Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Letter from [William Arthur] Deacon to EvelynTufts, 2 November 1926

Press release from McClelland & Stewart, [15 September 1972], re Pierre Berton's The great railway illustrated

PMA books, Fall '74 / Peter Martin Associates 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

Aldwinckle, Eric, Typescript, [April 1945]

Ministers' Vietnam Committee, Newspaper clipping, 27 June 1963

Vietnam Solidarity Campaign, Mimeograph, [1966?]

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: Pillny, Rudolf To: Pillny, Angela in Paulsdorf - Gusen n.d. [used 10-1940 to 11-1941]

[field_source-formatted], From: Balon, Josef To: Balon, Josef, and Ostrau, Schlezisch in Moravia - Buchenwald 3 February 1945

lettercard, From: Kuchnowski, Anton To: Kuchnowski, Gertrid in Danzig - Sachsenhausen 21 September 1941

letter, From: Matejko, Gustaw To: Matejko, Franciszka. In Terespolam am Bug in Poland - Auschwitz 4 April 1943

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

English works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury / now first collected and edited by Sir William Molesworth, Bart.

Appearance and reality : a metaphysical essay / by F. H. Bradley.

L'évolution créatrice / par Henri Bergson.

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.