Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

The Macmillans in Canada present the new Macmillan books for Autumn and Winter 1926 / The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited

Guernica Editions : catalogue, 1978-1991

Professional books : a catalogue for junior & senior high school teachers, 1973 / Clarke Irwin

Memo from Lily Miller to J.G. McClelland, 29 January 1973, re Jacob Two-Two and the Two-Faced Green Grocer

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, [10 July 1945]

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

lettercard, From: Megoeuil, M To: Madame Megoeuil, M.H. - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Dec. 22 1944

letter, From: Zureck, Josef To: ? - Neuengamme 15 February 1942

lettercard, From: Drag, Anton To: Drong (or Drag), Franz - Sachsenhausen 8 March 1942

postcard, From: Crezniak (?), Irena To: To her cousin Pockstawski (?), Adolf in Litzmannstadt - Auschwitz No date (See Notes)

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

History of the inductive sciences : from the earliest to the present time

Philosophischen Schriften / von Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ; herausgegeben von C.J. Gerhardt.

Guy Mannering or The astrologer / by Sir Walter Scott

Diary of Samuel Pepys : M.A.F.R.S., Clerk of the Acts and secretary to the Admiralty / for the first time fully transcribed from the shorthand manuscript in the Pepysian Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge, by the Rev. Mynors Bright, M.A., late Fellow a

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.