Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Poems / by Charles G.D. Roberts
Notice of Hugh S. Eayrs's death, Quill & Quire, May 1940
Letter from Marian Engel to Ron Evans (Ontario Arts Council), 16 February 1974
Spring publications, 1927 / McClelland & Stewart, 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

Lisle, John, Letter, 2 June [1943]
Parliamentary War Savings Committee, Poster, 1915
Committee of 100, Poster, 18 February [1961]
Foley, Eddie, Sheet music, 1943

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: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) To: Bernu, Auguste - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Nov. 08 1944
letter, From: Matejko, Gustaw To: Matejko, Franciszka. In Terespolam am Bug in Poland - Auschwitz 9 May 1943
letter, From: Christel, Albert To: Christel family in Frankfurt (Germany) - Floßenürg 15 February 1942
postcard, From: Megoeuil, M To: Madame Megoeuil, M.H. - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Jan. 17-?

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

War and peace : a novel / by Leo Tolstoy ; a new and complete translation from the Russian by Constance Garnett
The scientific intellectual : the psychological & sociological origins of modern science / Lewis S. Feuer.
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Westminster and foreign quarterly review [and pamphlets by various authors / compiled by John Russell Amberley]

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.