Archives Catalogue

Correspondence and certificate from the Secretary of the Board of Governors of McGill University

MS-5-2, Box 4, Folder 6
File
1960

File contains correspondence and a certificate from the Secretary of the Board of Governors of McGill University regarding the proceeds from the Martlet Concert and Ball as well as Ellen Ballon's general support of the McGill music program.

Letter from Edvard Grieg to M.T. Dahlström

MS-6, Box 1, Folder 18
File
November 19, 1905

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

File contains a letter from Edvard Grieg to M.T. Dahlström written on November 19, 1905. In the letter, Grieg discusses the interpretation of Henrik Ibsen's poem, "The Swan."

Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907

Correspondence regarding Halifax Relief Commission dormitories

UA-3, Box 312, Folder 6
File
1919-1921

Part of President’s Office fonds

Correspondence, articles, association finances

MS-13-82, Box 31, Folder 4
File
1895-2009

Part of J. Gordon Duff fonds

File contains correspondence, articles from journals, magazines and newspapers, finances, a 1921 annual meeting program, association programs and booklets pertaining to the Canadian Pharmacists Association.

Correspondence - Central Medical Supplies

MS-2-128, Box 2, Folder 20
File
1942

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

File contains correspondence from Balcom's time as Officer Commanding, Medical Stores, and Chief Medical Stores Inspection Officer during World War II. Original file split between files 2-19 and 2-20.

Leslie, Kenneth : [correspondence with Norman Creighton]

MS-2-689, Box 8, Folder 15
File
1968

Part of Norman Creighton fonds

1 folder

Student correspondence: Fraser, F. Murray

UA-13, Box 96, Folder 2
File
1957-1963

Part of Dalhousie Faculty of Law fonds

Correspondence between the dean's office and students during Horace Read's deanship.

Employee file for Basil Andrew Purdy

MS-4-68, Box 7, Folder 24
File
1970

Part of Scott Paper Company fonds

File contains the employee file for Basil Andrew Purdy. File correspondence and reports about a fatal accident.

Letter from Walter de Mouilpied Scriver to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 7
File
September 30, 1952

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a letter from Walter de Mouilpied to Ellen Ballon, written on September 30, 1952. The letter thanks Ballon for a performance she gave at an honorary dinner. Item is accompanied by the stamped envelope in which Ballon received the letter. The postage stamp has been removed from the envelope.

Scriver, Walter de Mouilpied

Letter from Yehudi Menuhin to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 9
File
December 2, 1957

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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.

Menuhin, Yehudi, 1916-1999

Correspondence and certificate from the Dean of the Faculty of Music at McGill University

MS-5-2, Box 4, Folder 5
File
1954

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains correspondence and a certificate regarding the honorary Doctor of Music awarded to Ellen Ballon in 1954.

Letters from Charles -Francois Gounod

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 22
File
1847, 1885

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains two letters written by the composer Charles Francois Gounod. Both letters are numbered (322 and 327) in pencil for an auction.

Gounod, Charles-Francois

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt's response to invitation from Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 8
File
1944

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a printed letter from the White House sent in response to an invitation from Ellen Ballon for Mrs. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt to attend an event in New York on November 28, 1944.

Correspondence and notes regarding the organization of an Upstream Ensemble tour

MS-5-16, Box 7, Folder 28
File
1991-1992

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes correspondence with Sound Symposium, St. John's, Newfoundland; Antigonish Performing Arts Series; and the School of Music at Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Letters from William Somerset Maugham to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 10
File
1944-1954

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains letters to Ellen Ballon from William Somerset Maugham concerning gifts, performances, visits, friends, and books. Some of the letters are also addressed to Sally "Tammie" Ryan and Ralph Gustafson.

Somerset Maugham, William

Letter from Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 24
File
1898

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a letter and a cropped postcard depicting a churchyard with a musical excerpt written in pen over top of the picture.

Massenet, Jules Émile Frédéric

Letters from Frank Cyril James to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 15
File
1952-1954

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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.

James, Frank Cyril

Letters from Sir William Stewart and Phyllis Duke-Elder to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 17
File
1955

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains two short notes, one from Sir William Stewart Duke-Elder, and the other from his wife, Phyllis, thanking Ellen Ballon for lunch.

Duke-Elder, William Stewart, Sir

Letters from Alice Mary, Princess of Albany, to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 21
File
1954-1955

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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.

Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone

Letters from Camille Saint-Saens

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 26
File
1901, 1905

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains two letters written by Camille Saint-Saens to unidentified people.

Saint-Saens, Camille

Letters from Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 25
File
1834, 1839-1840

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains two letters from Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (dated 1839) accompanied by one transcription and one translation of other original letters not in the collection (dated 1840).

Mendelssohn, Felix

Letter from Wilhelm Backhaus to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 20
File
1926

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a letter from Wilhelm Backhaus concerning his and Ellen Ballon's performances, written while Backhaus was performing in New Zealand.

Backhaus, Wilhelm

Letter from Major John White Hughes Bassett to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 18
File
1953

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a citation of a poem by Robbie Burns, signed by John Bassett, the president and managing director of the Montreal Gazette.

Bassett, John White Hughes

Letter from Edna Ferber to Ellen Ballon, Sally Ryan, and Ralph Gustafson

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 16
File
1947

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a letter from Edna Ferber in response to a birthday telegram sent by Ellen Ballon, Sally Ryan, and Ralph Gustafson of High Perch Farm, Georgetown, Connecticut.

