Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

The poems of Archibald Lampman / edited with a memoir by Duncan Campbell Scott
Emily of New Moon / by L.M. Montgomery
The Macmillans in Canada present the new Macmillan books : 44th season, Spring and Summer 1928 / Macmillan Company of Canada
The Macmillans in Canada present this list of books by Canadian writers / The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited

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, Poem, June 1918
Royal Air Force, Military document, May [194-]
Heins, Donald, Sheet music, 1914
Turner, Marjorie, Poem, [1939-1945]

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

letter, From: Matern, Franz To: Matern, Anna (or Matern family) in Witkau per Kamien, West Prussia - Buchenwald 22 February (?) 1942
lettercard, From: Drag, Anton To: Drong (or Drag), Franz - Sachsenhausen 22 February 1942
lettercard, From: Kazafov, Stephan To: unknown - Sachsenhausen 18 July 1943
letter, From: Rudzki, Johann To: Rudzki, Wojcieck in Freihaus (Poland ?) - Dachau 3 December 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

Let there be light / by Irene Roberts.
Existence of God : readings / selected, edited, and furnished with an introductory essay by John Hick.
Logique de Leibniz d'après des documents inédits / par Louis Couturat. -
The un-Marxian socialist, a study of Proudhon / tr. by R. E. Scantlebury.

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.