Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

The Macmillans in Canada present the new Macmillan books : 45th season, Autumn and Winter 1928 / Macmillan Company of Canada
Letter from Macmillan Canada to Marius Barbeau, 14 December 1941, "Do you ever sleep?"
Canadiana : a list of books on Canada and Canadian questions : books by Canadian writers
The Macmillans in Canada present the new Macmillan books : 44th season, Spring and Summer 1928 / Macmillan Company of Canada

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

Fougasse [(Cyril) Kenneth  Bird], Leaflet, 6 February 1949
Stuart, Leslie, Sheet music, 1898
Combined Universities Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (Canada), Mimeograph, September - December 1960
Photograph,  [1917-1918]

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

manuscript,  17 December 1944
lettercard, From: Wrobel, Franz  To: Wrobel, Stefania in Teschen - Sachsenhausen 13 August 1944
letter, From: Matern, Franz  To: Matern, Anna (or Matern family) in Witkau per Kamien, West Prussia - Buchenwald 22 February (?) 1942
lettercard, From: Riewitecki, Withold To: Riewitecka, Anna in Bromberg - Sachsenhausen 11 October 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

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel's Werke : Vollständige Ausg. durch einen Verein von Freunden des Verewigten: D. Ph. Marheineke ... [et al.].
Poetical works of William Blake / edited with an introduction and textual notes by John Sampson.
Tom Harris
War crimes in Viet Nam

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.