Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Letter from J.G. [Jack] McClelland to [Farley] Mowat, 28 January 1960
Fall & Winter 2000-2001 / Key Porter Books
Books, for November 1919 / McClelland & Stewart
Promotional items for The great railway, illustrated; written and edited by Pierre Berton

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

League of American Writers, Periodical, 25 March 1938
Brownlee, J.B., R.C.A.F. Base Accounts Unit, Letter, 27 July 1943
Aldwinckle, Eric, Letter, [April 1945]
American League for Peace and Democracy, Youth Division, Leaflet, 6-8 January 1939

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

card, From: Lamot, Julien To: His wife in Ghendt (Belgium) - Herzogenbusch 4 June 1944
[field_source-formatted], From: Sildberger, Adolf To: Unidentified - Buchenwald 7 March 1943
postcard, From: Prunis, Pierre To: Madame Mme Prunis, Marcelle - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Dec. 15 1940
letter, From: Kasakova, Marie from Kladino To: Kasak, Karel - Dachau 10 July 1942

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 woman at St. Lô : selected prose and poetry, 1940-1958
Waverley or Tis sixty years since / by Sir Walter Scott.
Wisdom : conversations with the elder wise men of our day
Elements of projective geometry / by Luigi Cremona ; translated by Charles Leudesdorf.

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.