Archives Catalogue

L'oiseau de feu : contre dansé en 2 tableaux : [piano arrangement]

MS-5-2, Box 2, Folder 17
Item
1910

Item is a copy of the first edition of Igor Stravinsky's piano arrangement of his ballet, "The Firebird." The ballet was written for the Ballets Russes in Paris, under the direction of Sergei Diaghilev. The piano arrangement was published shortly after the premiere performance on June 25, 1910 at the Théâtre National de l'Opéra.

Stravinsky, Igor

Logbook of the schooner Vincent A. White

MS-2-107, SF Box 23, Folder 7
Item
1923 - 1924

Item is the logbook of the tern schooner Vincent A. White on two voyages: Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, to Glasgow, Scotland, from 26 June-7 November 1923; and Lunenburg to Havana, Cuba, from 14 February -2 April 1924.

Vincent A. White (schooner)

Local coping strategies and regional policies : cases from the Faroes / Gestur Hovgaard

MS-2-681, Box 24, Folder 12
Item
2002

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

Item is a paper written by a senior researcher at the Center for Local and Regional Development, Klaksvik.

Lincoln, United Kingdom

MS-2-128, PB Box 5, Folder 67, Item 6
Item
1925

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Lewis Jack's lecture notes on moral philosophy

MS-2-94, SF Box 23, Folder 1
Item
1838-1839

Item is a bound book of lecture notes written as a series of consecutively numbered questions and answers on moral philosophy. The book was written during the 1838-1839 session of Professor Hercules Scott's lectures and contains 125 closely written pages.

Jack, Lewis, The Reverend, 1815-1901

Letter written by Augustus Churchill regarding medical books

MS-13-7, SF Box 57, Folder 5
Item
1886

Churchill, Augustus, Dr.

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

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 18
Item
January 26, 1950

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from William Somerset Maugham to Ellen Ballon and Sally Ryan

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 14
Item
March 8, 1947

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from William Somerset Maugham to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 20
Item
February 11, 1954

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from William Somerset Maugham to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 15
Item
January 6, 1947

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from William Somerset Maugham to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 19
Item
August 2, 1951

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from W.G. Blaikie to an unnamed Edinburgh minister regarding The Catholic Presbyterian

MS-2-6, SF Box 13, Folder 3
Item
1879

Item is a letter from W.G. Blaikie to an Edinburgh minister regarding The Catholic Presbyterian.

Blaikie, W.G., The Reverend, 1829-1899

Letter from Thomas McCulloch to the Senate of the University of Edinburgh

MS-2-40, SF Box 15, Folder 9
Item
[18--?]

Part of Thomas McCulloch collection

Item is a letter concerning Thomas McCulloch's donation of a North American insect specimen (from Nova Scotia) to the University of Edinburgh, via Professor Jameson, for the university's museum. The letter discusses Nova Scotia's Scottish connections, Presbyterian religion, the Pictou Academy, and the advocates for the conference of honorary degrees on the Honourable Sampson Salter Blowers, the Chief Justice of Nova Scotia; the Honourable James Stewart; and the Honourable Brenton Halyburton.

Letter from Sgt. A. Fraser Tupper to Ralph Kane

MS-13-2, SF Box 54, Folder 6, Item 3
Item
December 13, 1916

Part of Dalhousie University No. 7 Stationary Hospital collection

Item is a letter from Sgt. A. Fraser Tupper to his nephew, Ralph Kane. The letter was sent from La Havre, France, on December 13, 1916, while Tupper was serving overseas.

Tupper, A. Fraser, Sgt.

Letter from Maurice Ravel

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 27, Item 6
Item
December 13, 1921

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Ravel, Maurice

Letter from Mary Goldie, private secretary to Alice Mary, Princess of Albany, to Ellen Ballon

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

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item contains a letter from Mary Goldie, Princess Alice's private secretary, asking Ellen Ballon to forward an enclosed letter to Frank Cyril James in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the McGill Conservatorium.

Letter from London Missionary Society's Clark Bentom and John Mitchell to Rev. John Eyre reporting on their missionary activities

MS-2-676, SF Box 31, Folder 32
Item
1800

File contains a copy and transcript of a letter written while John Mitchell and Clark Bentom were aboard the ship Ephron.

Bentom, Clark

Letter from K. Wheare, Rector, Exeter College, Oxford

MS-2-171, Box 1, Folder 43
Item
3 May 1961

Part of Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

Item is a letter thanking Justice MacDonald for sharing a copy of his lectures on legislative power and the Supreme Court in the fifties.

Letter from Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 24, Item 2
Item
November 1, 1898

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Heitor and Arminda Villa-Lobos to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 6, Item 4
Item
July 26, 1947

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a handwritten letter from Heitor and Arminda Villa-Lobos to Ellen Ballon written on July 26, 1947. The letter details Villa-Lobos itinerary on a European tour and comments on Ballon's performances of Villa-Lobos' compositions. Item is accompanied by the stamped air mail envelope in which Ballon received the letter. One French postage stamp is affixed to the envelope.

Villa-Lobos, Heitor

Letter from Gustav Mahler

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 27, Item 4
Item
September 24, 1899

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Mahler, Gustav

Letter from Gunter Pauli to Elisabeth Borgese requesting that she write the environment report for the Aurelio Peccei Tagung

MS-2-744, Box 19, Folder 36
Item
April 3, 1985

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

Item is a letter regarding the October 1985 meeting in Salzburg.

