Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Letter from Douglas Gibson (McClelland & Stewart) to Alice Munro, 27 August 1986

Spring 1927 / publications of Dodd, Mead and Company (Canada) Limited

Letter from William Arthur Deacon to Thomas Raddall, 10 December 1944

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, 31 July 1914

Simpson, Marion, Letter, [November 1916]

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: Kasakova, Marie from Kladino To: Kasak, Karel - Dachau 26 February 1943

letter, From: Urban, Edmund To: Martha Urban in Zdunska-Wola (Poland). - Sachsenhausen 17 May 1942

[field_source-formatted], From: Stasiak (or Stascek), Kasimierz To: Unidentified - Floßenürg 30 May 1943

letter, From: Hinz, Franz To: Hinz, Anastasie in Westphalia - Sachsenhausen 1st December 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

From the Shiffolds, Christmas, 1945 / R. C. Trevelyan.

History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire /by Edward Gibbon.

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.