Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Order list of new books / McClelland & Goodchild Limited
The Macmillans in Canada present the new Macmillan books, 46th season, Spring and Summer 1929 / Macmillan Company of Canada
Toronto Small Press Fair : Trinity-St. Paul's Centre, 6 November 1999
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

Colins, Leon, Poster, 20 July 1916
Comfort, Alex, Pamphlet, [196-]
Thompson, Gordon V., Sheet music, 1916
Grover, Lieut G.W.M., Scrapbook, 1915-1920

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

envelope, From: Lantier, Henri To: His wife in Lagnhet (Alpes-Maritimes) - [field_prison_camp-formatted] May 1940
letter, From: Brovis, Wladystaw To: Brovis, Frau in Krakow Poland - Auschwitz 8 August 1943
lettercard, From: Megoeuil, M To: Madame Megoeuil, M.H. - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Feb. 10 1944
postcard, From: Riewitecki, Withold To: Riewitecka, Anna in Bromberg - Sachsenhausen 6 July 1941

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

Correspondance inédite de Grimm et Diderot : et recueil de lettres, poésies, morceaux et fragmens retranchés par la censure impériale en 1812 et 1813.
Versions and perversions of Heine
Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson.
Why I am not a Christian : and other essays on religion and related subjects

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.