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Durand & Cie.

  • Corporate body
  • 1869-2000
This is a publishing firm founded on December 30, 1869 by Auguste Durand and Schoenewerk, the latter of which withdrew from the business in 1891. Durand's son Jacques took over the company in 1909 with his cousin Gaston Choisnel. They purchased Amphion and Max Eschig in 1987, and the entire company was sold to BMG and merged with Salabert in 2000.

Dykhuis, Peter

  • Person
Peter Dykhuis is a Canadian artist, curator, and critical writer who resides in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Dykhuis has exhibited artwork in various artist-run centres and galleries throughout Canada. Dykhuis has also worked in different galleries; he was the Director of Anna Leonowens Gallery and is the current Director/Curator of the Dalhousie Art Gallery at Dalhousie University. Dykhuis’ education includes a BFA from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Peter Dykhuis became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 2002 because his audio recording became a part of the centre’s tape collection.

Dykhuis, Peter

  • [1957?] -
Peter Dykhuis is an artist, art curator, arts administrator and writer. Born in London, Ontario, he graduated in 1978 with a BFA from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, before moving to Toronto, Ontario, where he established an active studio practice and worked in several galleries. In 1991 he moved to Halifax and became affiliated with the Anna Leonowens Gallery at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, where he was appointed director in 1996. Between 2007 and 2021 he was the director/curator of Dalhousie Art Gallery. Dykhuis has exhibited his own work, published reviews in art journals, presented papers, and curated exhibitions across Canada and internationally.

Dywelska, Nick

  • Person
Nick Dywelska became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes because their video recording “Congenital Heart Failure” became a part of the centre’s tape collection.

E., Cates

  • Person
E. Cates apparently illustrated a map of Fort Anne in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. Little is known about this individual.

Eagan, Michael

  • Person
  • 1942-
Michael Eagan is a Canadian designer who graduated from the National Theatre School of Canada in 1967. He has designed for many of the major theatre, dance and opera companies in Canada including the Stratford Festival, the Shaw Festival, Canadian Stage, Theatre Calgary, Centaur Theatre, Theatre Lac Brome, Theatre Plus. He was also director of design at the National Theatre School of Canada. He has also designed on Broadway and at the Julliard School, and for film and television.

Eastern Command Players.

  • Corporate body
The Eastern Command Players was an amateur theatre group formed around 1952 by Halifax military personnel. The group staged at least two performances; Dover Road was performed at the Barrington Street Armouries in 1953 and Blithe Spirit was performed at the Garrison Theatre in Windsor Park in 1954. The group was organized by a president who worked with other volunteers to manage productions. Known presidents of the Eastern Command Players include Capt. G.A. Penchard (ca. 1953).

Eastern Front Theatre

  • Corporate body
  • 1993 -

Eastern Front Theatre (EFT) was founded in 1993 in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, by Gay Hauser, Wendy Lill and Mary Vingoe to support the work of Atlantic Canadian playwrights. From 1999-2009 Eastern Front Theatre was the resident theatre company at Alderney Landing. Between 2009-2021 Neptune Theatre’s Scotiabank Stage was its Halifax performance venue before it moved backed to Alderney Landing in 2021.

The company has produced or presented over 200 original Canadian plays, including 32 world premieres, and received four Governor General Award nominations, one Nova Scotia Masterworks nomination, and 16 Robert Merritt Awards (out of 68 nominations).

Eaton, Janet

  • Person
  • [19--] -
Janet M. Eaton is an independent researcher, public educator, writer and political activist. She was born in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, and earned her PhD in marine biology at Dalhousie University in the early 1970s. She taught at several Nova Scotia universities, including Dalhousie, St. Mary's, Mount Saint Vincent and Acadia. She transitioned from her career as a marine biologist to work in adult and community education, where she developed a particular interest in systemic change. She was appointed a fellow of the International Systems Institute in the mid-1990s], worked as a consultant to government and NGOs, and since 1999 was a part of the global democracy movement. In the early 2010s, Eaton served as the Sierra Club of Canada's Trade and the Environment representative and as a member of the Canadian Trade Justice Network.

Eaton, Rosemary C. (Gilliat)

  • Person
  • 1919-2004
Rosemary Gilliat was born in Hove in the United Kingdom in 1919. She grew up in British Ceylon and went to boarding school in Switzerland. She developed a love of travel and an interest in photography at a young age. In the United Kingdom, she worked in photographic studios as well as taking photographs for her own interest. Gilliat immigrated to Canada in 1952, where she found employment as a photographer. She had an interest in the north and in indigenous peoples which led her to travel throughout the country. Gilliat married Michael Eaton in 1963 and moved to Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia. There she became an environmental and cultural activist until her death in 2004.

Eclipse.

  • Corporate body

Ecology Action Centre

  • Corporate body
  • 1971 -

The Ecology Action Centre (EAC) is a not-for-profit Halifax-based environmental activist organization founded in 1971. The organization has worked with communities on issues including recycling, transportation, urban development, energy, agriculture, forestry, uranium mining, marine, coastal, and energy issues, the built environment, wilderness, food, and transportation. The EAC works closely with scientific communities and incorporates scientific data into its messages and policy recommendations.

The EAC's operations staff is directed by a board of elected individuals from across the province. The first board had five directors; later there were as many as23. Directors are closely involved in fundraising, participate in setting general policy, and act in advisory capacities. Prominent past members include Halifax-Chebucto NDP MLA Howard Epstein (1991-1994). Committees are an integral part of the EAC's administrative structure; they serve specific areas and act somewhat independently within the organization, holding meetings and organizing public events for educational purposes. The committee structure has evolved over time, with new committees or sub-committees being formed in response to needs.

Edition Peters

  • Corporate body
  • 1800-
Edition Peters is a publication house, founded by Franz Anton Hoffmeister and Ambrosius Kühnel on December 1, 1800. Initially known as the "Bureau de Musique," the company was sold to Carl Friedrich Peters after Kühnel's death in 1813, at which point it became "Bureau de Musique C.F. Peters." It was subsequently owned by Carl Gotthelf Siegmund Böhme, the City of Leipzig, Julius Friedländer, Dr. Max Abraham, Henri Hinrichsen, Georg Hillner, and various others. In the early 1900s, the firm split into four companies: Peters Edition Ltd. (London); the C.F. Peters Corporation (New York); the C.F. Peters Musikverlag (Frankfurt/Main); and the Leipzig firm of the Edition Peters. These were unified in August 2010 to form the Edition Peters Group.

Edmonds, Pam

  • Person
Pam Edmonds became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 2000 because their video recording “Black Box” became a part of the centre’s tape collection.

Edwards, Jake

  • Person
Jake Edwards is a recording artist who is known to have recorded songs at Solar Audio & Recording Limited in the middle to late 1980s.

Edwin F. Kalmus & Co., Inc.

  • Corporate body
  • 1926-
Founded in New York in 1926 by Edwin F. Kalmus, this publishing company was initially known was "Edwin F. Kalmus Orchestra Scores," a music store and retail agent for various European and American publishers. By 1933, the company was well-involved in publishing and reprint editions. The firm moved to Miami in 1971 and was partially sold in 1976 to Belwin-Mills. The original company continues to publish orchestra, band, and chamber music from its headquarters in Boca Raton, Florida.
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