Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

The meeting point [by] Austin C. Clarke
Lieutenant Jake [Jack] McClelland, R.C.N.V.R., 23 May 1944
Poetical tragedies / by Wilfred Campbell
1927 Spring publications of Geo. J. McLeod 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

Grover, Lieut G.W.M., Scrapbook, 1915-1920
Brittain, Vera, Diary, 3 August 1914
Colins, Leon, Poster, 26 August 1914
Canadian YMCA, Sheet music, 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

postcard, From: Mates (?), Ladislav To: Matesava, Ludvika in Zditz (Bohemia and Moravia) - Neuengamme 7 January 1945
letter, From: Kaczmerkiewicz, Thadaus To: Unknown - Dachau 1 March 1942
lettercard, From: Zaworski, Johann To: Zaworska, Wanda in Krakow - Neuengamme 14 May 1944
[field_source-formatted], From: Mync, Jersy To: Mync, Waclaw in West Prussia - Dachau 10 October 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

Amour dans le mariage : étude historique / par M. Guizot.
Menschliches, allzumenschliches : ein Buch für freie Geister / von Friedrich Nietzsche.
Modern metaphysicians [and exerts from various publications / compiled by John Russell Amberley]
Mémoires du Maréchal Duc de Richelieu : pair de France, premier gentilhomme de la chambre du roi : pour servir à l'histoire des cours de Louis XIV, de la régence du duc d'Orléans, de Louis XV, & à celle des quatorze premières années du règne de Louis XVI,

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.