Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Fall 1988 / Key Porter Books
Catalogue of books suitable for Sunday School libraries, prizes and gift-books, home reading
Production record for Sheila Watson's The Double Hook, published 1959
The Fall 1995 Toronto Small Press Fair : Victoria College, 4 November 1995

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

Peace pin, [196-]
Brittain, Vera, Diary, 2 January 1916
Kemmis, C.T., Diary, 4-5 March 1918
Colins, Leon, Poster, 15 May 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

letter, From: Swierczynski, Jersy To: Swierczynska, Marie in Posen (Poznan) in Poland - Auschwitz 27 August 1944
[field_source-formatted], From: Uznanski, Simon To: Uznanski, Zbignew in Krakow (Poland) - Dachau 28 November 1943
lettercard, From: Lakosil, Jan To: Lakosilova, Bozka in Shaznice (Bohemia and Moravia) - Sachsenhausen 2 March 1941
letter, From: Gregorova, Marie from Brunn, Bohemia and Moravia To: Gregor, Franz - Mauthausen 30 April 1942

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

History of the great American fortunes / by Gustavus Myers.
Jefferson and Hamilton, the struggle for democracy in America / by Claude G. Bowers.
Fortunes of Nigel / by Sir Walter Scott
History of the valorous and witty knight-errant Don Quixote of the Mancha / by Cervantes ; translated by Thomas Shelton.

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.