Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Books, for November 1919 / McClelland & Stewart
Spring 1994 / Key Porter Books
Delight / by Mazo De La Roche
Northern spring : the flowering of Canadian literature / George Woodcock

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

Cooperative Committee on Japanese Canadians, Typescript, 28 October 1943
Thompson, Gordon V. (Lyrics) ; Brazil, Jules (Music) , Sheet music, 1915
Photograph, 1914
Whitehead, A.N., Pamphlet, 15 July 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: Riewitecki, Withold To: Riewitecka, Anna in Bromberg - Sachsenhausen 5 September 1943
postcard, From: Bernu, Auguste To: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Sep. 06 1942
letter, From: Sobocinski, Stanislaus To: Unknown - Dachau 20 September 1941
letter, From: Hrsel, Emil To: Unknown - Buchenwald 5 September 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

Mémoires et correspondance de Duplessis-Mornay : pour servir à l'histoire de la réformation et des guerres civiles et religieuses en France, sous les règnes de Charles IX, de Henri III, de Henri IV et de Louis XIII, depuis l'an 1571 jusqu'en 1623.
The Secret treaties and understandings : text of the available documents / with introductory comments and explanatory notes by F. Seymour Cocks and a preface by Charles Trevelyan.
Demosthenis orationes / ex recensione Guilielmi Dindorfii.
Willing agents : an anthology

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.