Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Photograph of Yuri Rubinsky [n.d.]
Guernica Editions : catalogue, 1978-1991
Statement by William Kirby Jr. titled "Literary Review of the Publication of William Kirby's 'Le Chien d'Or'", 1925
Hockey heroes / Ron McAllister

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

Newspaper clipping, 26 April 1918
Harris, Ted, Poster, [1939-1945]
Ministry of National War Services, Poster, [1939-1945]
Lisle, John, Letter, 5 May [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

[field_source-formatted], From: Kleiner, Emil To: Raczynska, Olga in Lakliczyn near Tarnow, Poland - Groß-Rosen 15 July 1944 (date of postmark)
postcard, From: Prunis, Pierre To: Madame Mme Prunis, Marcelle - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Jul. 27 1941
postcard, From: Matern, Franz To: Matern, Anna (or Matern family) in Witkau per Kamien, West Prussia - Buchenwald 7 January 1940
letter, From: Faltus, Jaroslav To: Faltus, Julius - Floßenürg 11 June 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

Within the four seas
History of Friedrich II of Prussia, called Frederick the Great / by Thomas Carlyle.
Newman, James Roy, 1907-1966., , 1956;
The warfare state / Fred J. Cook ; with a foreword by Bertrand Russell.

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.