Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Fall 1989 / Key Porter Books
Raven's cry / Christie Harris ; illustrations by Bill Reed
Songs from Vagabondia [by] Bliss Carman [and] Richard Hovey ; designs by Tom B. Meteyard
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

No-Conscription Fellowship, Leaflet, 26 June 1917
Gardner, Hazel Gertrude (Lyrics) ; Bromby, Wal. (Music), Sheet music, 1928
Card, December 1914
Aldwinckle, Eric, Letter, 2 November 1944

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

postcard, From: Bernu, Auguste To: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Jun. 06 1944
lettercard, From: Bernu, Auguste To: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Jun. 14 1943
envelope, From: Fiala, Joseph To: Fialova, Marti in Pisek (Bohemia and Moravia) - Buchenwald 17 May 1942
postcard, From: Unidentified To: Chetmecka, Halina - 26 September 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 writings / by Theodore Parker.
War crimes in Viet Nam
De l'origine et des limites de la correspondance entre l'algèbre et la géométrie / par A.-A. Cournot
Three Copernican treatises: the Commentariolus of Copernicus, the Letter against Werner, the Narratio prima of Rheticus. Translated with introd. and notes by Edward Rosen

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.