Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Bread, wine and salt / by Alden Nowlan
The Macmillans in Canada present the new Macmillan books : 46th season, Autumn and Winter 1929 / Macmillan Company of Canada
The city of words / Alberto Manguel
Fall 1996 / Key Porter Books

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

Colins, Leon, Poster, 31 March 1915
Scrapbook, 1915-1918
Vanden Bempt, J., Poster, 10 June 1915
Cigarette package, [1914-1918]

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: Jutek, Lucian To: Jutek, Vladyslava. In Skarzysko-Kamicma (?) in Poland - Buchenwald none
postcard, From: Pillny, Rudolf To: Pillny, Angela in Paulsdorf - Buchenwald 6 March 1940
letter, From: Stejskal, Frantisek To: Stejskalova, Emilie in Brno, Poland. - Mauthausen 10 May 1943
postcard, From: Bernu, Auguste To: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Apr. 17 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

Letter to M. Van de Weyer [and pamphlets by various authors / compiled by John Russell Amberley]
Opere di Galileo Galilei : nobile fiorentino accademico linceo : già lettore delle mattematiche nelle Università di Pisa, e di Padova, dipoi sopraordinario nello studio di Pisa : primario filosofo, e mattematico del serenissimo Gran Duca di Toscana.
The Secrets of happiness / compiled and edited by Richard Collier.
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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.