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MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 2
File
[1912-1913]

File contains three photographs of the opera singer Christie MacDonald of the Montreal Opera Company. One of the photographs shows her in costume for "The Spring Maid" by Heinrich Reinhardt, and another in costume as Marguerite for the "Jewel Song" in "Faust" by Charles Gounod for the Montreal Opera Company.

Autographed photograph of A.S. Vogt

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 12
File
[1908]

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains an autographed photograph of A.S. (Augustus Stephen) Vogt, the conductor and founder of the Mendelssohn Choir of Toronto, Ontario.

Correspondence from Edward Broome

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 17
File
1913

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains a letter from Edward Broome. His letter includes information about the activities and performances of the Toronto Oratorio Society and was sent to Logan to be published in the Toronto News.

Broome, Edward

Correspondence from Henry L. Gillespie

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 24
File
1913

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains a letter from Henry L. Gillespie of Werba and Luescher Attractions at the New York Theatre Building. The letter was written on behalf of his wife, Christie MacDonald, to inform Logan of her upcoming performance in a new opera "Sweethearts" by Victor Herbert, Harry B. Smith, and Robert B. Smith. The letter also mentions a photograph of MacDonald that Werba and Luescher would send to Logan.

Correspondence from Clarence Lucas

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 33
File
1913

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains five letters from the Canadian composer Clarence Lucas of the Musical Courier Company concerning his and John Daniel Logan's respective writing, music, and research on Canadian music. Two of the letters thank Logan for sending Lucas poems, and one letter mentions their mutual acquaintance W.O. Forsyth.

Lucas, Clarence

Correspondence from Addie MacKay

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 37
File
1922

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains a letter from Addie MacKay concerning a hymn that she composed with words by her sister, requesting that John Daniel Logan publish it in the Halifax Herald.

Correspondence from Frank S. Welsman

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 52
File
1907

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains a letter from Frank Squire Welsman. The letter concerns the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and requests John Daniel Logan's help in promoting and supporting their endeavours.

Welsman, Frank

In Flanders Fields : [manuscript vocal score]

MS-5-1, Box 2, Folder 5
Item
1917

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

Item is a manuscript of "In Flanders Fields" by Edith J. Archibald, which sets the words of the poem of the same name by Colonel John McCrae. The piece is for solo voice and piano in F Major and was written at Archibald's home on Inglis Street in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The piece is 5 pages long with extra blank pages.

Archibald, Edith Jessie

A Nocturne : [manuscript vocal score]

MS-5-1, Box 2, Folder 7
Item
[1915-1927]

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

Item is a manuscript of Edith J. Archibald's song for solo voice and piano in F Major entitled "A Nocturne," including the score and a separate typed sheet with the poem in English and French, also written by Archibald.

Archibald, Edith Jessie

Going West : [manuscript vocal score]

MS-5-1, Box 2, Folder 9
Item
[1915-1927]

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

Item is a manuscript of Edith J. Archibald's song for solo voice and piano in G Major entitled "Going West." The text for the song was written by Rev. Mrs. Ross(?) of Hamilton, Ontario.

Archibald, Edith Jessie

Programs from the Halifax Ladies Musical Club

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 72
File
1921, 1922, 1924

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains two programs with performances by members of the Halifax Ladies Musical Club: "An Evening with Canadian Creative Composers" with a lecture by Dr. J.D. Logan (November 1, 1921) and a "Debate" between the old masters and modern composers (November 21, 1922). File also contains two programs presented by the Club, for performances by the Hart House String Quartet (Geza de Kresz, Harry Adaskin, Milton Blackstone and Boris Hambourg) (November 28, 1924) and the Hambourg Trio (Greza de Kresz, Reginald Stewart, and Boris Hambourg) (January 11, 1924).

Program from Nelson Hall

MS-5-1, Box 4, Folder 2
File
1924

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains two copies of a program for a recital given by Mrs. Chester MacDonald (soprano), Julius Silverman (violin), and Mrs. H.W. Dodwell (piano), presented by the Local Council of Women. The date of the recital has been revised from November 25, 1924 to December 9, 1924.

Program from the Margaret Gaton Hall

MS-5-1, Box 4, Folder 17
File
1927

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains a program from a recital by The Hambourg Trio (Reginald Stewart, pianist; Elie Spivak, violinist; and Boris Hambour, cellist) on March 23, 1927.

Souvenir program of the Montreal Opera Company

MS-5-1, Box 4, Folder 20
File
1911-1912

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File also includes a newspaper clipping with a review of the Grand Opera season of the Montreal Opera Company.

Program from the Toronto Conservatory of Music

MS-5-1, Box 5, Folder 3
File
1910, 1912-1913

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains programs from concerts presented at the Toronto Conservatory of Music, including performances by the Flonzaley Quartet (Adolfo Betti, Alfred Pochon, Ugo Ara, Iwan D'Archambeau); Toronto String Quartette (Frank E. Blachford, Roland Roberts, F. Converse Smith, Frederic Nicolai); and Constance Martin (piano).

