Archives Catalogue

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

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 21, Item 1
Item
August 5, 1954

Item contains a letter from Princess Alice concerning a concert that Ellen Ballon gave, including pieces by Heitor Villa-Lobos.

Research and program notes pertaining to Vaughan Williams

MS-2-26, Box 5, Folder 17
File
1948-1954

Part of Anthony Pugh fonds

File contains drafts of program notes by Anthony Pugh pertaining to the music of Ralph Vaughan Williams. The file also includes Pugh's analytical notes on the London Symphony and programs used in his research from the Liverpool Philharmonic Society, Cambridge University Musical Society, and "His Master's Voice" gramophone record. The file also includes two newspaper clippings about Vaughan Williams' performances.

Newspaper clippings concerning advertisements, media schedules, and recitals

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 23
File
1953

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File also includes a repertoire list for a piano performance by Ellen Ballon on BBC television.

Local government in Britain : Central Office of Information

MS-2-693, Box 2, Folder 35
File
1952

Part of R. Graham Murray fonds

Newspaper clippings concerning radio schedules, recordings, and performances

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 25
File
1951

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File also contains newspaper clipping relating to Ellen Ballon's agent Andrew Schulhof and music in Montreal.

International Code of Medical Ethics

PC1, Oversize Folder 66
File
1949

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File is a document outlining the International Code of Medical Ethics adopted by the Third General Assemly of The World Medical Association at London, England, October, 1949.

Newspaper clippings concerning the Prom concert

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 26
File
1948

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a newspaper article on Ballon's performance at the Prom concert series in London, England, and two pages of photocopied news articles on the same performance.

Helen Stewart (Mackay) Maclellan's correspondence with her mother Sarah Bruce MacKay

MS-2-762, Box 2, Folders 3 and 4
File
1914 - 1946

Part of William Edward Maclellan and family fonds

Newspaper clippings re. World War II collected and/or written by Charles Bruce during his time in London, 1944-1945

MS-2-297, Box 9, Folder 4
File
1944-1945

Part of Charles Bruce fonds

Newspaper clippings re. World War II collected and/or written by Charles Bruce during his time in London, 1944-1945

MS-2-297, Box 9, Folder 5
File
1944-1945

Part of Charles Bruce fonds

Research and program notes pertaining to Tippett

MS-2-26, Box 5, Folder 16
File
1945

Part of Anthony Pugh fonds

File contains a draft of program notes by Anthony Pugh for String Quartet no. 2 by Michael Tippett. The file also includes a program from the Liverpool Philharmonic Society used in Pugh's research and a newspaper clipping with a profile article on Tippett.

Photograph of a reunion dinner for the 28th battery of the 5th regiment held in Newcastle

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 8, Item 5
Item
November 20 1945

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of Jean Bailey

PC2, Box 373, Folder 130
Item
November 1944

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

Item is a portrait photograph of Jean Bailey. Jean was one of many guest children who came to Canada from England during WW2. Jean and her Brother Brian stayed with Mr. E.G. Irish and his family in Pictou, Nova Scotia. The children Brian (age 13) and Jean (age 15) returned to England in July of 1945 after spending five years with the Irish family.

Photograph of Brian Bailey

PC2, Box 373, Folder 131
Item
November 1944

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

Item is a portrait photograph of Brian Bailey. Brian was one of many guest children who came to Canada from England during WW2. Brian and his sister Jean stayed with Mr. E.G. Irish and his family in Pictou, Nova Scotia. The children Brian (age 13) and Jean (age 15) returned to England in July of 1945 after spending five years with the Irish family.

Thomas Cantley's correspondence regarding his political and professional activities

MS-2-755, Box 2, Folder 8 and 9
File
[ca. 1885] - 1943

Part of Thomas Cantley fonds

File contains correspondence between Thomas Cantley and persons including Sam Hughes, Robert Drummond, Justice Harris, Brandram & Henderson Limited, Baron Beaverbrook, Max Aitken, Alan Dawson, George Grant, Maximilian Groten, R.H. Graham, Rev. J.A. Greenlees, Mrs. J.D. Fife, L.M. Fortier, Osborne Holmden, Harold C.E. Spence, E.M. MacDonald, R.B Bennett, A.J. Crockett, L.H. MacKenzie, A.M. Ferguson, J.E. Nutter, A. Andrew Merrilees, Perry F. Rockwood, James T. Thompson, and F.A. Harrison.

Ellen Ballon concert fliers and programs

MS-5-2, Box 4, Folder 12
File
1936-1943

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File includes a poster for Ellen Ballon's International Celebrity Subscription Concerts tour (1936) and programs for various concerts.

John Stewart fonds

MS-13-39
Fonds
1812 - 1943

Fonds consists of notebooks, correspondence, books, articles, a photograph, and artifacts.

Stewart, John, Lt. Col. Dr.

Henry Hicks' Oxford University records

Series
1937 - 1943

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Series comprises records created and collected by Henry Hicks during his studies in law at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. Records include typewritten, perfect bound volumes of detailed notes about specific subjects and lectures, which were either created or acquired by Hicks. There is also a boat race programme and a 1939 food ration book.

Photograph of Richard Roome and one unidentified officer, walking at an English training camp

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 8, Item 1
Item
1942

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Letter from Bryce McMaster to Evelyn Walton

MS-2-156, SF Box 27, Folder 7
Item
1941

Item is a letter to Mrs. Evelyn A. Walton from war poet Bryce McMaster, in which he discusses several poems.

