Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Spring 1994 / Key Porter Books
Promotional flyer for Alligator Pie Calendar, Macmillan Canada, [1978]
The Macmillans in Canada present the new Macmillan books : 46th season, Autumn and Winter 1929 / Macmillan Company of Canada
Letter from Mazo de la Roche to her children, 29 April, [193?]

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

Manteuffel, Poster, 20 September 1914
Brittain, Vera, Letter, 24 July 1915
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Leaflet, [1958]
Vancouver School Board, Poster, 27 April [1985]

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: Sobocinski, Stanislaus To: Unknown - Dachau 20 September 1941
lettercard, From: Witkowski, Johann To: Witkowski, Anna in Bromberg (Westphalia) - Sachsenhausen 22 September 1940
letter, From: Juma (?), Milan To: In Bohemia and Moravia - Buchenwald 6 February 1944
lettercard, From: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) To: Bernu, Auguste - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Jul. 28 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

The virtues needed for freedom : a summary of Western anthropology / by F. Creedy.
Golden treasury of the best songs and lyrical poems in the English language / selected and arranged with notes by Francis Turner Palgrave.
The spinners of silk / by Hsiao Ch'ien.
The sea around us / Rachel Carson.

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.