Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Knihy 1980-1981 [Sixty Eight Publishers' catalogue]
New books : for spring and summer publication 1927 / The Musson Book Company Ltd.
Memo from J. G. (Jack) McClelland (McClelland & Stewart) to Lily Miller, 16 April 1974, re Alistair MacLeod
The book fair guide to new books, November 1937

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

Money, 1917
Russell, Bertrand, Leaflet, 1966
Nerincx, A., Poster, [December 1914?]
Brittain, Vera, Book, April 1944

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: Bernu, Auguste To: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Oct. 25 1943
envelope, From: Zemanova, Ruzena To: unknown - [field_prison_camp-formatted] May 1943
lettercard, From: Mrozek, Bernhard To: unknown - Stutthof no date
lettercard, From: Megoeuil, M To: Madame Megoeuil, M.H. - [field_prison_camp-formatted] ?

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

Peveril of the Peak / by Sir Walter Scott
War and peace : a novel / by Leo Tolstoy ; a new and complete translation from the Russian by Constance Garnett
Principal navigations, voyages, traffiques & discoveries of the English nation made by sea or overland to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth at any time within the compass of these 1600 years / by Richard Hakluyt ; with an introduction
The Russells in Bloomsbury, 1669-1771 / by Gladys Scott Thomson.

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.