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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

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.

Notenbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 4
File
1906

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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.

Publicity photographs of Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8
File
[192-? - 1959]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains publicity photographs of Ellen Ballon. Most are portraits, but some feature her playing the piano, participating in World War II support activities, at ceremonies, at concerts, and at receptions. Most of the photographs are undated but seem to span the entirety of her adult life. The last photograph in the album is of Ballon receiving her honorary doctorate from McGill University in 1954.

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.

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.

Publicity photograph of Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 23
Item
[c. 1950 - 1969]

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

Proofs from photo shoot of Ellen Ballon, Aaron Copland, and Antal Dorati

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 32
Item
[c. 1940 - 1959]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a series of proofs from G.D. Hacket's photoshoot with Ellen Ballon, Antal Dorati (conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra) and composer Aaron Copland.

Suite

MS-5-2, Box 6, Folder 13
File
[before 1952]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File is a manuscript with three numbered pieces by Alfred La Liberté: "Pensée Tendre" (D-flat Major), dedicated to Katherine Sneed; "Prière (Choral)" (D Major), dedicated to Marcel Dupré; and "Dance-Song" (b minor).

La Liberté, Alfred

Märchen (Ritterzug), Op. 14, no. 2

MS-5-2, Box 6, Folder 9
Item
1905-1907

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a copy of the second tale in Medtner's Two Tales, Op. 14, for piano. It was published by P. Jurgenson and distributed in Leipzig by Robert Forberg in 1907 and includes an inscription to Ellen Ballon from Alfred La Liberté.

Medtner, Nikolay

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.

La paimpolaise : chanson du pêcheurs d'Islande

MS-5-2, Box 7, Folder 5
Item
1895

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a vocal score with the melody and lyrics for "La Paimpolaise" by the French singer-songwriter Théodore Botrel (1868-1925). The score and lyrics were handwritten by L. Coyteux Preouèl(?) in Ottawa on April 29, 1908.

Botrel, Théodore

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.

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.

Lotte Lehmann, Dr. Ross Flemington, and Ellen Ballon at Mount Allison University : [photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 13
File
1962

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a photograph of Lotte Lehmann and Ellen Ballon with Dr. Ross Flemington, president of Mount Allison University, following a concert in 1962.

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.

Ellen Ballon as a child : [photographs]

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

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Abram Chasins : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 3
File
1958

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

The McGill News : Ellen Ballon and Pauline Donalda receiving honorary doctorates from McGill University

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 7
File
1954

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a framed reproduction of the front cover of The McGill News (Winter 1954), featuring Ellen Ballon and the Canadian operatic soprano Pauline Donalda receiving their honorary doctorates. The photograph is in black and white but the banner for the magazine is in colour.

Group photograph including Dr. David Thomson, Samuel Bronfman, Mrs. Bronfman, Sir Ernest MacMillan, and Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 8
File
[1950 - 1969]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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.

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.

Ernest MacMillan : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 9, Folder 5
File
1953

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains an autographed photograph of Sir Ernest MacMillan, the conductor of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, in commemoration of a performance with Ellen Ballon of Heitor Villa-Lobos' first piano concerto.

Virgil Thomson : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 9, Folder 6
File
1954

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains an autographed photograph of the American composer Virgil Thomson, addressed to Ellen Ballon, "my doctor and friend."

Newspaper clippings

Series
1941-1965

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Series contains newspaper clippings about Ellen Ballon. Clippings include articles about a variety of subjects, including Ellen Ballon's life in general, concerts, and her hobbies.

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