Archives Catalogue

Photograph of Ellen Ballon, Fiorello H. LaGuardia, and unidentified man in uniform

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 21
Item
[c. 1942 -1945]

Item is a photograph of Fiorello H. Laguardia, the Mayor of New York (1934-1945) , signing a scroll of greetings from the "Men in New York at the Stage Door Canteen" to the "Men of Canada." The "Men of Canada" refers to the Canadian service-men's center that opened in Ellen Ballon's family home in Montreal.

Photograph of Ellen Ballon with West Point Military Academy cadets

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 26
Item
January 26, 1941

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a press photograph of Ellen Ballon with three cadets from the West Point Military Academy, where she performed as a guest soloist with their symphonic band. Pictured with her are R.B. Dean, Jr. of Forest Hills, New York; Gordon Gould, Jr. of Mobile, Atlanta; and J.A. Martell of Worcester, Massachusetts.

Photograph of Ellen Ballon with unidentified woman

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 30
Item
[c. 1940 - 1949]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Photograph of Ellen Ballon with Antal Dorati and Aaron Copland

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 27
Item
[c. 1940 - 1959]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a press photograph of Ellen Ballon at the piano with the American composer Aaron Copland and Antal Dorati, conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.

Photograph of Ellen Ballon with Antal Dorati

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 28
Item
[c. 1940 - 1959]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a press photograph of Ellen Ballon at the piano with Antal Dorati, conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.

Photograph of Ellen Ballon with Aaron Copland

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 29
Item
[c. 1940 - 1959]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a press photograph of Ellen Ballon at the piano with the American composer Aaron Copland.

Photograph of Ellen Ballon touring the West Point museum with cadets

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 25
Item
January 26, 1941

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a press photograph of Ellen Ballon touring the West Point Military Academy, where she performed as a guest soloist with their symphonic band. Pictured with her are cadets, R.B. Dean, Jr. of Forest Hills, New York; Gordon Gould, Jr. of Mobile, Atlanta; and J.A. Martell of Worcester, Massachusetts.

Photograph of Ellen Ballon helping with the American Red Cross Blood Donor Service

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 24
Item
[c. 1942 - 1945]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Photograph of Ellen Ballon for her honorary Doctor of Music from McGill University

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 31
Item
1954

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Photograph of Eileen Joyce performance

MS-5-22, Box 17, Folder 51
Item
[ca. 2000]

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

Item is a photograph of Eileen Joyce performing on stage. No date is noted.

Photograph of Eileen Joyce and Bill Harvey

MS-5-22, Box 22, Folder 14
Item
August 6, 2000

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

Item is a photograph of Eileen Joyce and Bill Harvey on their wedding day with members of the Nova Scotia Mass Choir.

Photograph features Joe Colley, Tim Dunn, Lela Coles, and other choir members.

Photograph of Eileen Joyce

MS-5-22, Box 17, Folder 49
Item
July 19, 1997

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

Item is a photograph of Eileen Joyce performing with Joe Colley, Lela Coles, and Helen Vaughan on July 19, 1997.

Photograph of Dalhousie Band

PC1, Box 9, Folder 1
File
3 Oct. 1936

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains a photograph of the Dalhousie band at a Dalhousie-Acadia football game on October 3rd, 1936. The photograph shows the following band members sitting on bleachers: Henry Reardon; Raqhael Wallace; Grodon Stoddard; John Morrison; Frank Morse; Leo Landerville; Alex Farquar; Lloyd Dalton; Nora Jamieson; Edgar Stewart; Clem Egan; Henry Gold; Jack Burley; Ralph Plummer; Ian Robb; McLeod; Bud McKenna; Fred Stiefel; Fred Danziger; J. Alexander Webster; Cameron Annear; George Baird; MacMillan; Jack Reynolds; John Hutton; Oliver Campbell; Roy Killam; Robert Levine; Stan McQueen; Henrik Tonning; Ed Harrington; Daniel Matheson; Zilpha Linkletter; Ben Dubilier; Carvel MacIntosh; Murray Feigenbaum; David Redmond; Selig Geller; John B. Baker; Glynn Fitch; Jean MacDonald; Marion Little; and Archie MacKenzie.

Hayward, J.C.M.

Photograph of Bucky Adams receiving the pioneer award

MS-5-22, Box 16, Folder 44
Item
January 2011

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

Item is a photograph of Bucky Adams receiving the Pioneer Award at the African Nova Scotian Music Association awards.

