Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Certificate of partnership between William Walter Copp, Henry James Clark and Charles Fuller, 2 February 1870
Toronto Small Press Book Fair '87
Toronto Small Press Fair : directory, 6 May 2000
Guernica Editions : catalogue, 1978-1991

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

Hermkuhn, Watercolour, 12 December 1918
Molony, William O'Sullivan, Watercolour, 1914
George V, Poster, [1914-1918]
Vietnam Mobilization Committee, Poster, 25 June [1968?]

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 18 September 1943
letter, From: Kaczmerkiewicz, Thadaus To: Unknown - Dachau 6 July 1941
lettercard, From: Dzikowski, Johann To: Dzikowska, Aniela in Tomaszow Lubelski (Poland) - Sachsenhausen no date
lettercard, From: Megoeuil, M To: Madame Megoeuil, M.H. - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Jun. 03 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

The scientific intellectual : the psychological & sociological origins of modern science / Lewis S. Feuer.
The semi-attached couple : and, The semi-detached house : two novels / by the Honourable Emily Eden.
Garibaldi and the Thousand / by George Macaulay Trevelyan.
Dante's Vita nuova : together with the version of Dante Gabriel Rossetti / edited by H. Oelsner.

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.