Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Deeper into the forest / Roy Daniells, 1948
Knihy 1980-1981 [Sixty Eight Publishers' catalogue]
Photograph of Austin Clarke reading from "There are no elders" at Amalfi conference, [1994?]
A complete price list of the publications & importations of the Canadian Macmillans, 1919

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, 1 August [1944]
Scott, R.R., Letter, 8 November 1917
Brittain, Vera, Typescript, 1 May 1942
Brittain, Vera, Poem, [May 1916]

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: Megoeuil, M To: Madame Megoeuil, M.H. - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Feb. 07 1943
letter, From: Schmidt, Herbert To: Schmidt, Johanna in Leipzig - Buchenwald 5 December 1937
lettercard, From: Drag, Anton To: Drong (or Drag), Franz - Sachsenhausen 20 September 1942
[field_source-formatted], From: Fych, Joseph To: Unidentified - Buchenwald 4 June 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

Philosophical works of David Hume / edited by T. H. Green and T. H. Grose.
Fables de La Fontaine / illustrations par Grandville.
Abbot being a sequel to The monastery / by Sir Walter Scott
Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane / par Le Sage ; vignettes par Jean Gigoux.

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.