Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Letter from Alistair MacLeod to Lily Miller, 20 September 1974
The strength of the hills / Robert Finch, 1948
Cultural studies catalogue / McClelland & Stewart, 1991
The Macmillans in Canada present the new Macmillan books : 46th season, Autumn and Winter 1929 / Macmillan Company of Canada

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

Aldwinckle, Eric, Letter, 15 July 1944
Victor, London, Programme, 26 July 1936
Director of Public Cleansing, Government document, 12 June 1941
Manley, Morris, Sheet music, 1918

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: Megoeuil, M To: Madame Megoeuil, M.H. - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Sep. 30 1943
letter, From: Wrobel, Stefania and Fryda To: Wrobel, Franz - Sachsenhausen 18 April 1944
postcard, From: Riewitecki, Withold To: Riewitecka, Anna in Bromberg - Sachsenhausen 12 October 1941
letter, From: Pawliczek, Erich To: Pawliczek, Verowka in Kattowitz - Auschwitz 6 February 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

Johann Gottlieb Fichte's sämmtliche Werke / herausgegeben von J.H. Fichte.
Works of Jeremy Bentham / published under the superintendence of his executor, John Bowring.
Der verschantzte Turenne, oder Gründliche alt- und neu Kriegs-Bau-Kunst …
History of modern Europe / by C. A. Fyffe.

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.