Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Contract and supplementary agreement between Macmillan Co. of Canada and Raymond Knister, 1928 and 1929, re White Narcissus
54-40 or fight! Jackdaw C-28 / written and compiled by Marjorie Wilkins Campbell
Letter from William Arthur Deacon (The Canadian Authors Association) to Lorne Pierce (Ryerson Press), 12 March 1948
Typescript page from Hugh Garner's autobiography, with his reactions to editor's critiques, [197?]

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

Canadian Youth Congress, Pamphlet, [1936]
Aldwinckle, Eric, Letter, 2 November 1944
Schmit, Em., Poster, 26 November 1914
Aldwinckle, Eric, Letter, 1 August [1944]

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: Staszel, Stanislaus To: His wife near Krakow - Auschwitz 1st June 1941
lettercard, From: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) To: Bernu, Auguste - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Dec. 26 1944
letter, From: Emicke, Karl To: Emicke, Eva in Charlotteburg (Berlin) in Germany - Buchenwald 6 August 1944
lettercard, From: Megoeuil, M To: Madame Megoeuil, M.H. - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Jan. 01 1945

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

Opere di Giacomo Leopardi.
Book of Mormon : an account written by the hand of Mormon upon plates taken from the plates of Nephi / translated by Joseph Smith, Jun. --
Gryll Grange / T. Love Peacock ; edited by Richard Garnett.
The search for good sense : four eighteenth-century characters: Johnson, Chesterfield, Boswell, Goldsmith / F. L. Lucas.

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.