Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Toronto Small Press Book Fair : Trinity St. Paul's Centre, 25 April 1998
Songs of the common day ; and, Ave! An ode for the Shelley centenary / by Charles G.D. Roberts
Toronto Small Press Book Fair, 30 April & 1 May, 1994
Fall 1976 / Peter Martin Associates

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

Molony, William O'Sullivan, Diary, 12 June 1914
Aldwinckle, Eric, Letter, 17 March 1944
Periodical,  15 April 1941
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Pamphlet, 21 May [1959]

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: Wiszewski (?), Stefan  To: Owsiak, Sophia in Warsaw (Poland) - Auschwitz 6 February 1944
lettercard, From: Megoeuil, M To: Madame Megoeuil, M.H. - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Jul. 29 1942
[field_source-formatted], From: Grembowicz, Johann To: Unidentified - Dachau 7 July 1940
postcard, From: Prunis, Pierre To: Madame Mme Prunis, Marcelle - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Feb. 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

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Philosophical works of David Hume / edited by T. H. Green and T. H. Grose.
Ssabier und der Ssabismus / von D. Chwolsohn.
The theory of international trade : with some of its applications to economic policy / by C.F. Bastable.

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.