Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Bear : a novel / by Marian Engel (preview copy)
Memo from [R.W.W. Robertson] (Clarke, Irwin) to Jim Hogg (Clarke, Irwin) 18 October 1960, re Famous Indians
Fall & Winter 2003-2004 / Key Porter Books
The Macmillans in Canada present this list of books by Canadian writers / The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited

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

Lisle, John, Letter, 5 October [1943]
Newspaper clipping, 26 August 1962
Sharpe, Charles E., Envelope, 27 March 1918
Photograph, July 1915

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

receipt, From: Unknown To: Stejskal, Frantisek - Mauthausen Various
[field_source-formatted], From: Veber, André To: Veber, Fraü in Bec d'Allier (Cher) France - Buchenwald 23 January 1944
letter, From: Stejskal, Frantisek To: Stejskalova, Emilie in Brno, Poland. - Mauthausen October 1944
[field_source-formatted], From: Bonn, Karl To: Bonn, Marie in Strasbourg - Dachau 29 January 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

Waste : an eye-witness report on some aspects of waste in Western Sicily
The warfare state / Fred J. Cook ; with a foreword by Bertrand Russell.
Västerlandets filosofi : och dess samband med den politiska och sociala utvecklingen
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.