File consists of records related to presenting the exhibition 'Fritz Brandtner 1896-1969: A Retrospective Exhibition', sponsored by Sir George Williams University, Montreal. The exhibition was presented at Dalhousie Art Gallery in February 1972, through circulation in the Atlantic Provinces Art Circuit (APAC).
Records consist of a condition report and handwritten condition notes, an essay on Brandtner's work, an itinerary, and correspondence between Dalhousie Art Gallery and other APAC member galleries.
File contains correspondence with Lynnelle Herrick, John Humphrey, Robert Hutchins, Peter Howorth, Gordon Hewes, Eve Herrmann, and John Haag. Also includes newspaper clippinsg concerning Gerald Hickey and a biography of Eve Herrmann.
File is an audio reel containing an interview on the Youth Nuclear Disarmament Tour. The tour, consisting of four students from Montreal, was in Halifax from October 5, 1986 until October 12, 1986, at which time they were interviewed by Ken Burke. The interview was recorded October 6, 1986 and aired October 7, 1986 on Title Waves, a CKDU radio program. It was rebroadcast October 13, 1986 on Title Waves.
File is an audio reel containing an interview with Catherine Phoenix of the Eye Level Gallery and Ann Verral of Centre for Arts Tapes on Sigmund Freud, art, and rethinking subjectivity. Phoenix and Verral spoke with CKDU's Brenda Barnes about their joint-exhibit "The Art Against Violence Against Women" which opened at the Eye Level Gallery on December 6, 1990 to mark the first anniversary of the deaths of 14 women murdered in Montreal at the l'Ecole Polytechnique. The exhibit contained work from 40 women in Nova Scotia. The interview aired November 23, 1990 and was rebroadcast November 23, 1990 on Title Waves; December 4, 1990 on The Evening Affair; December 6, 1990 on Odd Girl Out; and March 25, 1993.
File is an audio reel containing an interview with Max Faille, of the Montreal-based group Students Against Global Extermination (SAGE). Faille spoke with CKDU's Kathyrn Morse while at Dalhousie University to attend the Educating for Peace conference. The interview aired May 8, 1989 and was rebroadcast May 11, 1989 on Title Waves and The Evening Affair, and August 3, 1989.
File is an audio reel containing an interview with Nicholas Regush, a Montreal journalist specializing in covering medical issues and a medical analyst with CBC Radio, on his book Canada's Health Care System: Condition Critical. During a visit to Halifax the previous fall, he discussed his belief that immediate action was needed to prevent Canada's health care system from falling into ruin with CKDU's Donna Mayer. The episode was recorded in September 1987, and was broadcast on March 7, and July 5, 1988 on Title Waves, a CKDU program.
File is an audio reel containing an interview with Norman Nawrocki, a Montreal activist. He spoke with CKDU's Samantha Brennan about a video he made called "Man Talk." The interview aired December 28, 1986 and was rebroadcast on Title Waves January 7, 1987; January 20, 1987; and February 10, 1987.
File is an audio reel containing an interview with Solange Vincent of the Voice of Women in Montreal. She spoke with CKDU's Cathryn Morse and Vince Tinguely while in Halifax for a panel discussion on military production and its role in development. The interview aired April 6, 1989 and was rebroadcast April 7, 1989 on The Evening Affair; October 4, 1989; and December 8, 1989 on Title Waves.
File is an audio reel containing an interview with Tassy Teekman and Janet Oxley, Montreal dancers and choreographers. They spoke with CKDU's P.D. Coffin on April 22, 1987. The interview was rebroadcast April 23, 1987.
File is an audio reel containing an episode of Women's Time. This episode is the first part of a two-part interview with Andrew Jones on the Festival International des Musiciennes Innovatrices in Montreal, hosted by Jayn Ritchie. The episode was recorded April 24, 1988 and aired April 28, 1988.
File is an audio reel containing an episode of Women's Time. This episode is the second part of a two-part interview with Andrew Jones on the Festival International des Musiciennes Innovatrices in Montreal, hosted by Jayn Ritchie. The episode was recorded April 24, 1988 and aired May 5, 1988.
File contains a copy of Le Canada Musical, Volume 4, Number 24, published in 1921. The magazine is autographed by Canadian organist and composer Benoit F. Poirier.
File is an audio reel containing a lecture by Ellen Gabriel, a Mohawk spokeswoman, on the history of the Iroquois Confederacy, the effects of the Indian Act, the role of women as defenders of encroachment to the Mohawk communities, and the continuing Sûreté du Québec (SQ) and Army harassment following the Oka Crisis of 1990. Gabriel is from Kahnesetake and is an exhibiting artist in Montreal. She spoke in Halifax on January 14, 1992 as part of the Mount Saint Vincent University Instititute for the Study of Women lecture series.
File includes a program for Ellen Ballon's concert with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ernest Ansermet. The file also includes a catalogue Londoof London Records, including Ballon's recording of Heitor Villa-Lobos' Piano Concerto No. 1 with Ansermet.
File is an audio reel containing an episode of The Word is Out, a radio program broadcast on CKDU radio 88.1. This episode features four lesbians discussing the École Polytechnique massacre, the female-targeted shooting that occured in Montreal on December 6, 1989. The episode was recorded on December 4, 1989, and was broadcasted on December 12, 1989, January 5, 1990, and December 6, 1990.
