Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Les éditions Guernica : livres français, 1978-1989
The Toronto Smallpress Spring Bookfair : Trinity-St. Paul's, 27 May 1995
PMA books, Fall '74 / Peter Martin Associates Limited
The Macmillans in Canada present the new Macmillan books : 44th season, Spring and Summer 1928 / Macmillan Company of Canada

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

World Federation of Democratic Youth, Poster, 1983
Combined Universities Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (Canada), Leaflet, [1961?]
W.E.B. Dubois Clubs of America (Mike Myerson), Mimeograph, 31 March 1965
Aldwinckle, Eric, Letter, 8 September [1944]

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: Ignaszewski, Rochus To: Ignaszewska, Wactawa. His wife in Litzmannstadt. - Gusen 29 June 1941
letter, From: Zureck, Josef To: ? - Neuengamme 15 February 1942
letter, From: Kaczmerkiewicz, Thadaus To: Unknown - Dachau 17 August 1941
letter, From: Staszel, Stanislaus To: His wife near Krakow - Auschwitz 22 November 1941

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

Immanuel Kant's sämmtliche Werke : in chronologischer Reichenfolge / hrsg. von G. Hartenstein.
Hymns ancient and modern : for use in the services of the church, with accompanying tunes / compiled and arranged under the musical editorship of William Henry Monk.
Lucretius on life and death : in the metre of Omar Khayyam : to which are appended parallel passage from the original / by W. H. Mallock.
Adventures of Peddy Bottom / written by Stefan Themerson and illustrated by Franciszka Themerson

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.