Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Pipes of Pan / by Bliss Carman
Communications 73 / Book Society
Spring publications, 1927 / McClelland & Stewart, Limited
Toronto Small Press Book Fair, Fall 1991

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

Vaughan, W., Letter, 18 November 1916
Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, No. 99, Poster, [1915]
Brittain, Vera, Pamphlet, 1943
Harrison, Charles F. , Sheet music, 1914

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

lettercard, From: Megoeuil, M To: Madame Megoeuil, M.H. - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Jan. 18 1941
letter, From: Kozak, Jan To: Kazimiera, Janiec in Poland - Dachau 20 February 1944
lettercard, From: Prunis, Pierre To: Madame Mme Prunis, Marcelle - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Mar. 21 1943
letter, From: Bartella, Richard To: Bartella, Sofie; Jesevitz, District Dirschau, West Prussia - Dachau 16 November 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

Ivanhoe a romance / by Sir Walter Scott.
Cobden-Sanderson, T. J. (Thomas James), 1840-1922., , 1914, 1914, 1914, 1913, 1911 and [1911];
New Catholic church [and pamphlets by various authors / compiled by John Russell Amberley]
History of the valorous and witty knight-errant Don Quixote of the Mancha / by Cervantes ; translated by Thomas Shelton.

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.