Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Memo from Advertising, Publicity & Promotion (McClelland & Stewart) to Jack McClelland (McClelland & Stewart), 15 September 1972
Musson's general trade catalogue : a reference catalogue of standard and staple books regularly carried in stock in Toronto
Production record for Thiry acres / Ringuet
Robin Farr interview by Roy MacSkimming [audio interview], 21 October 1998

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

Russell, Bertrand, Typescript, 6 April 1965
Abbott, Jane, Diary, 28 August 1914
Russell, Bertrand, Cablegram, 1 February 1965
Molony, William O'Sullivan, Diary, 23-24 August 1914

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] Nov. 27 1944
envelope, From: Kozak, Jan To: Kazimiera, Janiec in Poland - Dachau 20 September 1941
postcard, From: Bernu, Auguste To: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Dec. 05 1943
letter, From: Staszel, Stanislaus To: His wife near Krakow - Auschwitz 1st June 1941

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

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Report of a Meeting of the London National Society for women's suffrage, held at the Hanover Square Rooms, on Sunday, March 26th, 1870 [and pamphlets by various authors / compiled by John Russell Amberley]
Idea of development of the soul in medieval Jewish philosophy / by Philip David Bookstaber.
Works of Jeremy Bentham / published under the superintendence of his executor, John Bowring.

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.