File contains a letter from Yehudi Menuhin to Ellon Ballon written on December 2, 1957. The letter concerns a performance by Ellen Ballon in Montreal. Item is accompanied by the Ritz Carlton Montreal envelope in which Ballon received the letter.
File contains letters concerning Ellen Ballon's performance of music by Heitor Villa-Lobos and the receipt of flowers. File also contains a letter to Ballon from Mary Goldie, Private Secretary to Princess Alice, concerning a letter from the latter and Lord Athlone to Dr. James (presumably Frank Cyril James) at the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the McGill Conservatorium of Music.
File contains three letters from Frank Cyril James to Ellen Ballon concerning her performances and the conferral of an honorary degree by McGill to her.
File contains posters for LGBT events in Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, Seattle, and Washington, D.C.. File contains one poster for an AIDS Vigil held at Grand Parade in Halifax; one poster advertising viewings of the AIDS Memorial Quilt at Gorsebrook School in Halifax from 1990-11-30 to 1990-12-3; one poster for a vigil commemorating the one year anniversary of the Polytechnique Massacre held at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design on 1990-12-6; one poster for the Black and Blue Party hosted by Bad Boy Club Montreal in October, 1994; one poster for the We're Funny That Way in Toronto during April, 1990; one poster for the 1989 Seattle Queen City Cruise; and one poster for National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights held 1987-10-11.
File is an audio reel containing an episode of The Word is Out, a radio program broadcast on CKDU radio 88.1. This episode features a live broadcast of various topics including gay pride week, and editorial, Halifax AIDS activist Peter Woods on an international AIDS conference in Montreal, and a gay and lesbian library in Halifax. The episode was recorded on June 27, 1989.
File is an audio reel containing an episode of New World Stories, a radio program broadcast on CKDU radio 88.1. The episode features local artists, including David McGimpsey and Mark Leger, discussing Chow Yun Hat and Mother Talk. The label has a warning that it contains advertising and profanity. The episode aired on May 24, 1993, and was rebroadcasted on May 25, 1993 at 10:00AM.
File contains the workshop program and examples of participants' writings from the conference at the Faculty of Education at McGill University. Budge Wilson and William Bell were Workshop Leaders.
File contains a program for a centennial concert celebration at McGill University, featuring the McGill Symphony Orchestra and John McKay on piano. Ellen Ballon is cited in the introduction as one of McGill's notable graduates.
File includes a note written by Roderick A. Macdonald addressed to Ronald St. John Macdonald and a copy of McGill University Faculty of Law newsletter of 1983.
File contains handwritten notes, an annotated draft of Ronald St. John Macdonald's paper "the United Nations decade of international law", annotated typescripts, and other materials.
File is an audio reel containing a piece remembering the Montreal massacre, written and performed by Dalhousie Law students who were part of the "Women and the Law" group. The piece was performed in the CKDU studio by Tarel Quandt, Lori Savoury, Jane Plaxton, Christine Schmidt, and Caroline Cohen. It aired December 6, 1990 on Title Waves, and was rebroadcast December 17, 1990 on Title Waves; December 6, 1991 on Title Waves and The Evening Affair; and November 30, 1994.
File consists of records related to the Montreal Museum Lends I exhibition, organized and circulated by the National Gallery of Canada and presented at Dalhousie Art Gallery from September 15 to October 31, 1973.
Records consist of correspondence between Ernest Smith (Director, Dalhousie Art Gallery) and the National Gallery of Canada regarding transferring the exhibition. Records include a loan agreement, newspaper clippings, lists and pricelists of artworks, and packing lists.
File is an audio reel containing an episode of Women's Time. This episode is in memory of the 14 Montreal women killed in the École Polytechnique massacre of December 6, 1989.
File contains a clipping of an article by Philip Cook from the Montreal Daily Star entitled "Contemporary Music is not Given a Chance." The article includes mention of Ellen Ballon and Heitor Villa-Lobos' Piano Concerto No. 1.
File contains newspaper clippings that mention Ellen Ballon. Topics range from concert reviews, her favourite recipes, lifestyle, the death of her mother (Charlotte Ballon, nee Klein), and her contributions during the Second World War. One of the articles reports on her premiere performance in Rio de Janeiro of Heitor Villa-Lobos' first piano concerto.
File also includes a clipping about Ellen Ballon's agent, Andrew Schulhof, and a ticket for a performance at Plateau Hall in Montreal featuring Ellen Ballon performing Heitor Villa-Lobos' first piano concerto with the CBC Symphony Orchestra.
File contains a copy of the 1906 publication of Anna Magdalena's 1725 Notebook with various short piano compositions, edited by Dr. Richard Batka. The book is inscribed to Ellen Ballon by Clara Lichtenstein, her teacher at McGill Conservatorium of Music, and dated April 7, 1910 in Montreal.
File contains documents related to Jenny Munday's visit to Playwrights' Workshop Montreal with her play, "Battle Fatigue." The documents include handwritten notes about the trip; a letter from Munday to Paula Dankhurst; and a passenger itinerary and invoice from Fraser and Hoyt Travel.