Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Literary lapses / Stephen Leacock ; introduction by Robertson Davies

Memo from J. G. (Jack) McClelland (McClelland & Stewart) to Lily Miller, 16 April 1974, re Alistair MacLeod

Manitoba and the great North-west / by John Macoun

Paperbacks : January to April releases 1992 / 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

Vietnam Mobilization Committee, Leaflet, 1970

Leighton, Roland, Letter, 28 November 1915

Canadian Student Peace Movement, Letter, 25 January 1937

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: Martenat, Adrienne To: Beprussard (?), Jean. Born on 29 July 1924 prisoner no. 58185 in subcamp Heinkel in Sachsenhausen - Neuengamme 11 March 1945

postcard, From: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) To: Bernu, Auguste - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Jan. 31 1943

postcard, From: Bernu, Auguste To: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Jan. 03 1943

letter, From: Paprocki, Joseph To: Paprocki, Thomas in Freihaus - Gusen February 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

Statements of Christian doctrine and practice, extracted from the published writings of the Rev. Benjamin Jowett [and pamphlets by various authors / ccompiled by John Russell Amberley]

History of the war in the peninsula and in the south of France : from the year 1807 to the year 1814 / by Sir W.F.P. Napier.

To the future turned : on the occasion of the fifteenth anniversary of the founding of the German Democratic Republic

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.