Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

The Macmillans in Canada present the new Macmillan books : 44th season, Spring and Summer 1928 / Macmillan Company of Canada
A complete price list of the publications & importations of the Canadian Macmillans, 1918
Letter from Dorothy Livesay to Hugh Eayrs (Macmillan Co. of Canada), 31 March 1928
A complete price list of the publications & importations of the Canadian Macmillans, 1918

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

Abbott, Jane, Diary, 14-16 September 1914
Rowe, W.D., Poster, [1939-1945]
de Putron, Lt.-Colonel C., Military document, 30 May 1917
Student Association to End the War in Vietnam, Leaflet, 14 September [1967?]

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: Megoeuil, M To: Madame Megoeuil, M.H. - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Dec. 17-?
[field_source-formatted], From: Sildberger, Adolf To: Unidentified - Buchenwald 7 March 1943
postcard, From: Szezykutowiez, Heinrich To: Szezykutowiez, Wladyslaw in Skavzysko-Kanisienna (?) (Poland) - Neuengamme 20 June 1943
letter, From: Porupka, Eduard To: Porupka, Eduard in Poland - Sachsenhausen 24 March 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

Go-between / by L. P. Hartley.
Who killed Kennedy?
Misfortunes of Elphin / T. Love Peacock ; edited by Richard Garnett.
History of Friedrich II of Prussia, called Frederick the Great / by Thomas Carlyle.

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.