Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Photographs of Jack McClelland's "Coat of Many Authors", 2008

"Martyrdom of Brébeuf and Lallemont" by C.W. Jefferys

Backgound-The secret circle series, 21 November 1962

Sinking of the Lusitania [advertising supplement], May 1915

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

Parliamentary War Savings Committee, Poster, 1915

Corkran, Victor S., Letter, 28 July 1921

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

letter, From: Bartella, Richard To: Bartella, Sofie; Jesevitz, District Dirschau, West Prussia - Dachau 5 July 1942

envelope, From: Bartella, Richard To: Bartella, Sofie; Jesevitz, District Dirschau, West Prussia - Dachau 13 July 1941

envelope, From: Lantier, Henri To: His wife in Lagnhet (Alpes-Maritimes) - [field_prison_camp-formatted] May 1940

postcard, From: Megoeuil, M To: Madame Megoeuil, M.H. - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Nov. 05 1940

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

Essays by Amberley / [compiled by John Russell Amberley ; many of the pamphlets by John Russell Amberley and Viscountess Amberley ]

Mécanique analytique / par J.L. Lagrange.

Oeuvres choisies de Voltaire / publiées avec préface, notes et variantes par Georges Bengesco.

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.