Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

The Macmillan spelling series / general editor : George E. Flower; authors : Robert F. Bornhold ... [et al.]
Letter from Douglas Gibson (McClelland & Stewart) to Alice Munro, 27 August 1986
Guernica Editions : catalogue, 1978-1991
Ojibway ceremonies / Basil Johnston ; illustrations by David Beyer

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

Vanden Bempt, J., Poster, 25 July 1916
Nerincx, A., Poster, 30 October 1914
Lisle, John, Postcard, 28 January [1944]
Committee of 100, Leaflet, [1961]

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 17 December1944
telegram, From: Graban, Stanislaw To: Marie Graban, Meinkingsburg Lager in Nienburg (Hanovre) - Sachsenhausen 8 January 1945
lettercard, From: Riewitecki, Withold To: Riewitecka, Anna in Bromberg - Sachsenhausen 16 April 1944
[field_source-formatted], From: Mikulski, Josef To: Mikulska, Isabela in Krakow (Poland) - Dachau 17 November 1940

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

The secret sea / Hugo Manning.
Idea of development of the soul in medieval Jewish philosophy / by Philip David Bookstaber.
To the future turned : on the occasion of the fifteenth anniversary of the founding of the German Democratic Republic
Poetical works of Sir Walter Scott / including introduction and notes ; with illustrations and portrait.

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.