Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

The Macmillans in Canada present the new Macmillan books, 46th season, Spring and Summer 1929 / Macmillan Company of Canada
Publicity folder for Halfbreed : a memoir of a Canadian childhood / by Maria Campbell
Notes regarding equipment requirements for Grey Owl lectures
Photograph of Grey Owl inscribed to Hugh Eayrs, 7 October 1935

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

Aldwinckle, Eric, Letter, 5 April 1944
Photograph, [1939-1942]
Underwood, Austin, Photograph, 6 August 1961
Fouet, A., Watercolour, 1917

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: Christel, Albert To: Christel family in Frankfurt (Germany) - Floßenürg 9 February 1941
[field_source-formatted], From: Pietrzycki, Roman To: Pietrzycka, Irena - Dachau 18 March 1945
lettercard, From: Riewitecki, Withold To: Riewitecka, Anna in Bromberg - Sachsenhausen 13 April 1941
lettercard, From: Witkowski, Johann To: Witkowski, Anna in Bromberg (Westphalia) - Sachsenhausen 12 October 1941

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

Was justice done? : the Rosenberg-Sobell case
Philosophy of John Dewey / edited by Paul Arthur Schilpp.
Agricultural labourers, as they were, are, and should be, in their social condition [and pamphlets by various authors / compiled by John Russell Amberley]
Johann Gottlieb Fichte's sämmtliche Werke / herausgegeben von J.H. Fichte.

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.