Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Fall & Winter 2003-2004 / Key Porter Books
Sinking of the Lusitania [advertising supplement], May 1915
The book fair guide to new books, November 1937
Memo from Anna Porter (McClelland & Stewart) to Glenn Witmer (McClelland & Stewart), 16 May 1973, re Voices of the Plains Cree

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

Parliamentary Association for World Government, Periodical, December 1955 - March 1956
Typescript, [1963]
Photograph, 20 September 1958
Harvey, J.H., Letter, 4 November 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

postcard, From: Witkowski, Johann To: Witkowski, Anna in Bromberg (Westphalia) - Sachsenhausen 3 August 1941
[field_source-formatted], From: Travincek, Anton To: Famiskia Travinckova, Brunn (Brno), Bohemia and Moravia - Dachau 1st December 1940
postcard, From: Megoeuil, M To: Madame Megoeuil, M.H. - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Mar. 17 1942
lettercard, From: Porupka, Eduard To: Porupka, Eduard in Poland - Sachsenhausen 10 August 1941

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 Sweeniad / Myra Buttle.
One hundred and eleven poems / by Robert Herrick ; selected, arranged & illustrated by Sir William Russell Flint
Gryll Grange / T. Love Peacock ; edited by Richard Garnett.
Religious meditations on the Romish and English churches : and 1800 questions humbly asked, for straightforward answers, of their respective clergy : from the Pope and Archbishop to the preaching pedlar / by William Skinner Phillippo

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.