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Novellette : etude in seconds : op. 22, no. 1

Novellette : etude in seconds : op. 22, no. 1

File contains the manuscript for Alberto Jonàs' "Novelette" for piano, which he wrote for Ellen Ballon. Ballon was one of his students in New York from c. 1916 until 1925.

Jonàs, Alberto

The willows are new (after Wang Wei's Yang Kuan) : piano solo

Item is a photostat copy of Chou Wen-Chung's composition, based on "Yang Kuan," a composition for ch'in attributed to Wang Wei (689-759). The work for solo piano was sent to Ellen Ballon by the New York publishers, C.F. Peters, with an accompanying letter that indicated that the composition was undergoing publication.

Chou Wen-Chung

If love were all : [sheet music]

If love were all : [sheet music]

Item is the sheet music for a song in E-flat Major for solo voice and piano by William Axt. The words are from a poem of the same name by Martha Lois Wells. It is stamped and signed with the name "Marry Thomas."

Kenneth Leslie's office diary

Item is an office diary kept by Kenneth Leslie's secretaries at the New York office of The Protestant Digest in 1943. It contains a day-by-day breakdown of Leslie's meetings and correspondence sent, preparations for several issues of the magazine, progress with the development of the Textbook Commission, and accounts of the general comings and goings in the office.

Letter written by Kenneth Leslie regarding the threat posed by fascism and antisemitism in the United States

Item is a two-page typed letter written by Kenneth Leslie on December 17, 1942. The letter addresses the threat posed by the fascist movement and antisemitism in the United States, both at present during the war, as well as the threats posed "after the war is over", where "this Fascistic movement will let loose with its first barrage, to consist of a wave of terror against the Jew". The letter, which an accompanying index card suggests should be sent "first to Presidents of colleges and then to professors of education, philosophy, psychology, historical and sociological sciences", urges educators join the "Protestant Digest"-supported Textbook Commission to eliminate anti-Semitic statements in American textbooks as a means of warding off fascism and antisemitism "not in the name of any church but in the name of democracy".

Fortress America

Item is an audio cassette with a recording of the concert work "Fortress America" composed by Paul Cram and performed by the Manhattan New Music Project at the Great Hall, Cooper Union in New York, New York,
Good Friday Message : Shall We Take Our Turn at Murder? : [poster]

Good Friday Message : Shall We Take Our Turn at Murder? : [poster]

Item consists of a broadside produced by The Protestant (chaired by Kenneth Leslie) sometime in the mid-1940s, with the header "Good Friday Message" "Shall we take our turn at murder?" Item relates to anti-Semitic language and fascist activities affecting American (and Church) policy and opinion as it relates to efforts to establish a Jewish territory in Palestine.
Open Letter to the Missouri Knights of Columbus : [poster]

Open Letter to the Missouri Knights of Columbus : [poster]

Item consists of an illustrated broadside produced by The Protestant (edited by Kenneth Leslie), as it appeared in the Sunday, April 7, 1946 edition of The New York Times, containing a lengthy letter written by Leslie in response to anti-Soviet and pro-Franco Spanish statements from the Missouri Knights of Columbus Catholic fraternal society.
Good Friday Message from the Ministerial Action Committee of The Protestant : [poster]

Good Friday Message from the Ministerial Action Committee of The Protestant : [poster]

Item consists of a broadside produced by the Ministerial Action Committee of The Protestant (chaired by Kenneth Leslie and Chester Hodgson), as appeared in print on Wednesday, April 2, 1947, stating that "we cannot permit the Cross of Christ to be used as a bludgeon in the hands of those who would use the Jews, or any other religious or racial group, as scapegoats in their thrust for Fascist power over America".
1600 Protestant Ministers Defend Separation of Church and State : [poster]

