Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Toronto Small Press Fair : directory, 6 May 2000
The Fall 1997 Toronto Small Press Fair, 28 September 1997
The Macmillans in Canada present the new Macmillan books, 46th season, Spring and Summer 1929 / Macmillan Company of Canada
The Toronto Small Press Group : catalogue, Fall 1992

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

Russell, Bertrand, Letter, 25 November 1960
Gould, Julian, Print (art), [1914?]
Brittain, Vera, Diary, 4 August 1914
Photograph, May 1942

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: Dudrik, Wojcizek To: Dudrik, Kotorzyna in Krakow (Poland) - Sachsenhausen 18 November 1944
postcard, From: Nowak, Joseph To: Nowak, Marta in Posen (Poland). - Buchenwald 25 January 1942
letter, From: Schmidt, Herbert To: Schmidt, Johanna in Leipzig - Buchenwald 5 December 1937
lettercard, From: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) To: Bernu, Auguste - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Nov. 24 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

Inaugural address delivered at Tavistock, on Wednesday, August 8, 1866, at the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Devon Association for the Advancement of Literature, Science, and Art [and pamphlets by various authors / compiled by John Russell Amberley]
Prelude / by Katharine Mansfield
Essays by Amberley / [compiled by John Russell Amberley ; many of the pamphlets by John Russell Amberley and Viscountess Amberley ]
The scientific outlook / Bertrand Russell.

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.