Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Catalogue advertising PaperJacks Canadian books, c. November 1973
Nine men who laughed / Austin Clarke
54-40 or fight! Jackdaw C-28 / written and compiled by Marjorie Wilkins Campbell
Books, for November 1919 / McClelland & Stewart

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, Diary, 22 August 1915
Charcoal drawing, 29 July 1942
Military document, 21 January 1918
Poster, [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

postcard, From: Megoeuil, M To: Madame Megoeuil, M.H. - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Nov. 19 1944
letter, From: Wojciechowski, Johann To: Frau Dr. Lumila Halka à Elsenau - Dachau 28 November 1943
lettercard, From: Megoeuil, M To: Madame Megoeuil, M.H. - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Jul. 22 1942
letter, From: Kaczmerkiewicz, Thadaus To: Unknown - Dachau 4 January 1942

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

Storia do Mogur, or, Mogul India, 1653-1708 / by Niccolao Manucci ; translated, with introduction and notes, by William Irvine
Writings of Irenaeus / translated by Alexander Roberts and W.H. Rambaut.
Purgatory of Dante Alighieri / edited with translation and notes by Arthur John Butler
The wit and wisdom of Bertrand Russell

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.