Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

The Arts: C.N.E., 1954 [Canadian National Exhibition] arts catalogue
The collected poems of Isabella Valancy Crawford / edited by J.W. Garvin ; with an introduction by Ethelwyn Wetherald
The Macmillan spelling series / General editor: George E. Flower. Authors: Sybil F. Shack [et al]
Through the kitchen window : the politics of home and family / Meg Luxton & Harriet Rosenberg

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

Sloan, T. Reginald, Sheet music, 1944
MacNutt, Albert E. and M. F. Kelly, Sheet music, 1915
Postcard Photograph, March 1916
Brittain, Vera, Diary, 23 December 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

lettercard, From: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) To: Bernu, Auguste - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Nov. 10 1943
lettercard, From: Megoeuil, M To: Madame Megoeuil, M.H. - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Feb. 04 1944
lettercard, From: Prunis, Pierre To: Madame Mme Prunis, Marcelle - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Aug. 16 1942
letter, From: Glimny, Jerzy (Georgr) To: Unknown - Auschwitz 12 August 1943

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

Poems, 1901 to 1918 / by Walter De La Mare.
Report of a Meeting of the London National Society for women's suffrage, held at the Hanover Square Rooms, on Sunday, March 26th, 1870 [and pamphlets by various authors / compiled by John Russell Amberley]
Three houses
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.