Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Fall 1976 / Peter Martin Associates
Fall & Winter 2003-2004 / Key Porter Books
Letter from Barrie [bpNichol] to Nelson Ball, 11 July 1966
Books, for November 1919 / McClelland & Stewart

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, Diary, 2 January 1916
Russell, Bertrand, Letter, 26 November 1966
Molony, William O'Sullivan, Diary, 13 August 1914
Colins, Leon, Poster, 28 January 1916

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

envelope, From: Sliwanski, Joseph To: Sliwanski, Martha in Liebertwolkwitz (?) near Leipzig - Buchenwald 19 April 1942
envelope, From: Swierczynski, Jersy To: Swierczynska, Marie in Posen (Poznan) in Poland - unknown Unknown
lettercard, From: Burchardt, Peter To: Burchardt, Sophi in Tormasron Mazordiecki (Poland) - Sachsenhausen 16 February 1941
[field_source-formatted], From: Frodl, Johann To: His son Mirek Frodl in Brünn - Buchenwald 14 January 1940

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

Immanuel Kant's sämmtliche Werke : in chronologischer Reichenfolge / hrsg. von G. Hartenstein.
Pagan and Christian creeds : their origin and meaning / by Edward Carpenter.
Chambers' encyclopaedia.
History of the Papacy : from the great schism to the sack of Rome / by M. Creighton

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.