Dachau Postmark 9 June 1938

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

Inaugural address delivered at Tavistock, on Wednesday, August 8, 1866, at the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Devon Association for the Advancement of Literature, Science, and Art [and pamphlets by various authors / compiled by John Russell Amberley]

Theorie der Parallellinien von Euklid bis auf Gauss : eine Urkundensammlung zur Vorgeschichte der nichteuklidischen Geometrie / in Gemeinschaft mit Friedrich Engel, hrsg. von Paul Stäckel.

Crotchet Castle / T. Love Peacock ; edited by Richard Garnett.

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.