Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Communications 73 / Book Society
Of time and the lover / James Wreford [Watson], 1950
Spring publications, 1927 / McClelland & Stewart, Limited
New books : for spring and summer publication 1927 / The Musson Book Company Ltd.

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

Ford, Walter, Letter, 13 August 1917
No-Conscription Fellowship, Leaflet, 1 May 1916
Lisle, John, Letter, 1 April 1944
United Student Peace Committee, Leaflet, April 1937

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: Kloss, Milan To: Anna Klosswa in Kromeritz - [field_prison_camp-formatted] 25 January 1942
letter, From: Wrobel, Stefania and Fryda To: Wrobel, Franz - Sachsenhausen 1er April 1944
envelope, From: Bolehovska, Jana To: Bakesova, Alezbita in Prague - [field_prison_camp-formatted] May 1944
letter, From: Kaczmerkiewicz, Thadaus To: Unknown - Dachau 26 October 1941

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

Schrevelius' lexicon in Greek and English : for the use of colleges and schools.
Early lessons : in four volumes / by Maria Edgeworth.
The sea years of Joseph Conrad.
New Parsifal : an operatic fable / by R. C. Trevelyan.

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.