Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

The Fall 1997 Toronto Small Press Fair, 28 September 1997

Guernica Editions : catalogue, 1978-1991

Proof copy of Thoreau MacDonald, Canadian Art Series, 1942

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

National Salvage Office, Ottawa, Poster, [1939-1945]

Malleson, Constance [aka O'Niel, Colette], Letter, 15 September 1942

Committee of 100, Leaflet, [25 October 1960]

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: Prunis, Pierre To: Madame Mme Prunis, Marcelle - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Jan. 18 1942

letter, From: Rosolek, Julius To: Rosolek, Irene à Hohensalza ? in Watherland - Gusen November 1944

letter, From: Matern, Franz To: Matern, Anna (or Matern family) in Witkau per Kamien, West Prussia - Buchenwald 18 August 1940.

letter, From: Kimke, Stephanie To: Jelinek, Flora in Vienna - Ravensbrück March 1941

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

The spoken word : a selection from twenty-five years of "The Listener" / chosen and introduced by Richard Church.

Plutarchi vitae parallelae / ad optimum librorum fidem edidit Godofredus Henricus Schaefer.

Philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead / edited by Paul Arthur Schilpp.

History of the inductive sciences : from the earliest to the present time.

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.