Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

The Toronto Small Press Group : catalogue, Fall 1992

Letter from Jack Stoddart to Robert Huckvale (Macmillan Company of Canada), 19 November 1944, re post-war employment

Letter from J.G. (Jack) McClelland to John McClelland, 10 March 1944

Black Rock : a tale of the Selkirks / by Ralph Connor ; with an introduction by George Adam Smith

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, 2 October 1943

Toronto Anti-Draft Programme, Pamphlet, 1968

Toronto Co-ordinating Committee to End the War in Vietnam, Poster, 26 March [1966]

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

letter, From: Wojtasik, Creslaus To: Wojtasik, Cecylia in Brandchöft. - Mauthausen Octobre 1943

lettercard, From: Bernu, Auguste To: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) - [field_prison_camp-formatted] May 27 1942

[field_source-formatted], From: Pietrzycki, Roman To: Pietrzycka, Irena - Dachau 18 March 1945

letter, From: Koilarczyk, Anton To: Folta, Stephan in Litzmannstadt - Gusen April 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

Poems, 1901 to 1918 / by Walter De La Mare.

English works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury / now first collected and edited by Sir William Molesworth, Bart.

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.