Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Paperbacks : January to April releases 1992 / McClelland & Stewart

The Macmillans in Canada present this list of books by Canadian writers / The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited

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

RCAF Casualties Officer, Telegram, 30 September 1942

Molony, William O'Sullivan, Diary, 31 December 1913 - 1 January 1914

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

postcard, From: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) To: Bernu, Auguste - [field_prison_camp-formatted] May 19 1943

lettercard, From: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) To: Bernu, Auguste - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Jul. 28 1943

envelope, From: Schultze, Hermann To: Schultze, Guster - Sachsenhausen unknown

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

Absurdities of immaterialism [and pamphlets by various authors / compiled by John Russell Amberley]

Matière et mémoire : essai sur la relation du corps à l'esprit / par Henri Bergson.

Vita nuova di Dante Alighieri : i trattati De vulgari eloquio, De monarchia e la Questione de aqua et terra / an traduzione italiana delle opere scritte latinamente, e note e illustrazione di Pietro Fraticelli.

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.