Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Tit-coq / Translated from the French by Kenneth Johnstone in co-operation with the author

A book of Grey Owl : pages from the writings of Wa-sha-quon-asis / edited by E. E. Reynolds ; with pref. by Lovat Dickson

Pilgrims of the wild / by Wa-sha-quon-asin (Grey owl) ; with a foreword by Hugh Eayrs

A complete price list of the publications & importations of the Canadian Macmillans, 1918

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

Kenwood, William Frank, Notebook, [1939-1945]

Vietnam Free Speech Campaign, Leaflet, [1967]

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

letter, From: Jerzyk, Lesio, Meryska (Last name unknown) To: Urbanski, Mieryslaw - Auschwitz 29 August 1943

card, From: Lamot, Julien To: His wife in Ghendt (Belgium) - Herzogenbusch 4 June 1944

lettercard, From: Witkowski, Johann To: Witkowski, Anna in Bromberg (Westphalia) - Sachsenhausen 14 September 1941

envelope, From: Pillny, Rudolf To: Pillny, Angela in Paulsdorf - Gusen 4 May [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

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

Count Robert of Paris / by Sir Walter Scott

Tito speaks : his self portrait and struggle with Stalin

Poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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.