Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

The Toronto Smallpress Spring Bookfair : Trinity-St. Paul's, 27 May 1995
Photograph of Paul Arthur, [1966]
Cover artwork for The Secret World of Og reprint, [196-?]
January—May 1996 : complete backlist catalogue / Key Porter Books, Lester Publishing

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

Brittain, Vera, Book, April 1944
Committee of 100, Leaflet, 9 December 1961
Cooperative Committee on Japanese Canadians, Leaflet, [194-]
Student Association to End the War in Vietnam, Mimeograph, 12 March 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

lettercard, From: Riewitecki, Withold To: Riewitecka, Anna in Bromberg - Sachsenhausen 23 November 1941
letter, From: Smolen, Vladystaw To: Smolen, Joseph in Krakow (Poland) - Auschwitz 6 February 1944
lettercard, From: Prunis, Pierre To: Madame Mme Prunis, Marcelle - [field_prison_camp-formatted] May 03 1942
letter, From: Sliwanski, Joseph To: Sliwanski, Martha in Liebertwolkwitz (?) near Leipzig - Buchenwald 5 November 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

Diary of a journey from Srinagar to Kashgar, via Gilgit / by H.I. Harding
Words for women
The truth about a publisher : an autobiographical record / by Sir Stanley Unwin.
Six masters in disillusion / by Algar Thorold.

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.