Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

A Canadian twilight and other poems of war and of peace / by Bernard Freeman Trotter
Publicity folder for Halfbreed : a memoir of a Canadian childhood / by Maria Campbell
University of Toronto Library Council minutes, re banning of Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer
Promotional cards for Roberston Davies's Fifth Business

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

Scrapbook, 1915-1918
Mulder, Robert and Lejo Siepe, Paperback cover, 1993
Lisle, John, Postcard, 21 March 1943
Brittain, Vera, Diary, 7 August 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

lettercard, From: Prunis, Pierre To: Madame Mme Prunis, Marcelle - [field_prison_camp-formatted] May 28 1944
letter, From: Prazimowska, Maria To: Faruzel, Florentyna in Krakow, Poland - Auschwitz 1er May 1944
postcard, From: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) To: Bernu, Auguste - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Aug. 13 1943
postcard, From: Mates (?), Ladislav To: Matesava, Ludvika in Zditz (Bohemia and Moravia) - Neuengamme 7 January 1945

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

Writings of Origen / translated by Frederick Crombie.
Nicht-euklidischen Raumfarmen in analytischer Behandlung / von Wilhelm Killing.
Claim of Englishwomen to the suffrage constitutionally considered [and pamphlets by various authors / compiled by John Russell Amberley]
Life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman.

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.