Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

A complete price list of the publications & importations of the Canadian Macmillans, 1919
Poteen : a pot-pourri of Canadian essays / William Arthur Deacon
The Macmillans in Canada present the new Macmillan books, 46th season, Spring and Summer 1929 / Macmillan Company of Canada
The Macmillans in Canada present the new Macmillan books : 45th season, Autumn and Winter 1928 / Macmillan Company of Canada

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

Brittain, Vera, Letter, 19 June 1915
Photograph, [July 1915]
Canadian Peace Congress, Leaflet, [1989]
Brittain, Vera, Diary, 20-21 March 1915

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

lettercard, From: Kazafov, Stephan To: unknown - Sachsenhausen 18 July 1943
[field_source-formatted], From: Pick, Ludwig To: Unidentified - Floßenürg 22 February 1942
letter, From: Dvorak, Yaroslav To: Dvorakova, Marie in Lamberk (Bohemia and Moravia) - Sachsenhausen 5 May 1940
lettercard, From: Drag, Anton To: Drong (or Drag), Franz - Sachsenhausen 8 March 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

Divina commedia di Dante Alighieri / col comento di Pietro Fraticelli
Works of Jeremy Bentham / published under the superintendence of his executor, John Bowring.
Masters and the slaves (Casa-grande & senzala) : a study in the development of Brazilian civilization / by Gilberto Freyre ; translated from the Portuguese of the fourth and definitive edition by Samuel Putnam.
Report of a meeting of the London National Society for Women's Suffrage, held at the Gallery of the Architectural Society in Conduit Street, Saturday, July 17th, 1869 [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.