Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Fall & Winter 2000-2001 / Key Porter Books
Fall 1996 / Key Porter Books
Paste-up for A specimen book of cuts used by the Woodchuck Press, 1941
January—May 1996 : complete backlist catalogue / Key Porter Books, Lester Publishing

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

Photograph, 29 October 1961
Brittain, Vera, Diary, 13 January 1916
Molony, William O'Sullivan, Diary, 31 August 1914
Canadian Peace Congress, Leaflet, [198-]

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

[field_source-formatted], From: Obrslik, Alois To: Obrslikova, Pauly in Bohemia and Moravia - Buchenwald 26 April 1942
letter, From: Kaczmerkiewicz, Thadaus To: Unknown - Dachau 11 May 1941
postcard, From: Megoeuil, M To: Madame Megoeuil, M.H. - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Mar. 31 1942
lettercard, From: Witkowski, Johann To: Witkowski, Anna in Bromberg (Westphalia) - Sachsenhausen 17 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

The Zincali : an account of the gypsies of Spain
West Berlin : the facts : revanchism, subversive activity and economic war against the socialist countries
C. Julii Caesaris commentarii de bello gallico / with notes by George Long.
Origin of tyranny / by P.N. Ure

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.