Archives Catalogue

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 19, Item 3
Item
1927 - [195-?]

Anton Rubenstein : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 4
File
1873

File contains an autographed postcard photograph of Arthur Rubinstein with some handwritten music on the back, signed during his American tour in New York on May 18, 1873.

Ellen Ballon as a child : [photographs]

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 19
File
1899 - 1906

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Norman Dello Joio : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 35
File
[19--?]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains one signed photograph of the American composer, Norman Dello Joio (1913-2008), inscribed to Ellen Ballon.

Hugh Ross : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 34
File
[19--?]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains one signed photograph of Hugh Ross(?), inscribed to Ellen Ballon.

Dr. Charles F. Martin : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 25
File
[19--?]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains one signed photograph of the Dean of Medicine at McGill University, Dr. Charles F. Martin.

Ellen Ballon and Sir William C. MacDonald : [photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 12
File
[1905 - 1910]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a photograph of a young Ellen Ballon with tobacco manufacturer and Canadian education philanthropist Sir William Christopher MacDonald.

Harold Bauer : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 32
File
1906

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains one signed photograph of the English pianist Harold Bauer.

Emma Albani : [autographed print]

MS-5-2, Box 7, Folder 2
File
1906

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains an autographed photograph from the Montreal-based soprano, Emma Albani, addressed to Ellen Ballon.

Ada L. Richardson : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 11
File
1906

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a photograph of Ada L. Richardson who taught Ellen Ballon.

Raoul Pugno : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 7, Folder 6
File
January 16, 1906

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains an autographed photograph of the French pianist Raoul Pugno (1852-1915), addressed to Ellen Ballon. The photograph was taken by an indecipherable studio in New York.

Arthur Rubenstein in New York : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 6, Folder 3
File
July 15, 1906

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a photograph of a young Arthur Rubenstein with a German inscription signed by Rubenstein below.

Rafael Joseffy and family : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 29
File
1907

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains one signed photograph of the Hungarian pianist Rafael Joseffy and his family.

Rubin Goldmark : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 9
File
1907

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Sydney Dalton : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 16
File
1907

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

William Howard Taft : [photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 14
File
1917

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a copy of a portrait of President Taft of the United States (1909-1913) with an inscription below to D.H. Ballon (Dr. David H. Ballon) of Montreal and his sister, Ellen Ballon.

Publicity photograph of Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 13
Item
[c. 1920 - 1939]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Publicity photograph of Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 15
Item
[c. 1920 - 1939]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Publicity photograph of Ellen Ballon sitting at a piano

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 7
Item
[c. 1920 - 1939]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Alberto Jonás : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 7, Folder 4
File
1920

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains an autographed photograph of Alberto Jonás, addressed to his "wonderfully talented pupil," Ellen Ballon.

Publicity photograph of Ellen Ballon playing a piano

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 5
Item
[c. 1920 - 1939]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Publicity photograph of Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 14
Item
[c. 1920 - 1939]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Murial Dundas : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 7, Folder 3
File
April 25, 1925

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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.

Publicity photograph of Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 10
Item
[c. 1930 - 1949]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Publicity photograph of Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 16
Item
[c. 1930 - 1949]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Publicity photograph of Ellen Ballon playing a piano

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 20
Item
[c. 1930 - 1949]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a photograph of Ellen Ballon's hands playing a Steinway & Sons piano.

Publicity photograph of Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 18
Item
[c. 1930 - 1949]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Publicity photograph of Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 19
Item
[c. 1930 - 1949]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Photograph of Ellen Ballon with a piano

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 23
File
[1930 - 1969]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a publicity photograph of Ellen Ballon posing with a piano.

Karsh, Yousuf

Photograph of The Three Bares sculpture at McGill University

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 17
File
[1931]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a photograph of "The Three Bares" sculpture (also known as the "Friendship Fountain"), which was given to McGill University by its creator, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, as a show of goodwill between the United States and Canada. Ellen Ballon met Whitney while in New York and reportedly suggested the donation of the sculpture. It was presented to the university in 1931 by New York Times editor John Finley in 1931.

The three graces by Whitney Gertrude : [photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 9, Folder 11
File
[1931]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a photograph of the sculpture "The Three Graces" by Gertrude Whitney. The sculpture was installed at McGill University in 1931.

Wilfrid Pelletier : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 9, Folder 1
File
1933

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains one signed photograph of the Canadian conductor, (Joseph Louis) Wilfrid Pelletier.

Captain Victor Cazale : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 38
File
1936

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Publicity photograph of Ellen Ballon sitting at a piano

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 11
Item
[c. 1940 - 1959]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Publicity photograph of Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 17
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.

Publicity photograph of Ellen Ballon playing a piano

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 12
Item
[c. 1940 - 1959]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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 with unidentified woman

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

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Publicity photograph of Ellen Ballon sitting at a piano

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 6
Item
[c. 1940 - 1959]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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 R.A. Delahaye, Adhemar Raynault, Rosalie Phillips, Isidore Ballon, and David H. Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 22
Item
[c. 1942 - 1945]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a photograph of Ellen Ballon's brother, Dr. David H. Ballon, speaking at the Montreal ceremony where he turned over the Ballon family home to the Canadian Jewish Congress for the duration of World War II to be used as a servicemen's hostel. Also included in the photograph are Group Captain R.A. Delahaye of the Royal Canadian Air Force; Mayor Adhemar Raynault of Montreal; Mrs. Rosalie (Lazarus) Phillips, the head of the Canadian Jewish Contress Women's Division; and Isidore Ballon, K.C.

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]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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.

Ellen Ballon with unknown woman at the opening of the Metropolitan Opera

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 20
File
1942

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Izler Solomon : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 9, Folder 3
File
1944

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Antal Dorati : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 9, Folder 4
File
1946

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains an autographed photograph of Antal Dorati, the conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, in commemoration of the United States' premiere of Heitor Villa-Lobos' first piano concerto.