Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Inside the Easter egg / Marian Engel
Letter from William Deacon (Globe and Mail) to Ellen Elliott, 8 May 1940, re founding of the Governor General’s Literary Awards
The Macmillans in Canada present this list of books by Canadian writers / The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited
Order list of new books / McClelland & Goodchild 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

Photograph, May 1915
Lisle, John, Letter, 5 October [1943]
Trotter, Bernard Freeman, Letter, 21 April 1917
Abbott, Jane, Diary, 31 May-2 June 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

letter, From: Pawliczek, Erich To: Pawliczek, Verowka in Kattowitz - Auschwitz 29 November 1942
lettercard, From: Prunis, Pierre To: Madame Mme Prunis, Marcelle - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Feb. 15 1942
letter, From: Szymanski, Franz To: Szymanski, Maria in Wojslawice , district Lublin, in Poland. - Sachsenhausen 1 February 1942
postcard, From: Czyzewicz, Thaddäus To: Czyzewicz, Marian in Brzeszxze near Bielitz (Pologne?) - Gusen 8 June 1940

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

Shorter poems of Robert Bridges.
Within the four seas
Book of Mormon : an account written by the hand of Mormon upon plates taken from the plates of Nephi / translated by Joseph Smith, Jun. --
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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.