Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Locks' Press 1979-96: an exhibition of books, pamphlets and broadsides: Belleville Public Art Gallery 30 IX-1

When women rule : stories / by Austin Clarke

Prospectus of the New Eaton Book Club / T. Eaton Co. Limited

Letter from E.J. Pratt to Lorne Pierce, 24 September 1924

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

Smith, S. G. (Lyrics) ; Eborall, Frank (Music), Sheet music, 1915

Kemmis, C.T., Diary, 15-16, 18 March 1918

McDaniel, Bernard, Letter, [14 June 1944]

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: Vlcek, Vaclav To: Vlckova, Ludmila in Prague (Czechoslovakia) - Mauthausen [October] 1944

letter, From: Elzanowski, Feliks To: Elzanowski, Josef in Wlochy (Poland). - Dachau 19 October 1941

lettercard, From: Prunis, Pierre To: Madame Mme Prunis, Marcelle - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Jun. 08 1941

lettercard, From: Riewitecki, Withold To: Riewitecka, Anna in Bromberg - Sachsenhausen 26 October 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

The unity of science / by Rudolf Carnap; translated with an introduction by M. Black.

History of the Papacy : from the great schism to the sack of Rome / by M. Creighton. --

The truth about a publisher : an autobiographical record / by Sir Stanley Unwin.

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.