Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

The Canadian Chautauqua summer school of Canadian literature, 6th to 12th July 1926

Survival: a thematic guide to Canadian literature [by] Margaret Atwood

1927 Spring publications of Geo. J. McLeod Limited

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, July 1915

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

postcard, From: Megoeuil, M To: Madame Megoeuil, M.H. - [field_prison_camp-formatted] May 18 1944

lettercard, From: Prunis, Pierre To: Madame Mme Prunis, Marcelle - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Aug. 23 1942

card, From: Lamot, Julien To: His wife in Ghendt (Belgium) - Herzogenbusch 4 June 1944

letter, From: Bayer, Franz To: Unidentified - Gusen 7 February 1942

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

Gryll Grange / T. Love Peacock ; edited by Richard Garnett.

Earl Russell, the commune, & Christianity [and pamphlets by various authors / compiled by John Russell Amberley]

Change of crownes : a tragi-comedy / edited from the ms. prompt copy by Frederick S. Boas

C. Julii Caesaris commentarii de bello gallico / with notes by George Long.

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.