Promotional pamphlet for W.O. Forsyth

MS-5-1, Box 5, Folder 16
File
1927

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains a promotional pamphlet for W.O. Forsyth, including a list of his publications, reviews of his compositions and performances, and reviews of some of his students (Jessie McApine-Dempster, Myrtle Webber, Leila Preston, and Elsie Bennett).

Posters for Upstream Ensemble concerts

MS-5-16, Oversize Folder 25
File
1990-2006

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File comprises posters for events presented by Upstream Music Association, primarily Upstream Ensemble concerts.

Sax Solo : Robert Leriche in concert

MS-3-35, Box 55, Folder 21
Item
1979

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item is a poster for saxophone performance by Robert Leriche held on February 17, 1979, at Eye Level Gallery.

Audio by artists festival 1986

MS-3-35, Box 55, Folder 4
Item
1986

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item is a poster for Audio By Artists Festival 1986, held in March 1986. The Audio By Artists Festival 1986 was organized and administrated by Alex Busby, Melodie Calvert, David Craig, Andy Dowden, Gordon Laurin, and Micah Lexier.

Ushio Torika

MS-3-35, Box 55, Folder 65
Item
1989

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item is a poster for a performance by Ushio Torikai, a Japanese composer, held on June 20, 1989, at Eye Level Gallery.

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.

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 sitting at a piano

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 11
Item
[c. 1940 - 1959]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Publicity photograph of Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 17
Item
[c. 1940 - 1949]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Publicity photograph of Ellen Ballon playing a piano

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 20
Item
[c. 1930 - 1949]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a photograph of Ellen Ballon's hands playing a Steinway & Sons piano.

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 with Antal Dorati and Aaron Copland

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 27
Item
[c. 1940 - 1959]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a press photograph of Ellen Ballon at the piano with the American composer Aaron Copland and Antal Dorati, conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.

Photograph of Ellen Ballon with Antal Dorati

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 28
Item
[c. 1940 - 1959]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a press photograph of Ellen Ballon at the piano with Antal Dorati, conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.

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

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.

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

Symphony Nova Scotia fonds

MS-5-14
Fonds
1981-2006

Fonds consists of records created by Symphony Nova Scotia in the course of its regular business activities. The majority of the records were created during the process of concert-planning, including special concerts, annual concerts, tours, and concert series. These records include artist contracts, marketing and development documents, internal memos, and correspondence with artists and sponsors.

Records also consist of internal management records, including personnel records, office management files, and the files of the Board of Directors, Executive Director, and Chief Executive Officer. The financial administration of the Symphony is documented though budgets, statements, ledgers, and tickets sales data.

The fonds also contains concert programs and promotional material such as posters, advertisements, flyers, newsletters, and other publications. The final section of the fonds consists of audiovisual and graphic material. There are audio recordings of performances and interviews of Symphony personnel as well as video recordings of advertisements and performances. The graphic material includes promotional photographs and photographs of the orchestra.

Symphony Nova Scotia

Donald Murray fonds

MS-5-10
Fonds
1929, 1979

Fonds contains music and lyrics as well as a letter from Donald Murray.

Murray, Donald

Dalhousie Glee Club Papers

Series
1929

Part of Donald Murray fonds

Photograph of the Privateers musical group returning from Osaka, Japan

MS-4-250, Box 48, Folder 14, Item 1
Item
May 2, 1970

Part of Wamboldt-Waterfield Photographic Collection

Photograph of the Privateers musical group returning from Osaka, Japan

MS-4-250, Box 48, Folder 14, Item 5
Item
May 2, 1970

Part of Wamboldt-Waterfield Photographic Collection

Joy O'Brien fonds

MS-5-22
Fonds
1925-2021, predominant 1990-2020

Fonds consists of clippings and ephemera, photographs, sound recordings, video recordings, and musical scores and lyrics related to the Nova Scotia Mass Choir from 1992 to 2021.

O'Brien, Joy

MS-5-22, Box 7, Folders 3-6
File
1993

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to the Nova Scotia Mass Choir in 1993.

Documents include newspaper clippings, ephemera, and programs related to the Martin Luther King concert with Symphony Nova Scotia, the choir's performance in Washington, D.C. as part of the thirty year anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference held in Maryland, and others.

File also contains meeting minutes, committee lists, itineraries, rehearsal guidelines, tour guidelines, and membership lists.

MS-5-22, Box 8, Folders 1-3
File
1996

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to the Nova Scotia Mass Choir in 1996.

Documents include newspaper clippings, programs, and ephemera related to the choir at the East Coast Music Association awards, the release of their record, "He Never Failed Me Yet," "Symphony Explosion" concerts, the Canadian Hockey Awards, the African Heritage Gala, and other events.

File also contains a copy of Rising Tide newspaper.

MS-5-22, Box 8, Folders 7-9
File
1997

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to the Nova Scotia Mass Choir in 1997.

Documents include newspaper clippings, magazine clippings, ephemera, and programs related to the East Coast Music Association awards and the Martin Luther King concert with Symphony Nova Scotia.

