Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Letter from Jack McClelland (McClelland & Stewart) to Anna Porter, 14 September 1978
The Book Society catalogue : K-8, 1977-8
Photograph of Marius Barbeau, 1957
Fall & Winter 2003-2004 / Key Porter Books

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

Fingland, Williiam, Letter, 16 November 1915
World Peace Council, Poster, [198-]
Gould, Julian, Print (art), [1914?]
Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, No. 128, Poster, [1915?]

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: Matern, Franz  To: Matern, Anna (or Matern family) in Witkau per Kamien, West Prussia - Buchenwald 22 June 1941
[field_source-formatted], From: Obrslik, Alois  To: Obrslikova, Pauly in Bohemia and Moravia - Buchenwald 26 April 1942
postcard, From: Bernu, Auguste To: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Nov. 15 1943
postcard, From: Megoeuil, M  To: Madame Megoeuil, M.H. - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Jul. 16 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

Critical and miscellaneous essays : collected and republished (First time, 1839 ; final, 1869) / by Thomas Carlyle.
History of the great American fortunes / by Gustavus Myers
The war of steel and gold : a study of the armed peace / by Henry Noel Brailsford.
Diary of Samuel Pepys : M.A.F.R.S., Clerk of the Acts and secretary to the Admiralty / for the first time fully transcribed from the shorthand manuscript in the Pepysian Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge, by the Rev. Mynors Bright, M.A., late Fellow a

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.