Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

At the Mermaid Inn, conducted by A. Lampman, W.W. Campbell [and] Duncan C. Scott.

Publicity folder for Halfbreed : a memoir of a Canadian childhood / by Maria Campbell

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

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: Megoeuil, M To: Madame Megoeuil, M.H. - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Jan. 01 1944

letter, From: Sliwanski, Joseph To: Sliwanski, Martha in Liebertwolkwitz (?) near Leipzig - Buchenwald 8 October 1939

letter, From: Wrobel, Stefania and Fryda To: Wrobel, Franz - Sachsenhausen 18 October 1944

lettercard, From: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) To: Bernu, Auguste - [field_prison_camp-formatted] May 21 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

Patriarcha, or, The natural power of kings / by Robert Filmer.

Agricultural labourers, as they were, are, and should be, in their social condition [and pamphlets by various authors / compiled by John Russell Amberley]

Denk ich an Deutschland : ein Kommentar in Bild und Wort / von Michael Mansfeld

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.