File also contains a copy of Rising Tide newspaper.

MS-5-22, Box 13, Folders 1-5
File
1997-1999

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to the Nova Scotia Mass Choir in 1997.

Documents include programs, newspaper clippings, concert schedules, and correspondence related to Nova Scotia Mass Choir's television series, "Hallelujah," the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia's album, "Lord You Brought Me a Mighty Long Way," performances with The Irondale Ensemble Project, Nova Scotia Music Week, and others.

Documents relating to Nova Scotia Mass Choir

MS-5-22, Box 13, Folders 8-9
File
1998

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to the Nova Scotia Mass Choir in 1998.

Documents include newspaper clippings, ephemera, and programs related to the Martin Luther King concert with Symphony Nova Scotia, "Celebrating the Spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr.," the East Coast Music Association awards, Neptune Theatre's "The Gospel at Colonus," Dutch Mason's sixtieth birthday, and other performances.

MS-5-22, Box 14, Folders 7-8
File
2001

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to Nova Scotia Mass Choir in 2001.

Documents include programs, itineraries, and newspaper clippings related to Symphony Nova Scotia, the Martin Luther King tribute concert, the Black Business Summit at Casino Nova Scotia, the annual Nova Scotia Multicultural Festival, African Heritage Month, the South African Polokwane Choral Society, Jeremiah Sparks' farewell party, and the Halifax Regional Municipality tree lighting.

File also includes a Nova Scotia Mass Choir contact list, including names, phone numbers, and addresses of members.

MS-5-22, Box 14, Folders 9-10
File
2002

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to the Nova Scotia Mass Choir in 2002.

Documents include newspaper clippings, programs and ephemera relating to the Martin Luther King concert with Symphony Nova Scotia, Atlantic Jazz Festival, workshops with musical group The Lee Boys, and Marko Simmonds.

File also includes email correspondence between Katherine Carleton, managing director of Symphony Nova Scotia, and Viki Samuels-Stewart, president of the Nova Scotia Mass Choir.

MS-5-22, Box 15, Folder 1
File
2002

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to the Nova Scotia Mass Choir in 2002.

Documents include newspaper clippings and programs related to the Down Home Summertime Festival and the Indian River Festival.

MS-5-22, Box 15, Folder 2
File
2002-2003

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents relating to the Nova Scotia Mass Choir in 2002 and 2003.

Documents include newspaper clippings, programs, and ephemera related to the choir's tenth anniversary, performances at Hillside Baptist Church in Moncton, New Brunswick, the annual Martin Luther King concert, and the East Coast Music Association awards.

File also includes a copy of Atlantic Canada Frank magazine and a list of all current and past choir members as of January 2003.

MS-5-22, Box 15, Folders 9-11
File
2013-2018

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to the Nova Scotia Mass Choir from 2013 to 2018.

Documents include newspaper clippings, programs, ephemera, and promotional material related to the annual Martin Luther King concert, the grand opening of the Black Loyalist Heritage Centre in Birchtown, the East Coast Music Association awards, African Heritage Month at Halifax Public Libraries, African Nova Scotian Music Association awards, Music Nova Scotia, choir auditions, and other events.

MS-5-22, Box 19, Folders 6-11
File
1998-2020

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to the African Nova Scotian Association awards show, Bucky Adams, Shauntay Grant, Gary Beals, hip-hop artist TroBiz, Nadira, African Nova Scotian Music Association president Lou Gannon, Jr., Michael Bailey, Archy Beals, Brainerd Blyden-Taylor, reporter Sherri Borden Colley, and Walter Borden.

Documents include newspaper clippings, magazine clippings, posters, tickets, and programs to the African Nova Scotian Association awards, Rocky Jones’ memorial service in 2013, Natal Day festivals, the Freedom Festival, Halifax public Libraries’ Lift Every Voice, the productions of "Harlem Duet," "I M Possible," and "The Epistle of Tightrope Time," the production of the television series, "The Book of Negroes," based on the novel by Lawrence Hill, performances by Corey Adams, For the Love of God concerts, and Walter Borden’s appointment to Member of the Order of Canada.

MS-5-22, Box 20, Folders 1-20
File
1994-2020

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to Beulah Brinston, Jeri Brown, Tamar Brown, Measha Brueggergosman, Novelee Buchan, Cyndi Cain, Elaine Cain, Tiyaila Cain-Grant, John Chaisson, Bruce Chapman, Joanne Clancy, George Elliott Clarke, Quenta Clyke, Lela Coles, the Colley Family, Floyd Colley, George Boyd's theatrical production of Consecrated Ground, the musical group Conquerors for Christ, and Thelma Coward-Ince.

Documents include newspaper clippings, programs, posters, and tickets related to East Coast Music Association performances, Canadian Screen Award nominations, Jongleur Group's "Harmony of Souls: A Tribute to Carrie M. Best," Atlantic Film Festival, Consecrated Ground, "A Tribute to Nina Simone" in 2015, and "Vera's Lament: A Jazz Opera by Jeri Brown."

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