Photograph of Bucky Adams performances

MS-5-22, Box 16, Folder 46
Item
February 2012

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

Item is a photograph of Bucky Adams performing at the Valentine's Day concert, "For the Love of God IV," in February 2012.

Photograph of Bucky Adams in Prince Edward Island

MS-5-22, Box 16, Folder 37
Item
April 1996

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

Item is a photograph of Bucky Adams with the Nova Scotia Mass Choir in Prince Edward Island.

Photograph also features Kathy Grant, Karen Grant, Lela Coles, and other choir members.

Photograph of Bucky Adams at the international canoe championships

MS-5-22, Box 16, Folder 38
Item
August 1997

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

Item is a photograph of Bucky Adams at the International Canoe Championships in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia in August 1997.

Photograph also features Jeremiah Sparks, Linda Carvery, and one other member of the Nova Scotia Mass Choir.

Photograph of Bucky Adams at the Halifax Jazz Festival

MS-5-22, Box 16, Folder 43
Item
July 2010

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

Item is a photograph of Bucky Adams at the Halifax Jazz Festival in July 2010.

Photograph of Bucky Adams at Merrill's restaurant

MS-5-22, Box 16, Folder 40
Item
October 1995

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

Item is a photograph of Bucky Adams at Merrill's restaurant.

Photograph of Bucky Adams at an album release for the Nova Scotia Mass Choir

MS-5-22, Box 16, Folder 36
Item
February 1996

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

Item is a photograph of Nova Scotia Mass Choir members at CBC radio for the release of the album, "He Never Failed Me Yet," in February 1996.

Photograph features Bucky Adams and the band.

Photograph of Bucky Adams

MS-5-22, Box 18, Folder 6
Item
[19-]

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

Item is a black and white photograph of Bucky Adams holding his saxophone on stage. No date is noted.

Photograph of Bruce Chapman

MS-5-22, Box 17, Folder 19
Item
2014

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

Item is a photograph of Bruce Chapman with two unnamed individuals taken by Marcin Moka Photography and developed by Joy O'Brien.

Photograph of Brainerd Blyden-Taylor

MS-5-22, Box 17, Folder 14
Item
August 1997

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

Item is a photograph of Brainerd Blyden-Thomas, director of the Orpheus Choir and one of the founding directors of the Nova Scotia Mass Choir.

Photograph of B.B. King

MS-5-22, Box 18, Folder 10
Item
[19-]

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

Item is a photograph of B.B. King playing the guitar with the handwritten annotation "To Bucky From B.B." No date is noted.

Photograph of a Nova Scotia Mass Choir rehearsal

MS-5-22, Box 16, Folder 3
Item
January 19, 2012

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

Item is a photograph of a Nova Scotia Mass Choir rehearsal from January 19, 2012.

Photograph of a Holiday Inn billboard

MS-5-22, Box 18, Folder 9
Item
[19-]

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

Item is a photograph of a Holiday Inn billboard which notes "Joe Sealy, Bucky Adams, Chuck Cornish in lounge tonight." No date is noted.

Photograph of a billboard promoting a Nova Scotia Mass Choir concert

MS-5-22, Box 12, Folder 71
File
July 24, 1999

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains a photograph of a billboard promoting a Nova Scotia Mass Choir concert on July 24, 1999. The billboard is located just outside South Shore Arena in Crapaud, Prince Edward Island.

Performance records of the Halifax Camerata Singers

Series
1991-1996

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

Series contains programs, advertisements, and reviews for concerts by the Halifax Camerata Singers, sometimes in collaboration with other musicians and ensembles.

Passacaglia : piano solo

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 36
Item
1961

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File includes a copy of Duchow's piano composition, accompanied by a note to Ellen Ballon from [Guanni?].

Duchow, Marvin

Out of the ashes : [score]

MS-5-21, Box 3, Folder 5
Item
1994

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is a conductor's score for "Out of the Ashes," a concert work composed by Paul Cram for Upstream Ensemble. The piece was registered with SoCan in August 1990 and renewed in 1994. It debuted at Saint Mary's University on September 23, 1990. Instrumentation includes flute and soprano saxophone (reed one), clarinet and tenor saxophone (reed two), bass clarinet and clarinet (reed three), trumpet, synth one, synth two and piano, and drums.

