Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Musson's general trade catalogue : a reference catalogue of standard and staple books regularly carried in stock in Toronto
A free verse survey / by William Arthur Deacon
Spring 1990 / Key Porter Books
New books : for spring and summer publication 1927 / The Musson Book Company Ltd.

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

Van Geel, A., Poster, 19 September 1914
Spanish Information Bureau, Periodical, 19 February 1938
Comite de coordination nationale: AQOCI, APQ, CQDP, CQP, CEQ, CSN, FTQ, Poster, 29 October 1988
Lisle, John, Letter, 9 June [1943]

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: Prunis, Pierre To: Madame Mme Prunis, Marcelle - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Aug. 02 1942
letter, From: Wieczorek, Jadwiga To: Bando, Stanislaw in Krakow (Poland) - Ravensbrück August 1942
envelope, From: Bartella, Richard To: Bartella, Sofie; Jesevitz, District Dirschau, West Prussia - Dachau 18 May 1941
[field_source-formatted], From: Hoffmann, Max To: Hoffmann, Maria in Hohenlinde - Dachau 3 September 1944

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

Willing agents : an anthology
Absolute Geometrie : nach Johann Bolyai / bearbeitet von J. Frischauf.
Mémoires, correspondance et ouvrages inédits de Diderot / publiés d'aprés les manuscrits confiF0 65, en mourant, par l'auteur à Grimm.
Encyclopædia biblica : a critical dictionary of the literary, political and religious history, the archæology, geography, and natural history of the Bible / edited by T. K. Cheyne and J. Sutherland Black

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.