Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Trial of a city and other verse / by Earle Birney
Letter from Hugh Kane to [S. Phelps Platt], 10 June 1969
Knihy 1980-1981 [Sixty Eight Publishers' catalogue]
The Macmillans in Canada present the new Macmillan books, 46th season, Spring and Summer 1929 / 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

Committee of 100, Leaflet, 9 December 1961
Trotter, Bernard Freeman, Letter, 21 April 1917
Student Association to End the War in Vietnam, Leaflet, 14 September [1967?]
Leighton, Roland, Letter, 30 November 1915

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

lettercard, From: Wrobel, Franz  To: Wrobel, Stefania in Teschen - Sachsenhausen 2 April 1944
[field_source-formatted], From: Placzek, Alfons To: Placzek, Frau Hedwig in Rybuck (?) - Floßenürg 14 February 1943
letter, From: Jliz (?), Havl  To: Jliz, Eva in Teschen (Silesia ?) - Gusen October 1944
letter, From: Stefaniszyn, Josefa  To: Unknown - Ravensbrück August 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

Redgauntlet a tale of the eighteenth century / by Sir Walter Scott
Collected works of R. C. Trevelyan.
Principles of psychology / by William James.
Report on the Contagious Diseases Act to the civil population [and pamphlets by various authors / compiled by John Russell Amberley]

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.