Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

A complete price list of the publications & importations of the Canadian Macmillans, 1918

Fire escapes / John Robert Colombo ; illustration by Catharine Arthur

West to the setting sun / by Harvey Chalmers

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

Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, No. 105, Poster, June 1915

Buxton, Mrs. C. R., Periodical, 18 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

envelope, From: Elzanowski, Feliks To: Elzanowski, Josef in Wlochy (Poland). - Dachau 21 September 1941

postcard, From: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) To: Bernu, Auguste - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Feb. 04 1943

postcard, From: Riewitecki, Withold To: Riewitecka, Anna in Bromberg - Sachsenhausen 6 July 1941

letter, From: Smolen, Vladystaw To: Smolen, Joseph in Krakow (Poland) - Auschwitz 1st January 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

Treatise of human nature / by David Hume ; reprinted from the original ed. in three volumes and ed., with an analytical index by L. A. Selby-Bigge.

Lao-tse Táo-tĕ-king = Der Weg zur Tugend / aus dem chinesischen übersetzt und erklärt von Reinhold von Plaenckner.

Oliver Cromwell's letters and speeches / with elucidations by Thomas Carlyle.

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

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.