Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

[Scrapbook of printer's proofs produced by the Bulletin job printing office, Collingwood, Ontario], 1886 - 1905
Paperbacks : January to April releases 1992 / McClelland & Stewart
A complete price list of the publications & importations of the Canadian Macmillans, 1918
New Canadian fiction (McClelland & Stewart catalogue)

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

Photograph, July 1915
Emmwood (?), Newspaper clipping, 28 February 1961
Aldwinckle, Eric, Letter, 1 June 1945
Postcard photograph, [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

postcard, From: Fyda, Karol To: Maria Fydowa , Korzenna (Poland) - Sachsenhausen 3 December 1944
lettercard, From: Megoeuil, M To: Madame Megoeuil, M.H. - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Mar. 14 1942
[field_source-formatted], From: Radikowski, Vladimir To: Radikowska, Aniis in Prague - Floßenürg 14 January 1945
letter, From: Kasakova, Marie from Kladino To: Kasak, Karel - Dachau 18 April 1943

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

Was justice done? : the Rosenberg-Sobell case
What is freedom?
Total peace: what makes wars and how to organize peace
Nonsense songs, stories, botany, and alphabets / by Edward Lear.

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.