Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Manitoba and the great North-west / by John Macoun
Photograph of Brita Mickleburgh, [c.1973]
New books : for spring and summer publication 1927 / The Musson Book Company Ltd.
Spring 1927 / publications of Dodd, Mead and Company (Canada) Limited

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

Sassoon, Siegfried, Poem, 14 July 1917
London Committee of 100, Leaflet, 9 September 1962
Brittain, Vera, Diary, 18-22 April 1917
Brittain, Vera, Diary, 4 August 1914

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: Drong, Josef To: Drong (or Drag), Franz - Sachsenhausen 14 November 1943
letter, From: Kasakova, Marie from Kladino To: Kasak, Karel - Dachau 22 September 1941
lettercard, From: Drong, Josef To: Drong (or Drag), Franz - Sachsenhausen 7 December 1941
lettercard, From: Prunis, Pierre To: Madame Mme Prunis, Marcelle - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Feb. 14 1944

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

Home life with Herbert Spencer / By Two.
Lessings Gesammelte Werke.
Philosophischen Schriften / von Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ; herausgegeben von C.J. Gerhardt.
Hymns ancient and modern : for use in the services of the church, with accompanying tunes / compiled and arranged under the musical editorship of William Henry Monk.

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.