Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Call my people home / by Dorothy Livesay
Fall & Winter 2003-2004 / Key Porter Books
The book fair guide to new books, November 1937
Fall 1996 / Key Porter Books

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, Letter, 19 June 1915
Combined Universities Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Leaflet, [196-]
Photograph, [1939-1945]
Brittain, Vera, Typescript, 1 May 1942

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: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) To: Bernu, Auguste - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Jan. 06 1945
letter, From: Lenczowski, Ceslau To: Lenczowska, Anna in Poland. - Auschwitz 30 May 1943
letter, From: Koniorczyk, Edward To: Koniorczyk, Maria in Fabrio - Mauthausen December 1942
letter, From: Wojciechowski, Johann To: Frau Dr. Lumila Halka à Elsenau - Dachau 23 April 1944

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

Byron / by André Maurois; translated from the French by Hamish Miles.
Claim of Englishwomen to the suffrage constitutionally considered [and pamphlets by various authors / compiled by John Russell Amberley]
Société russe / par un russe ; traduit par Ernest Figurey et Désiré Corbier ; avec une introduction de Antonin Proust
Religious meditations on the Romish and English churches : and 1800 questions humbly asked, for straightforward answers, of their respective clergy : from the Pope and Archbishop to the preaching pedlar / by William Skinner Phillippo

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.