Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Toronto : the city of neighbourhoods / Marjorie Harris ; introduction by Harold Town

Advertisement for apprentice, Quebec Gazette/La Gazette de Québec, July 1764

54-40 or fight! Jackdaw C-28 / written and compiled by Marjorie Wilkins Campbell

Letter from Jack McClelland (McClelland & Stewart) to James Douglas, 30 November 1971, re Halfbreed Woman by Maria Campbell

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

Molony, William O'Sullivan, Diary, 9 August 1914

Molony, William O'Sullivan, Diary, 22 July 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

letter, From: Faltus, Jaroslav To: Faltus, Julius - Floßenürg 9 January 1944

letter, From: Kaczmerkiewicz, Thadaus To: Unknown - Dachau 22 June 1941

envelope, From: Schultze, Hermann To: Schultze, Guster - Sachsenhausen 25 March 1940

lettercard, From: Riewitecki, Withold To: Riewitecka, Anna in Bromberg - Sachsenhausen 6 February 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

Johann Gottlieb Fichte's sämmtliche Werke / herausgegeben von J.H. Fichte.

Mémoires et correspondance de Duplessis-Mornay : pour servir à l'histoire de la réformation et des guerres civiles et religieuses en France, sous les règnes de Charles IX, de Henri III, de Henri IV et de Louis XIII, depuis l'an 1571 jusqu'en 1623.

Poetical works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge / edited with a biographical introduction by James Dykes Campbell

History of little Lucy and her dhaye / by Mrs. Sherwood.

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.