Ferber, Edna

Letter from Josef Hofmann to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 13
File
1953

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a letter from Josef Hoffman granting Ellen Ballon permission to use his name in a scholarship. Hofmann was Ballon's teacher from 1914-1916 in Switzerland.

Hofmann, Josef

Letter from Lotte Lehmann to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 11
File
1958

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a brief thank-you note for flowers received.

Lehmann, Charlotte

Letters from Heitor and Arminda Villa-Lobos to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 6
File
1946-1952

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains three letters from Heitor Villa-Lobos and one letter and a telegram from Arminda Villa-Lobos. Letters primarily concern Ellen Ballon's performance of Villa-Lobos' music. File also includes four envelopes with Brazilian postage stamps.

Villa-Lobos, Heitor

Letter from William Schwenck Gilbert

MS-5-1, Box 1, Folder 16
File
May 11, 1897

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains an autographed letter from the English dramatist William Schwenck Gilbert, addressed to the actress Mrs. Bernard Beere (Fanny Mary Whitehead). In 1897, she appeared as Lisa in Gilbert's play "Gretchen".

Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck)

Letter from Jacques Offenbach

MS-5-1, Box 1, Folder 17
File
January 25, 1856

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains an autographed letter from Jacques Offenbach as Director of the Theatre des Bouffes Parisiens, addressed to "Monsieur le Baron" (likely Georges-Eugène Haussmann, commonly known as Baron Haussman).

Offenbach, Jacques

Letter from Eduard Remenyi

MS-5-1, Box 1, Folder 18
File
April 22, 1862

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains an autographed letter from Ede Remenyi, addressed to "Mon cher Hermann."

Reményi, Eduard

Letter from John Philip Sousa

MS-5-1, Box 1, Folder 19
File
March 7, 1885

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains an autographed letter from John Philip Sousa, written on his letterhead from the Marine Band and Orchestra, Washington, D.C. The letter is stored in a folder and includes a copy of a photograph of Sousa from 1895 .

Sousa, John Philip

Letter from Giuseppe Verdi

MS-5-1, Box 1, Folder 20
File
June 15, 1850

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains an autographed letter from Giuseppe Verdi, addressed to his publisher in Paris, Léon Escudier.

Verdi, Giuseppe

Autographs and letters from various composers

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 27
File
1844-1921

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File includes a postcard with a black and white photograph of Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945), an Italian opera composer. The postcard has various signatures on the front, including Francesco Marconi (1855-1916, operatic tenor from Rome) and four other illegible signatures. The postcard is addressed to Frau Dr. Lehnsern(?) of Berlin. File also includes the incipits of three pieces by Ignaz Moscheles (1794-1870), signed at dated October 3, 1844. There are also five letters written by the following composers: Jacques Offenbach (1879), Gustav Mahler (1899), Edvard Grieg (1902), Maurice Ravel (1921), and Ignacy Paderewski (n.d., 1860-1941).

Letter from Franz Liszt

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 23
File
November 21, 1842

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a letter written by Franz Liszt to an unidentified person, accompanied by a typed transcription. The letter addresses the publication of some of his songs by Schott, and his cousin, Mlle. Liszt.

Liszt, Franz

Telegram from Isidore Ballon to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 19
File
[19--?]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a telegram sent to Ellen Ballon concerning money.

Correspondence regarding Africville relocation report

UA-26, Box 114, Folder 9
File
1969-1974

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

File contains correspondence related to the publication of the Africville Relocation Report, draft tables and contents, and the transcript of a radio interview with Archie Dixon, Don Clairmont, and Gus Wedderburn.

Correspondence regarding Africville relocation report

UA-26, Box 114, Folder 11
File
1968-1972

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

File contains photograph layouts and correspondence regarding the Africville relocation report published in 1971 by the Institute of Public Affairs. File also contains one 8 x 10 in. photograph.

Correspondence regarding Africville relocation report

UA-26, Box 118, Folder 1
File
1970-1974

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

File contains correspondence and reviewer revision recommendations pertaining to the publication of the Africville Relocation Report.

Letter from Reginald Goddino to Mr. and Mrs. Gillis

MS-5-8, SF Box 17, Folder 19
File
October 20, 1946

Part of Ivan Maxwell Gillis fonds

Letters to Sheila Allan Gornall

MS-5-8, SF Box 17, Folder 20
File
1939-1943

Part of Ivan Maxwell Gillis fonds

Stieb, Ernst

MS-13-82, Box 29, Folder 13
File
1994-1995

Part of J. Gordon Duff fonds

File contains correspondence between J. Gordon Duff and Ernst Stieb (1921-) Professor Emeritus of the University of Toronto. File also contains a 16-page document by J. Esmonde Cooke of the Maritime College of Pharmacy entitled "The AFPC Martime Connection"

Cooke, J. Esmonde

John Ryan : documents and correspondence

MS-13-82, Box 31, Folder 1
File
2004-2007

Part of J. Gordon Duff fonds

File contains records related to Dr. John Ryan (1928-2007), a notable Nova Scotian pharmacist. Materials include correspondence with John Ryan, Lilly [?] Stratton, and Janice Fleming, as well as biographies, newspaper articles, funeral liturgy, and a 2004 convocation documents related to the Mr. Pharmacy Award.

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