Out of the ashes : [part]

MS-5-21, Box 8, Folder 9
Item
1994

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is the trumpet part for Paul Cram's "Out of the Ashes."

Order for information morning show

MS-5-15.2006-018, Box 2, Folder 5
File
December 17, 1993

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains the order of carols for Halifax Camerata Singers' performance on CBC Information Morning.

One heart broken into song : [parts]

MS-5-21, Box 4, Folder 16
File
1999

Part of Paul Cram fonds

File contains soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophone parts for "Swing Low" and alto, tenor and baritone saxophone parts for Paul Cram's "One Heart Broken into Song," from his score for the film of the same name, directed by Clement Virgo and written by George Elliott Clarke.

On the Highway: concert sketch for the piano

MS-5-1, Box 2, Folder 14
Item
1917

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

Item is the sheet music for a solo piano composition dedicated to Harvey Robb in E-flat Major.

Forsyth, W. O. (Wesley Octavius)

OHMYGOD! : [parts]

MS-5-21, Box 8, Folder 2
File
2005

Part of Paul Cram fonds

File includes multiple copies of the 12 parts of Paul Cram's score OHMYGOD!, which includes: drums; trumpet; violin; bass clarinet; bass; tenor sax; flute; baritone sax; voice; audio; and guitar.

Noye's fludde, a medieval pageant

MS-5-22, OS Box 21, Folder 25
Item
June 18, 2000

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

Item is a poster of Benjamin Britten's production, "Noye's Fludde, A Medieval Pageant," in support of Saint George's YouthNet at Saint George's Round Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Directed by Jeremy Webb. Musical director Garth MacPhee. The production featured Jeremiah Sparks, Deborah Allen, and others.

Nova Scotia Mass Choir on stage

MS-5-22, OS Box 21, Folder 35
Item
March 20, 1997

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

Item is a poster for a Nova Scotia Mass Choir concert at Cole Harbour High School.

Nova Scotia Mass Choir gospel in the round

MS-5-22, OS Box 21, Folder 30
Item
August 10, 2001

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

Item is a poster promoting a concert by the Nova Scotia Mass Choir at Saint George's Round Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia on March 11, 2000. The event celebrated two hundred years of the church.

Nova Scotia Mass Choir : [musical scores and lyrics]

MS-5-22, Box 1, Folder 14
File
1993-2020

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains vocal scores and lyrics to songs performed by the Nova Scotia Mass Choir.

Titles include "By and By, Lord," "Come Unto Me," "Go Tell It On The Mountain," and others.

Nova Scotia Mass Choir : [musical scores and lyrics]

MS-5-22, Box 1, Folder 15
File
1993-1999

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains vocal scores and lyrics to songs performed by the Nova Scotia Mass Choir.

Titles include "The Lord is my Shepherd," "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen," "Save the Children," and others.

Nova Scotia Mass Choir

MS-5-22, OS Box 21, Folder 38
Item
April 2, 2011

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

Item is a poster for a Nova Scotia Mass Choir concert at the Festival Theatre in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. The concert was a part of the Acadia Performing Arts Series and featured guest soloist, Linda Carvery.

Northern lights with Christianne Rushton : [poster]

MS-5-15.2018-027, Box 2, Folder 30
File
April 2, 2005

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains a poster for a concert by the Halifax Camerata Singers with Christianne Rushton at the Lilian Piercey Recital Hall in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Newspaper clippings concerning the Prom concert

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 26
File
1948

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a newspaper article on Ballon's performance at the Prom concert series in London, England, and two pages of photocopied news articles on the same performance.

Newspaper clippings concerning radio schedules, recordings, and performances

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 25
File
1951

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File also contains newspaper clipping relating to Ellen Ballon's agent Andrew Schulhof and music in Montreal.

Newspaper clippings concerning radio schedules and recitals

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 22
File
1954

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File also includes clippings about Ellen Ballon's collection of miniatures from the Good Housekeeping magazine.

Newspaper clippings concerning radio schedules and advertisements

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 21
File
1955-1958

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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.

Newspaper clippings concerning organ concerts by Allen M. Reid

MS-5-1, Box 5, Folder 18
File
1913, 1916

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

Newspaper clippings concerning concerts and other topics

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 27
File
1941-1946

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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.

Newspaper clippings concerning concerts and Ellen Ballon's recovery from her injury