Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

The selected poems of Bliss Carman / edited and with an introduction by Lorne Pierce
Production record for Jalna / by Mazo de la Roche
Newfoundland verse / by E. J. Pratt
Letter from Charles W. Jefferys to [Ryerson Press] re Economic History Readers

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

Pencil drawing, 26 December 1916
Mitchell, Captain, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Card, December 1916
Aldwinckle, Eric, Letter, 15 January 1945
H.M. Stationery Office, Poster, [1939-1945]

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: Kasakova, Marie from Kladino To: Kasak, Karel - Dachau 7-1-42
letter, From: Kasakova, Marie from Kladino To: Kasak, Karel - Dachau 14 March 1943
lettercard, From: Wrobel, Franz To: Wrobel, Stefania in Teschen - Sachsenhausen 13 August 1944
lettercard, From: Megoeuil, M To: Madame Megoeuil, M.H. - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Sep. 19 1943

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

Philosophischen Schriften / von Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ; herausgegeben von C.J. Gerhardt.
Was justice done? : the Rosenberg-Sobell case
The warfare state / Fred J. Cook ; with a foreword by Bertrand Russell.
Juifs dans le moyen âge : essai historique sur leur état civil, commercial, et littéraire / par G.-B. Depping.

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.