Walton, Evelyn A., fl. 1941

Photograph of No. 1 Casualty Clearing Station personnel on parade in Aldershot, UK

MS-13-11, PB Box 2, Folder 191
Item
August 1941

Part of Oscar Glennie Donovan fonds

Photograph of Brian and Jean Bailey

PC2, Box 325, Folder 192
Item
November 1941

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

Item is a portrait photograph of Brian and Jean Bailey. Brian and Jean were one of many guest children who came to Canada from England during WW2. Jean and her Brother Brian stayed with Mr. E.G. Irish and his family in Pictou, Nova Scotia. The children, Brian age 13 and Jean age 15, returned to England in July of 1945 after spending 5 years with the Irish family.

Publicity photograph of Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 1
Item
[c. 1930 - 1939]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a photo of Ellen Ballon taken by Pearl Freeman for publication in the Daily and Sunday Press newspapers in London, England.

Publicity photograph of Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 4
Item
[c. 1930 - 1939]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Publicity photograph of Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 2
Item
[c. 1930 - 1939]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Publicity photograph of Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 3
Item
[c. 1930 - 1939]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Correspondence from the General Register Office, London, England, to Roy Laurence, February 26, 1937

MS-2-202, Box 10, Folder 4, Item 3
Item
26 February 1937

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of correspondence sent to Roy Laurence by the General Register Office, London, dated February 26, 1937, discussing Henry Croker's marriage to Florence Hughes. Item is "Enclosure 2" accompanying correspondence between Thomas Raddall and Roy Laurence.

Program and research notes pertaining to Delius

MS-2-26, Box 2, Folder 10
File
1936

Part of Anthony Pugh fonds

File contains research and program notes by Anthony Pugh on Frederick Delius. The file also includes a program for a performance of Delius's "A Mass for Life," performed by the Liverpool Philharmonic Society, conducted by J.E. Wallace, which Pugh collected and used in his research.

Colonel Victor Cazalet : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 9, Folder 2
File
1936

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Two songs with music by Kathleen Heron-Maxwell

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 32
File
1935

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains two songs arranged by Kathleen Heron-Maxwell, "Dear Old London" (1926) and "Keep on Hopin'" (1915). Both scores are inscribed by the arranger.

Proclamation of George V, appointment of F. Roy Davis to the post of Minister of Public Health [1933]

PC1, Box 30, Folder 11
File
[1933]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photographs of Harris Brown in Garden House

MS-2-43, PB 23, Folder 19
File
1932-1933

Part of Arthur Stanley Mackenzie fonds

File contains two photographs of H. Harris Brown taken in Garden House in Chelsea, London. The photographs show Brown sitting in a room with sculptures and other artwork. The photographs were sent to Arthur Stanley MacKenzie as Christmas greetings.

Photograph of Harris Brown sitting by a fireplace

MS-2-43, PB Box 23, Folder 19, Item 2
Item
1933

Part of Arthur Stanley Mackenzie fonds

Item is a photograph of Harris Brown taken in Garden House in Chelsea, London. Harris is sitting on a stool next to an ornate fireplace with a mirror and sculptures. The photograph was sent to Arthur Stanley MacKenzie as a Christmas and New Year greeting card.

Alexander Leighton's Cambridge records

MS-13-86, Box 27, Folder 6
File
1932 - 1933

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains anatomy school certificates, term exams, and a book of medical degrees from Alexander Leighton's time at Cambridge University.

Photograph of Harris Brown in Garden House

MS-2-43, PB Box 23, Folder 19, Item 1
Item
1932

Part of Arthur Stanley Mackenzie fonds

Item is a photograph of Harris Brown sitting in Garden House in Chelsea, London. There are paintings and sculptures in the room around Harris. The photograph was sent to Arthur Stanley MacKenzie as a Christmas and New Year greeting card.

Ellen Ballon sitting at an ornate piano in London, England

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 18
File
1930

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Richard Nevill : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 30
File
1927

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains one signed photograph of Richard Nevill of Tunbridge Wells, signed May 1927.

Publicity photograph of Ellen Ballon's hands on a keyboard

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

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Dear old London : [sheet music]

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 32, Item 2
Item
1926

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains the sheet music for "Dear Old London" with words by D. Eardley-Wilmot and piano music by Kathleen Heron-Maxwell. The score is inscribed to Ellen Ballon and dated June, 1935. The score was published in two keys, B minor and D minor. This version is in D minor.

Heron-Maxwell, Kathleen

John Alexander Nixon's correspondence with the editor of the British Medical Journal

MS-13-29, SF Box 65, Folder 11
Item
1925

Nixon, John Alexander

Postcards of Florence Glossop-Harris

MS-5-1, Box 1, Folder 45
File
[1912, 1925]

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains two photographs of the British actress Florence Glossip-Harris in costume as Katherine of Arragon and Cleopatra.

Correspondence from Florence Glossop-Harris

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 25
File
1912, 1925

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains three letters from the British actress Florence Glossop-Harris as well as a short resume of her career. One of the letters and the resume are transcribed and typeset. The letters were all written in response to correspondence from Logan on her performance in various plays. Three of the letters are written on letterhead from The Florence Glossop-Harris Company. The file also includes four postcards feature Glossop-Harris, which were sent to Logan.

Glossop-Harris, Florence

Promotional pamphlet on the Aeolian Singers

MS-5-1, Box 5, Folder 13
File
[1922]

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains a pamphlet with biographical information on the Aeolian Singers, commendations, and press reviews. The Aeolian Singers included Lynndale Byers (alto); Frank Odell (tenor); James Logue (baritone); and Jack George (bass).

Autographed photographs of Sir John Martin-Harvey

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 5
File
May 1921

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains two autographed photographs of the English actor John Martin-Harvey, signed for John Daniel Logan following a performance in Halifax on May 19, 1921. One of the photographs shows him in costume for a role.

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).

Matthew A. Curry's diplomas and certificates of achievement