Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Fall & Winter 2003-2004 / Key Porter Books
Jalna Lakói / Mazo de la Roche
Proposal for M&S Colophon from E.W. Reynolds & Co. Ltd., 1946
Cornelius Krieghoff, pioneer painter of North America

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

Brittain, Vera, Letter, 15 December 1915
Newspaper clipping,  7 May 1945
Brittain, Vera, Diary, 22 August 1915
Aldwinckle, Eric, Letter, 15 July 1944

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: Megoeuil, M To: Madame Megoeuil, M.H. - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Jul. 22 1942
postcard, From: Bernu, Auguste To: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Jun. 06 1944
letter, From: Plaska, Maks  To: Mr. Hamburger, Bert  in Chicago, U.S.A. - Gusen 25 May 1945
letter, From: Graban, Stanislaw  To: Marie Graban, Meinkingsburg Lager in Nienburg (Hanovre) - Sachsenhausen 5 November 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

Yield to the night / by Joan Henry
C. Julii Caesaris commentarii de bello gallico / with notes by George Long.
Dissertation sur les aérostates des anciens et des modernes / par A.G. Ro****.
Discourses of slavery / by Theodore Parker.

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.