Archives Catalogue

Letter from William Somerset Maugham to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 15
Item
January 6, 1947

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from William Somerset Maugham to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 19
Item
August 2, 1951

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Sgt. A. Fraser Tupper to Ralph Kane

MS-13-2, SF Box 54, Folder 6, Item 3
Item
December 13, 1916

Part of Dalhousie University No. 7 Stationary Hospital collection

Item is a letter from Sgt. A. Fraser Tupper to his nephew, Ralph Kane. The letter was sent from La Havre, France, on December 13, 1916, while Tupper was serving overseas.

Tupper, A. Fraser, Sgt.

Letter from Maurice Ravel

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 27, Item 6
Item
December 13, 1921

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Ravel, Maurice

Letter from Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 24, Item 2
Item
November 1, 1898

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Heitor and Arminda Villa-Lobos to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 6, Item 4
Item
July 26, 1947

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a handwritten letter from Heitor and Arminda Villa-Lobos to Ellen Ballon written on July 26, 1947. The letter details Villa-Lobos itinerary on a European tour and comments on Ballon's performances of Villa-Lobos' compositions. Item is accompanied by the stamped air mail envelope in which Ballon received the letter. One French postage stamp is affixed to the envelope.

Villa-Lobos, Heitor

Le Club de Rome a-t-il changé? / Jean Claude Lamberti

MS-2-744, Box 31, Folder 7, Item 7
Item
1984

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

Item is an article published in the July-September 1984 issue of France Forum.

La paimpolaise : chanson du pêcheurs d'Islande

MS-5-2, Box 7, Folder 5
Item
1895

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a vocal score with the melody and lyrics for "La Paimpolaise" by the French singer-songwriter Théodore Botrel (1868-1925). The score and lyrics were handwritten by L. Coyteux Preouèl(?) in Ottawa on April 29, 1908.

Botrel, Théodore

Impromptu pour le piano

MS-5-2, Box 7, Folder 8
Item
1837

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a first-edition publication of Chopin's first Impromptu, published by Maurice Schlesinger in Paris, a subsidiary company to A.M. Schlesinger of Berlin. The composition was dedicated to Caroline de Lobau.

Chopin, Fryderyk Franciszek

Georges Rouault

UA-36, Box 4, Folder 16
Item
1967

Part of Dalhousie Art Gallery fonds

French painting 1840-1924

UA-36, Box 4, Folder 40
Item
1971

Part of Dalhousie Art Gallery fonds

File consists of a catalogue for the Exhibition 'French Painting 1840-1924' from the Collection of the National Gallery of Canada. The exhibition was shown at the Dalhousie Art Gallery from February 23 to March 15, 1971.

Dalhousie University No. 7 Stationary Hospital brochure

MS-13-2, SF Box 56, Folder 3
Item
[ca. 1919]

Part of Dalhousie University No. 7 Stationary Hospital collection

File contains a brochure with a brief history of the Dalhousie No. 7 Stationary Hospital, a nominal role of its staff, transcriptions of letters and lists of staff transferred in and out of the hospital.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, November 21, 1928

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 18
Item
November 21, 1928

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated November 21, 1928 from Paris, sharing his emotion regarding the passing of a friend.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, March 9, 1928

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 17
Item
March 9, 1928

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated March 9, 1928 from Paris, lamenting having just undergone his 28th operation, reminiscences of a recent car crash, and in response to prompts from MacMechan, sharing rich details of the characters sitting with him in a cafe.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, March 23, 1931

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 24
Item
March 23, 1931

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated March 24, 1931 from Aix-le-Bains, frankly discussing the effect that his prolonged physical struggles and the mental rigour of shell-shock have had on Jones's day-to-day life.

"I'll give you a secret & that is that we 'front-line' men, who have survived, felt too much, smelled too much, saw too much, heard too much, sensed too much, and, in the intense moments of many nights and days, especially nights, we, in our ardour, have burnt ourselves out."

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, January 8, 1931

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 22
Item
January 8, 1931

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated January 8, 1931 from Aix-le-Bains, showing appreciation for MacMechan sending Jones his sonnets and a copy of his thesis, and discussions on the European geopolitical climate, as well as discussions with Lord Beaverbrook about an International Athletic Union.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, February 9, 1931

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 23
Item
February 8, 1931

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated February 8, 1931 from Aix-le-Bains, warning of Jones's potentially incendiary correspondence sent to Dalhousie.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, February 5, 1929

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 19
Item
February 5, 1929

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated February 5, 1929 from Paris, discussing Jones's frustrations at having had to undergo two more operations recently.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, December 5, 1930

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 21
Item
December 5, 1930

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated December 5, 1930 from Paris, lamenting the passing of Howard Murray, his convalescence after another illness, the discovery of shrapnel behind his ear nearly fourteen years' removed from active duty, and his contemplating pursuing a Ph.D at Dalhousie.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, December 30, 1927

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 16
Item
December 30, 1927

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, sent December 30, 1927 from Paris, praising MacMechan's "Book of Ultima Thule", lamenting lack of connections to Halifax, and the continued mental health struggles related to his recovery.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, December 20, 1915

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 4
Item
December 20, 1915

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of a letter sent by Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated December 20, 1915, discussing the discovery of a muddy copy of the Dalhousie Gazette in a trench in France during the First World War.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, December 14, 1928

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 20
Item
December 14, 1928

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated December 14, 1928 from Paris, outlining his disdain for those running the "new Dalhousie" and why he has distanced himself from the institution.

Correspondence from Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, September 12, 1918

MS-2-82, Box 15, Folder 14, Item 11
Item
September 12, 1918

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated September 12, 1918, from "The Field", briefly discussing military actions and at more length about camp life, food, and chance encounters with friends passing through battalion headquarters.

Correspondence from Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, September 12, 1905

MS-2-82, Box 15, Folder 14, Item 6
Item
September 12, 1905

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated September 12, 1905 in Dijon, France, addressing the rejection of typewriters, meetings with mutual friends, and travels in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland and eastern France. Stairs finishes with discussing his studies in the new semester at Oxford.

Compte rendu de la premiere reunion des membres Europeens du Club de Rome

MS-2-744, Box 23, Folder 25
Item
October 1981

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

Item is a report written and sent by Maurice Guernier about the meeting held near Paris October 14-16, 1981.

Christmas card from Lt. Col. John Stewart

MS-13-11, SF Box 57, Folder 14, Item 3
Item
1916

Part of Oscar Glennie Donovan fonds

Item is a Christmas and New Year greeting card from Lt. Col. John Stewart. The card was printed by the Dalhousie No. 7 Stationary Hospital while it was stationed in France. The card is printed in gold and black ink and features the Dalhousie crest.