1600 Protestant Ministers Defend Separation of Church and State : [poster]

Item consists of a broadside produced by The Protestant (chaired by Kenneth Leslie), likely in early 1945, titled "1600 Protestant Ministers Defend Separation of Church and State". Item includes facsimiles of articles from the New York Herald Tribune and New York Times (from February 1945), as well as a letter from Kenneth Leslie to Archbishop Francis J. Spellman, demanding opposition to "any attempt under whatever formula to involve the free democratic states in any deal in which the Vatican State or its representatives, or the representatives of any Protestant or Jewish establishment of religion, has part or place, either as principal or mediator" and other "disservice[s] to the country".
1613 Christian Ministers Demand an All-Out Anti-Fascist Peace : [poster]

1613 Christian Ministers Demand an All-Out Anti-Fascist Peace : [poster]

Item consists of a broadside produced by The Protestant (edited by Kenneth Leslie), as it appeared in the February 13, 1945 edition of the New York Post, containing a declaration from Leslie and the editorship directed to Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin, urging resistance against what Leslie deems the anti-Semitic influence of a "overtly political" Papacy.

Charter agreement between Charles T. White and T.S. Drisko

  • MS-4-284, SF Box 49, Folder 7
  • Item
  • 1887
Item is a charter party between T. S. Drisko and Charles T. White. The charter details the terms of a shipment of cargo from Apple River, Nova Scotia to New York, New York. The charter was brokered by James L. Sullivan.

White, Charles T.

Photograph of the "S.S. Trebia"

Photograph of the "S.S. Trebia"

Item is a photograph of the S.S. Trebia loading in New York enroute to Australia. The writing on the back states that the ship (2343 tons) was built in Port Glasgow, Scotland, in 1902 by Russell and Co.

Winter visions : prints by James Shirley

Items are catalogues for an exhibition of monographs by James (Jim) Shirley, organized and presented by Dalhousie Art Gallery in August and September 1975.

Catalogue contains an essay by Shirley, discussing his life, work, and experiences as a Black artist in South Bronx and rural Nova Scotia, a list of artworks, and images of select prints.

Mira Schor : paintings

Item is a catalogue for an exhibition of paintings by Mira Schor, organized by and presented at Dalhousie Art Gallery from December 9,1975-January 4, 1976.

Catalogue contains a resume, images of Schor's paintings, an essay by Schor, and a list of artworks.

Bridge shield shelter - Eric Fischl

Item is a catalogue for an exhibition of artwork by Eric Fischl (Assistant Professor, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design), organized at and presented by Dalhousie Art Gallery from October 2-29, 1975.

Catalogue contains text written by Fischl, including poetry and prose, images of Fischl's work, and a list of artworks in the exhibition.

Carleton Stanley's address to New York Dalhousie alumni

Carleton Stanley's address to New York Dalhousie alumni

Item consists of a typescript copy of an address delivered by Carleton Stanley before Dalhousie University alumni at an event in New York, May 4, 1934, discussing the financial situation at Dalhousie during a period of worldwide economic tumult. Speech was initially prepared May 2, 1934.
Carleton Stanley's address to the 1932 New York alumni banquet

Carleton Stanley's address to the 1932 New York alumni banquet

Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's address at the New York Alumni Banquet, March 26, 1932, discussing such topics as the rapid expansion of civilization, the problems inherent in defining economic history, changing education, and reversing the decline of certain faculties.

Zinka Milanov

The photographs show Zinka Milanov, a Croatian-born soprano singer who had a major career at the New York Metropolitan Opera. In one photograph, she is posing with a group of nine unidentified men. In the second photograph, an unidentified man is holding her an arrangement of flowers.

Robert Kirschbaum : works on paper

Item is a catalogue for an exhibition of artwork by Robert Kirschbaum, organized and presented at Dalhousie Art Gallery from July 10 to August 10, 1977.

Catalogue contains an essay by John Adkins Richardson ( Professor, Art and Design, Southern Illinois University), chronological resume of the artist, and b&w plates of artworks,

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