Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Toronto Small Press Book Fair '88
Zbabělci / Josef Škvorecký
The Toronto Smallpress Spring Bookfair : Trinity-St. Paul's, 27 May 1995
Two solitudes / Hugh MacLennan

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

Gould, Julian, Letter, 7 March 1916
Brittain, Vera, Letter, 15 December 1915
Associated Field Comforts, Pamphlet, April 1917
League of American Writers, Periodical, March 1938

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: Bernu, Auguste To: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) - [field_prison_camp-formatted] May 31 1943
postcard, From: Skoczek, Maria To: Skoczek, Joseph in Limanowa (Poland) - Auschwitz No date but postmark 4 March 1943
envelope, From: Fiala, Joseph To: Fialova, Marti in Pisek (Bohemia and Moravia) - Buchenwald 7 September 1941
letter, From: Brandenburger, Ernst To: ? - Gusen 26 January 1942 (the prisoner wrote1941 by mistake)

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

Absurdities of immaterialism [and pamphlets by various authors / compiled by John Russell Amberley]
Trois lecons sur les principes philosphiques et juridiques du mariage [and pamphlets by various authors / compiled by John Russell Amberley]
Trois lecons sur les principes philosphiques et juridiques du mariage [and pamphlets by various authors / compiled by John Russell Amberley]
The Secrets of happiness / compiled and edited by Richard Collier.

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.