File contains an autographed photograph of Muriel Dundas, personalized to Ellen Ballon. The photograph was taken at the Ira J. Hill Studio in New York.
File contains a photograph of Lotte Lehmann and Ellen Ballon with Dr. Ross Flemington, president of Mount Allison University, following a concert in 1962.
File contains a photograph of a young boy, "Anton H.," playing the piano, helped by his teacher, Josef Hoffman. The photograph was taken in 1930 by Albert Peterson.
File contains a photograph of Frank Cyril James (Principal and Vice Chancellor of McGill University from 1939 until 1962), standing in front of three microphones for radio stations: CKVL, CFCF, and CKAC. The photograph may have been taken at one of the concerts celebrating the 50th anniversary of the McGill Conservatorium.
File contains an autographed photograph of Sir Ernest MacMillan, the conductor of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, in commemoration of a performance with Ellen Ballon of Heitor Villa-Lobos' first piano concerto.
File is a reproduction of an engraving. Inscription: Engraved by J. Caldwell. GALENT CONVERSIO. Accompanying note: THE CONVERSION OF GALEN. This undated copperplate, engraved by J. Caldwell, is found in Vol. IV., third edition, of an anonymous work entitled, Medical Extracts, or the Nature of Health, London, 1798. It is credited to Dr. Robert John Thornton.
File is a black and white reproduction of an engraving of a painting. Note attached reads: This is a copy of Hans Holbein's picture, which was painted whilst the artist was enjoying the favour of Henry VIII., showing the granting of a Charter to the Barber Surgeons of London.
File is a reproduction of an engraving depicting a medallion with the profile image of Frederick II of Germany. Inscription: Frederick II from a Medallion in the Church della Porto Santo in Andria. Accompanying note: Frederick II., (1194-1250), Emperor of Germany, King of the Two Sicilies, the last one of the Christian Kings of Jerusalem, the Author of a Treatise which contains a Complete Account of the Anatomy of the Falcon.
File is a reproduction of an engraving depicting a bust of Claudius Galen. Inscription: P.P. Rubens Del: Ex Marmore Antiquo. J. Faber sen[io]r Fecit. GALEN A most excellent Physitian, born at Pirgamos in Asia. He was a great improver or the Hypocratick System of Physick, and the beginner of that Method of Practice [unknown abbreviation] has been used from his time till lately, & from him called Galenick. He is said to have been author of 200 volumes y were burnt in y temple of peace. And is numberd by Garden among y12 most subtil wits of the World. He was of a [illegible] & crazy constitution yet by temperance preserved his life to a great age. He died about the middle ... [illegible due to damage]. Accompanying note: CLAUDIUS GALEN (131-201 A.D.) Galen was the greatest Greek physician after Hippocrates. His original investigations concerned chiefly Anatomy. In the Annals of Anatomy and Surgery, Vol. IV., Brooklyn, N.Y., 1881, can be found a series of articles about Galen, written by Dr. George Jackson Fisher.
File is a reproduction of an engraving. Accompanying note states: Andreas Stog's Engracving of Pieter Paaw's Theatre of Anatomy -- the first of its kind -- which was built in Leyden, 1589 -- the first one erected in the Low Countries.
File contains a photograph of the world premiere of Heitor Villa-Lobos's first piano concerto, dedicated to Ellen Ballon. The performance took place on October 11, 1946 at the Teatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro. Villa-Lobos conducted and Ballon was the soloist.
File contains a photograph of Ellen Ballon recording with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, conducted by Ernest Ansermet. This is likely the recording of Heitor Villa-Lobos' first piano concerto, dedicated to Ellen Ballon.
File contains a photograph of Ellen Ballon and Heitor Villa-Lobos seated at a restaurant. The photograph is signed by Ellen Ballon and Mario Cortez(?).