Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Book list /  Weed Flower Press
A complete price list of the publications & importations of the Canadian Macmillans, 1918
The Macmillans in Canada present the new Macmillan books : 46th season, Autumn and Winter 1929 / Macmillan Company of Canada
The Spring 1996 Toronto Small Press Fair, 4 May 1996

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

Military Document,  29-30 September 1916
Sabath, Poster, 4 September 1914
Trench, Watercolour, 29 May 1919
Phair, George, Envelope, 4 January 1918

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

[field_source-formatted], From: Pick, Ludwig To: Unidentified - Floßenürg 22 February 1942
card, From: Lamot, Julien  To: His wife in Ghendt (Belgium) - Herzogenbusch 4 June 1944
postcard, From: Janikcwski (?), Jan  To: Kostulska, Maria in Kielce. - Neuengamme 15 November 1944
postcard, From: Matern, Franz  To: Matern, Anna (or Matern family) in Witkau per Kamien, West Prussia - Buchenwald 7 January 1940

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

Cobden-Sanderson, T. J. (Thomas James), 1840-1922., ,  1914, 1914, 1914, 1913, 1911 and [1911];
Will the Middle East go west?
Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica / auctore Isaaco Newtono ; perpetuis commentariis illustrata, communi studio Thomae Le Seur & Francisci Jacquier, ex gallicanâ Minimorum familiâ, matheseos professorum.
Kenilworth / by Sir Walter Scott

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.