Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Toronto Small Press Book Fair : directory, 12 November 1994
My star predominant / by Raymond Knister
Toronto Small Press Group : Fall Book Fair, 30 October 1993
Letter from Austin Clarke to Phyllis Westberg (Harold Ober Associates), 19 March 1978, re MORE

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

Peter, P., Letter, 29 July 1917
Leaflet, [1914-1918]
Aldwinckle, Eric, Letter, 2 November 1944
Molony, William O'Sullivan, Diary, 25 July 1914

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

envelope, From: Lantier, Henri To: His wife in Lagnhet (Alpes-Maritimes) - [field_prison_camp-formatted] August 20, 1943
letter, From: Craplinska, Lofta To: Lizakowska, Maryla in Schrimm in Germany - Buchenwald n.d. (postmark of 4 December 1944)
letter, From: Martyniek, Alexander To: Martyniek, S. in Tscheustochau , District Radom (Poland) - Auschwitz 4 July 1942
letter, From: Jerzyk, Lesio, Meryska (Last name unknown) To: Urbanski, Mieryslaw - Auschwitz 19 January 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

Maid Marian / T. Love Peacock ; edited by Richard Garnett.
The theory of international trade : with some of its applications to economic policy / by C.F. Bastable.
New Catholic church [and pamphlets by various authors / compiled by John Russell Amberley]
Dictionnaire historique et critique / de Pierre Bayle.

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.