Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Toronto Saturday night, Xmas 1896
Memo from S. J. Totton (M&S) to Jack McClelland (M&S), 11 November 1969, re Brita Mickleburgh as an advocate of Canadian Lit.
Letter from John W. (John William) Garvin to Lorne Pierce, 8 March 1935
Notice of Hugh S. Eayrs's death, Quill & Quire, May 1940

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

The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Welsh National Council, Leaflet, 1 November 1961
Brangwyn, Frank, Poster, [1914]
Thomas, C. E. H. (Lyrics) ; Gore-Sellon, A. C. (Music), Sheet music, 1917
Pigeon Service, Military document, 24 August 1918

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 19 January 1944
postcard, From: Bernu, Auguste To: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Dec. 04 1944
lettercard, From: Szumski, Aleksander  To: Lowza in West Prussia. - Natzweiler 13 June 1944
[field_source-formatted], From: Dobrovolny, Johann  To: Emmy Dobrovolny, Genrtzek (?), Bohemia and Moravia - Groß-Rosen 19 December 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

New Catholic church [and pamphlets by various authors / compiled by John Russell Amberley]
C. Cornelii Taciti opera omnia ad fidem editionis Orellianae.
Philosophy of John Dewey / edited by Paul Arthur Schilpp.
Johann Gottlieb Fichte's sämmtliche Werke / herausgegeben von J.H. Fichte.

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.