Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Draft of memorial for Hugh Eayrs, by Mazo de la Roche, 1940

The Macmillans in Canada present the new Macmillan books for Autumn and Winter 1926 / The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited

Letter from Basil Johnston to Anna Porter (McClelland & Stewart), [1976], re manuscript

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

Canadian-American Committee to End the Vietnam War, Leaflet, 20 January [1969]

Associated Field Comforts, Pamphlet, April 1917

Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, No. 86, Poster, [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

letter, From: Kaczmerkiewicz, Thadaus To: Unknown - Dachau 19 July 1942

postcard, From: Prunis, Pierre To: Madame Mme Prunis, Marcelle - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Feb. 28 1943

lettercard, From: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) To: Bernu, Auguste - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Nov. 27 1944

postcard, From: Kviça (?), Johann in Posen To: Kutzner, Adam - Floßenürg 6 January 1945

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

Hammurabi code and the Sinaitic legislation / with a complete translation of the great Babylonian inscription discovered at Susa by Chilperic Edwards.

Fable of the bees, or, Private vices, publick benefits : with an essay on charity and charity-schools ; and, A search into the nature of society. --

Evangelist and the divine [and pamphlets by various authors / compiled by John Russell Amberley]

Eminent Victorians : Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightingale, Dr. Arnold, General Gordon / by Lytton Strachey.

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.