Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Letter from the Editor (Queen's Quarterly) to The Editor (The Telegram, Toronto), 19 October 1928
Letter from Anna Porter (Key Porter Books) to Jack McClelland (McClelland & Stewart), 30 September 1982
The Macmillans in Canada present the new Macmillan books, 46th season, Spring and Summer 1929 / Macmillan Company of Canada
Spring publications, 1927 / McClelland & Stewart, Limited

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

Russell, Bertrand, Letter, 8 February 1965
Toronto Association for Peace, Leaflet, December 1970
Nerincx, A., Poster, 30 December 1914
Aronson, Alex, Letter, [15 July 1967]

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: Werssadt, Jarolav To: Werssadsova, Marie in Prague - Buchenwald 29 March 1940 (Postmark)
postcard, From: Prunis, Pierre To: Madame Mme Prunis, Marcelle - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Apr. 02 1944
receipt, From: Unknown To: Stejskal, Frantisek - Mauthausen Various
letter, From: Magdalinski, Josef To: Magdalinski, Therese in Suwalki - Gusen 6 April 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

Lives of the noble Grecians & Romanes : compared together / by that grave learned philosopher and historiographer, Plutarke of Chaeronea ; translated out of Greeke into French by James Amyot ; and out of French into Englishe by Thomas North ; the illustra
New Catholic church [and pamphlets by various authors / compiled by John Russell Amberley]
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel's Werke : Vollständige Ausg. durch einen Verein von Freunden des Verewigten: D. Ph. Marheineke ... [et al.]
Themerson, Stefan., , 1958;

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.