Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Letter from Basil Johnston to Al Potter (McClelland and Stewart), 2 June 1976, re project ideas
A complete price list of the publications & importations of the Canadian Macmillans, 1919
Quebec Gazette/La Gazette de Québec, 29 May 1766
Letter from CBC to Phoebe Larmore, re Canada Reads and Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood, 7 December 2004

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

Aldwinckle, Eric, Letter, [6 October 1943]
Song Sheet, [1939-1945]
Leighton, Roland, Letter, 13 June 1915
Brittain, Vera, Diary, 3 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

[field_source-formatted], From: Liege (?), Adalbert To: Kreibl, Familie Elsa. Place illegible. - Floßenürg Postmark of 16 February 1940
, From: Gawrak, Tadeusz To: Gawrak, Helene in Krakow. - Auschwitz 6 December 1942
letter, From: Wojciechowski, Johann To: Frau Dr. Lumila Halka à Elsenau - Dachau 3 October 1943
lettercard, From: Validek (?), Wieslaw To: in Brzezcny (?) - Gusen 24 August 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

Report of a meeting of the London National Society for Women's Suffrage, held at the Gallery of the Architectural Society in Conduit Street, Saturday, July 17th, 1869 [and pamphlets by various authors / compiled by John Russell Amberley]
Translations from Leopardi / R.C. Trevelyan
Chinese empire : a sequel to the work entitled "Recollections of a journey through Tartary and Thibet" / by M. Huc.
Rob Roy / by Sir Walter Scott

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.