Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing

Letter from Ruth M. Buck to G. Kent Gooderham, 18 January 1973, re Voices of the Plains Cree
Spring 1994 / Key Porter Books
[Scrapbook of printer's proofs produced by the Bulletin job printing office, Collingwood, Ontario], 1886 - 1905
The Macmillans in Canada present the new Macmillan books : 44th season, Spring and Summer 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

Schmit, Em., Poster, 19 November 1914
Brittain, Vera, Diary, 22 August 1915
McGee, Mollie, Newspaper clipping, 7 February 1944
Aldwinckle, Eric, Letter, 2 November 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: Madame Bernu, Auguste (his wife) To: Bernu, Auguste - [field_prison_camp-formatted] Sep. 07 1943
, From: Gawrak, Tadeusz To: Gawrak, Helene in Krakow. - Auschwitz 6 December 1942
lettercard, From: Isiansky, Vlastimir To: Oldrick (?) Isiansky (?), Blanz, Moravia - Groß-Rosen 28 March 1943
letter, From: Jachimcsak (?), Georg. To: Jachimcsak, Maria in Krakow (Poland) - Gusen 22 February 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

Inaugural address delivered at Tavistock, on Wednesday, August 8, 1866, at the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Devon Association for the Advancement of Literature, Science, and Art [and pamphlets by various authors / compiled by John Russell Amberley]
Lettres et opuscules inédits / du comte Joseph de Maistre ; précédes d'une notice biographique par son fils le comte Rodolphe de Maistre.
Guide to English literature : with an account of the principal English writers and their works : arranged in simple language, in the form of question and answer.
Immanuel Kant's sämmtliche Werke : in chronologischer Reichenfolge / hrsg. von G. Hartenstein.

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.