Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

The Macmillans in Canada present this list of books by Canadian writers / The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited
Editorial audio recording by Douglas Gibson, 2008-2009: Going Ashore / Mavis Gallant
The Fall 1997 Toronto Small Press Fair, 28 September 1997
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

Dennis, Walter, Ship's Log, 14-18 May 1915
Neilands, J.B., Photograph, 1967
Office of War Information, Washington D.C., Poster, 1943
Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, No. 67, Poster, [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

lettercard, From: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) To: Bernu, Auguste - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Jul. 10 1973
letter, From: Staszel, Stanislaus To: His wife near Krakow - Auschwitz 1st December 1940
postcard, From: Porupka, Eduard To: Porupka, Eduard in Poland - Sachsenhausen 2 June 1940
lettercard, From: Riewitecki, Withold To: Riewitecka, Anna in Bromberg - Sachsenhausen 24 May 1942

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

The sexual life of savages in north-western Melanesia : an ethnographic account of courtship, marriage and family life among the natives of the Trobriand islands, British New Guinea / by Bronislaw Malinowski ; with a pref. by Havelock Elliis.
The warfare state / Fred J. Cook ; with a foreword by Bertrand Russell.
Life of Tolstoy / by Aylmer Maude.
Dante's Vita nuova : together with the version of Dante Gabriel Rossetti / edited by H. Oelsner.

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.