Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

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Promotional cards for Roberston Davies's Fifth Business
A complete price list of the publications & importations of the Canadian Macmillans, 1919
Photograph of Margaret Lock setting type, 2001

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

Kemmis, C.T., Diary, 15-16 April 1918
Comfort, Alex, Pamphlet, [196-]
Aldwinckle, Eric, Letter, 2 November 1944
Russell, Bertrand, Letter, 30 April 1965

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: Prunis, Pierre To: Madame Mme Prunis, Marcelle - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Sep. 20 1942
manuscript, 8 September 1944,
envelope, From: Swierczynski, Jersy To: Swierczynska, Marie in Posen (Poznan) in Poland - unknown Unknown
letter, From: Wojtasik, Creslaus To: Wojtasik, Cecylia in Brandchöft. - Mauthausen Octobre 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

Herodoti historiarum libri IX / curavit Henr. Rudolph Dietsch.
Spoon River anthology / by Edgar Lee Masters.
Cambridge ancient history.
History of the Papacy : from the great schism to the sack of Rome / by M. Creighton

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.