Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Anne's house of dreams / by L.M. Montgomery
Toronto Small Press Book Fair, Spring 1992
The Macmillans in Canada present the new Macmillan books : 44th season, Spring and Summer 1928 / Macmillan Company of Canada
Fall 1989 / 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

Victoria Committee on Canadian Responsibility in Vietnam, Pamphlet, 1966
Thompson, Gordon V. ; Farrenger, E. (Arr.), Sheet music, 1915
Oulsnam [?], Howard, Watercolour, 1918
Malleson, Constance [aka O'Niel, Colette], Postcard photograph, [193-]

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

[field_source-formatted], From: Wojno, Aleksander  To: Wojno, Stanistawa in Lublin, Pologne - Dachau 22 November 1942
postcard, From: Matern, Franz  To: Matern, Anna (or Matern family) in Witkau per Kamien, West Prussia - Buchenwald 7 January 1940
letter (handwritten), From: Piotrowski, Kajetan  To: Unknown - Natzweiler no date
receipt, From: Unknown To: Stejskal, Frantisek  - Mauthausen Various

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

Works of Aristotle /  translated into English under the editorship of W. D. Ross.
What is freedom?
The Second World War / Winston S. Churchill.
The warfare state / Fred J. Cook ; with a foreword by Bertrand Russell.

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.