Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Knihy 1980-1981 [Sixty Eight Publishers' catalogue]
Clarke Irwin backlist
Les éditions Guernica : livres français, 1978-1989
Letter from Douglas Gibson (McClelland & Stewart) to Alice Munro, 27 August 1986

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

Fougasse [(Cyril) Kenneth Bird], Leaflet, 6 February 1949
National Peace Council, Petition, November 1938
League of Nations Society in Canada; Canadian Youth Council, Programme, 23-25 May 1936
Ogilby, Lt. Col. R. J. L. , Military Document, [27 September 1916]

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

[field_source-formatted], From: Pzotnik, Heinrich To: Pzotnick, Herr Linton in Litzmannstadt - Dachau 22 June 1940
postcard, From: Megoeuil, M To: Madame Megoeuil, M.H. - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Apr. 16 1942
lettercard, From: Mrozek, Bernhard To: unknown - Stutthof no date
lettercard, From: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) To: Bernu, Auguste - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Feb. 26 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

The twilight of self-government / by Thomas H. Uzzell.
Abinger harvest / by E. M. Forster.
What humanism is about
Report on the Contagious Diseases Act to the civil population [and pamphlets by various authors / compiled by John Russell Amberley]

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.