Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Proof copy of Thoreau MacDonald, Canadian Art Series, 1942
Un vendredi du mois d'août : roman / Antonio D'Alfonso
Toronto Small Press Book Fair, 30 April & 1 May, 1994
Knihy 1980-1981 [Sixty Eight Publishers' catalogue]

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

Brittain, Vera, Diary, 13 January 1916
Scrapbook, 1915-1918
Map, 1914
Colins, Leon, Poster, 29-30 May [1916]

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: Dzikowski, Johann To: Dzikowska, Aniela in Tomaszow Lubelski (Poland) - Sachsenhausen 8 June 1941
envelope, From: Wieczorek, Jadwiga To: Bando, Stanislaw in Krakow (Poland) - Ravensbrück January 1943
letter, From: Kozak, Jan To: Kazimiera, Janiec in Poland - Dachau 22 August 1942
letter, From: Szymanski, Franz To: Szymanski, Maria in Wojslawice , district Lublin, in Poland. - Sachsenhausen 10 November 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

Oeuvres complètes / de Paul-Louis Courier.
Ssabier und der Ssabismus / von D. Chwolsohn.
Calidore & miscellanea / T. Love Peacock ; edited by Richard Garnett.
Nonsense books / by Edward Lear.

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.