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Concerto para piano e orquestra : primiero e segundo fagotes

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 5, Item 2
Item
1945

Item is one of two copies of the first and second bassoon parts for Heitor Villa Lobos' first piano concerto, dedicated to Ellen Ballon. The parts were copied by Henrique Martins. This part was used by the second bassoonists.

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.

Letter from William Somerset Maugham to Ellen Ballon and Sally Ryan

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 9
Item
October 16, 1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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

MS-2-232, OS Box 22, Folder 13, Item 3
Item
1945

Part of Kenneth Leslie fonds

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]

MS-2-232, OS Box 22, Folder 13, Item 4
Item
February 13, 1945

Part of Kenneth Leslie fonds

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.

Concerto para piano e orquestra : primiero e segundo fagotes

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 5, Item 1
Item
1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is one of two copies of the first and second bassoon parts for Heitor Villa Lobos' first piano concerto, dedicated to Ellen Ballon. The parts were copied by Henrique Martins. This part was used by the first bassoonists.

Letter from William Somerset Maugham to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 8
Item
May 22, 1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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

MS-2-232, OS Box 22, Folder 13, Item 2
Item
[1944?]

Part of Kenneth Leslie fonds

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.

Letter from William Somerset Maugham to Ralph Gustafson, Sally Ryan, and Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 1
Item
May 30, 1944

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from William Somerset Maugham to Sally Ryan and Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 2
Item
June 13, 1944

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from William Somerset Maugham to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 4
Item
November 19, 1944

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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.

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

The Mary Celeste : The odyssey of an abandoned ship

MS-2-518, Box 1, Folder 11, Item 2
Item
[ca.1942]

Part of Irving Deale collection

Item is a booklet titled "The Mary Celeste: The odyssey of an abandoned ship," published by The Atlantic Companies in 1942.

Correspondence between Movie Makers magazine and Alexander Leighton

MS-13-86, Box 96, Folder 9, Item 3
File
1937 - 1941

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a series of letters between Arthur Gale and Alexander Leighton regarding his film "Porpoise Oil." The correspondence includes an announcement of its inclusion as an Honorable Mention by Movie Makers staff in the selection of the Ten Best Non-theatrical Films of 1937, as well as letters about an article Gale commissioned from Leighton about the making of his film. There is also correspondence from 1941 with James Moore at The Amateur Cinema League regarding Alexander Leighton's possible submission of his film about Navajo life, "Work for your Own," for a contest in the Special Class.

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

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

"Selected for Exhibit" at the First International Photographic Exhibition

MS-13-86, Box 96, Folder 9, Item 4
Item
1938

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Item is a medallion awarded to Alexander Leighton for his film Porpoise Oil's selection for screening at the First International Photographic Exhibition held at Grand Central Palace in New York, April 18-24, 1938.

Captain Victor Cazale : [autographed photograph]

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

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Carleton Stanley's address to New York Dalhousie alumni

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 78
Item
4 May 1934

Part of President’s Office fonds

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.

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.

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

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 20
Item
26 March 1932

Part of President’s Office fonds

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.

Photograph of the first annual dinner of the Dalhousie Club of New York

PC1, Box 28, Folder 26
File
April 5, 1931

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains a photograph of the first annual dinner of the Dalhousie Club of New York. The dinner was attended by President Arthur Stanley MacKenzie and Archibald MacMechan. Photograph was taken by Standard Flashlight Company Inc.

Publicity photograph of Ellen Ballon

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

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Bronx River in the park, New York

MS-2-128, PB Box 5, Folder 68, Item 2
Item
1925

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Konzert etüde, op. 22 no. 1

MS-5-2, Box 6, Folder 11
Item
[1916-1925]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is the original score inscribed to Ellen Ballon by Alberto Jonas. Ballon was one of Jonás' students in New York from c. 1916 until 1925.

Jonàs, Alberto

Waterfalls in Bronx Park, New York

MS-2-128, PB Box 5, Folder 68, Item 1
Item
1925

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

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

MS-5-2, Box 2, Folder 12
Item
[1916-1925]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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

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.

If love were all : [sheet music]

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 59
Item
1923

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

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."

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.

Etude de concert, Op. 1, no. 1

MS-5-2, Box 6, Folder 7
Item
1910

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is an autographed copy of Rafael Joseffy's edition of Paul de Schlözer's etude. It was published by G. Schirmer of New York as part of a "Studies for Concert Use for Piano Solo" series.

Joseffy, Rafael

Csárdás no. 2

MS-5-2, Box 7, Folder 1
Item
1909

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a copy of Joseffy's composition, dedicated to his friend Moriz Rosenthal, and inscribed to Ellen Ballon. File includes a copy of handwritten piano scale exercises, presumably by Joseffy for Ballon.

Joseffy, Rafael

Soughing pines, Op. 12, no. 4

MS-5-2, Box 6, Folder 6, Item 4
Item
1908

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item contains the fourth piece in Rubin Goldmark's composition "In the Forest: Four Piano Compositions." This piece is dedicated to Paolo Gallico.

Titania's waltz, Op. 12, no. 1

MS-5-2, Box 6, Folder 6, Item 1
Item
1908

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item contains the first piece in Rubin Goldmark's composition "In the Forest: Four Piano Compositions." This piece is dedicated to Paolo Gallico.

Weeping willows, Op. 12, no. 2

MS-5-2, Box 6, Folder 6, Item 2
Item
1908

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item contains the second piece in Rubin Goldmark's composition "In the Forest: Four Piano Compositions." This piece is dedicated to Paolo Gallico.

In the rushes, Op. 12, no. 3

MS-5-2, Box 6, Folder 6, Item 3
Item
1908

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item contains the third piece in Rubin Goldmark's composition "In the Forest: Four Piano Compositions." This piece is dedicated to Paolo Gallico.

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

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.

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.

Correspondence from Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, April 19, 1904

MS-2-82, Box 15, Folder 14, Item 2
Item
April 19, 1904

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to the MacMechans, dated April 19, 1904 in Brooklyn, New York, thanking both for their educational support, as well as providing updates of life at Harvard.

Photograph of the "S.S. Trebia"

MS-2-266, PB 4, Folder 43
Item
[ca. 1902]

Part of Everett MacDougall fonds

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.