Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Macmillan Company of Canada staff newsletter, November 1958
Letter from Stephen Leacock to [Frank] Dodd (Dodd, Mead and Company), 2 April 1935, re rights and royalties
Fall 1988 / Key Porter Books
The book fair guide to new books, November 1937

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

MacNutt, Albert E. and M. F. Kelly, Sheet music, 1915
Postcard,  [1914-1918]
Brittain, Vera, Letter, 24 July 1915
Town Clerk, ARP Office, Letter, 27 October 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

lettercard, From: Riewitecki, Withold To: Riewitecka, Anna in Bromberg - Sachsenhausen 14 May 1944
envelope, From: Faltus, Jaroslav To: Faltus, Julius - Floßenürg 11-5-43 (postmark)
letter, From: Homola (?), Franz  To: M. Goldenundova in Brünn /Währen - Buchenwald 6 June 1943
postcard, From: Bernu, Auguste To: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Sep. 04 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

Cours de littérature française : tableau de la littérature du moyen âge en France, en Italie, en Espagne et en Angleterre / par M. Villemain.
Chambers' encyclopaedia.
Divina commedia di Dante Alighieri / col comento di Pietro Fraticelli
Report of a meeting of the London National Society for Women's Suffrage, held at the Gallery of the Architectural Society in Conduit Street, Saturday, July 17th, 1869 [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.