Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Formula letter for Association of Canadian Bookmen, completed by Thomas Allen, 1937
The Spring 1997 Toronto Small Press Fair, 3 May 1997
A complete price list of the publications & importations of the Canadian Macmillans, 1918
A catalogue of titles / from Seripress

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

Photograph, [1916]
Brittain, Vera, Letter, 5 August 1917
Poster, [1939-1945]
Malleson, Constance [aka O'Niel, Colette], Letter, 15 September 1942

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: Bernu, Auguste To: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Sep. 13 1942
letter, From: Wojciechowski, Johann To: Frau Dr. Lumila Halka à Elsenau - Dachau 14 August 1943
letter, From: Matern, Franz To: Matern, Anna (or Matern family) in Witkau per Kamien, West Prussia - Buchenwald 3 November 1940
envelope, From: Unknown person in Dirskau To: Gabis, Joseph - Mittelbau No Date

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

Free discussion of religious topics [and pamphlets by various authors / compiled by John Russell Amberley]
The vicar of Wakefield / by Oliver Goldsmith.
Critical and miscellaneous essays : collected and republished (First time, 1839 ; final, 1869) / by Thomas Carlyle.
Cobden-Sanderson, T. J. (Thomas James), 1840-1922., , 1914, 1914, 1914, 1913, 1911 and [1911];

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.