Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Spring 1990 / Key Porter Books
Minutes of Macmillan of Canada shareholders' and directors' meetings, 26 December 1905 and 26 May 1926
The Macmillans in Canada present the new Macmillan books : 44th season, Spring and Summer 1928 / Macmillan Company of Canada
Photograph of Stan Bevington

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

Pen drawing, 30 January 1917
Bomb casing, [196-]
Colins, Leon, Poster, 17 June 1915
Peace Movement in the Niagara Region, Newspaper clipping, 12 June 1967

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: Bernu, Auguste To: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Oct. 10 1941
lettercard, From: Validek (?), Wieslaw To: in Brzezcny (?) - Gusen 24 August 1942
letter, From: Urbanski, Mieryslaw To: Urbanska, Mitztzi in Sanok (Poland) - Auschwitz 7 April 1941
letter, From: Rekawicki, Franz To: Rekawicka, Branislawa in Litzmannstadt - Auschwitz 23 January 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

Collected works of R. C. Trevelyan.
Anne of Geierstein or The maiden of the mist / by Sir Walter Scott
The theory of international trade : with some of its applications to economic policy / by C.F. Bastable.
Philosophischen Schriften / von Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ; herausgegeben von C.J. Gerhardt.

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.