Letter from Franz Liszt

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 23, Item 1
Item
November 21, 1842

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item contains a letter written by Franz Liszt to an unidentified person, addressing the publication of some of his songs by Schott, and his cousin, Mlle. Liszt.

Letter from Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy to Professor Hildebrand

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 25, Item 2
Item
April 18, 1839

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy to Edward Deorient

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 25, Item 1
Item
January 28, 1834

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Edvard Grieg

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 27, Item 5
Item
February 10, 1902

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a letter from Edvard Grieg to an unidentifed person. Grieg wrote the letter at his Troldhaugen residence in Bergen Norway on February 10, 1902. It reads: "Dear Sir! Permit me, in bad English, to thank you for your songs & for your essay on my musical work. Both has [sic] given me much pleasure. I also congratulate you to your reputation in America as teacher and composer and beg you kindly to receive from me and my wife our best compliments. Yours faithfully, Edvard Grieg."

Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907

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

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

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

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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

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

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 17, Item 3
Item
June 4, 1955

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Le Club de Rome a-t-il changé? / Jean Claude Lamberti

MS-2-744, Box 31, Folder 7, Item 7
Item
1984

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

Item is an article published in the July-September 1984 issue of France Forum.

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

Krumlov (tape 3)

UA-11 2015-008, Box 3, Video 46
Item
1994

Part of Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences fonds

Item is a video recording of candid footage of various landmarks around Český Krumlov, Czech Republic taken by Dalhousie University Professor Emeritus Peter Perina on a 1994 trip to the country.

Krumlov (tape 2)

UA-11 2015-008, Box 3, Video 45
Item
1994

Part of Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences fonds

Item is a video recording of candid footage of various landmarks around Český Krumlov, Czech Republic taken by Dalhousie University Professor Emeritus Peter Perina on a 1994 trip to the country.

Kit's Law publicity schedule

MS-2-753, Box 13, Folder 8
Item
[200?]

Part of Donna Morrissey fonds

Item is a promotional schedule for London, England.

Keep on hopin' : [sheet music]

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 32, Item 1
Item
1915

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains the sheet music for "Keep on Hopin'" with words by Frank Stanton and piano music by Kathleen Heron-Maxwell. The score is inscribed to Ellen Ballon and dated June 18, 1935. The score was published in three keys, C Major, E-flat Major, and F-Major. This version is in E-flat Major.

Heron-Maxwell, Kathleen

John Pearson : December 1971

UA-36, Box 5, Folder 6 and 7
Item
1971

Part of Dalhousie Art Gallery fonds

File consists of three catalogues for the exhibition of works by John Pearson, organized and presented by the Dalhousie Art Gallery in December 1971.

Catalogues contain a biography, exhibition description, and C.V.

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

"Irish Settlers in Queens County"

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 2, Item 3
Item
[195-]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of Thomas H. Raddall's typed research notes (with handwritten annotations) related to Irish emigration to Queens County, likely compiled in the early-1950s.

In the Ice Tunnel at Jungfrau, Switzerland

MS-2-128, PB Box 5, Folder 66, Item 8
Item
1925

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

In Amalfi, Italy

MS-2-128, PB Box 5, Folder 66, Item 2
Item
1925

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Impromptu pour le piano

MS-5-2, Box 7, Folder 8
Item
1837

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a first-edition publication of Chopin's first Impromptu, published by Maurice Schlesinger in Paris, a subsidiary company to A.M. Schlesinger of Berlin. The composition was dedicated to Caroline de Lobau.

Chopin, Fryderyk Franciszek

How I came to Dalhousie / Boris Petrovich Babkin : [manuscript]

MS-13-62, SF Box 78, Folder 7
Item
1934

Babkin, Boris

Guidelines for the future (draft)

MS-2-744, Box 31, Folder 31, Item 3
Item
17 September 1977

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

Item is a draft statement from Aurelio Peccei.

Georges Rouault

UA-36, Box 4, Folder 16
Item
1967

Part of Dalhousie Art Gallery fonds

Generálka 2

UA-11, Box 5, Video 56
Item
[198-?]

Part of Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences fonds

Item is a recording of the dress rehearsal of act 2 of a comedic Czech-language play.

Generálka 1

UA11, Box 5, Video 55
Item
April 1987-[198?-]

Part of Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences fonds

Item is a video recording with footage from two theatre productions as well as footage from an in-class icebreaker game from a Dalhousie Theatre course. The first part of the tape (0:00:00- 1:08:14) is a recording of the dress rehearsal of act 1 of a comedic Czech-language play. The second part of the tape (1:08:14-1:16:40) is a recording of the Dalhousie Department of Theatre production of The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare, performed from 1 to 5 April 1987. The recording is of act III, scene III. The third part of the tape (1:16:40-1:30-20) is a recording of an in-class game with icebreaker questions, as well as hypothetical scenarios that both punish and reward risk-taking with gold and blue disks, called “Risky Business.”

French painting 1840-1924

UA-36, Box 4, Folder 40
Item
1971

Part of Dalhousie Art Gallery fonds

File consists of a catalogue for the Exhibition 'French Painting 1840-1924' from the Collection of the National Gallery of Canada. The exhibition was shown at the Dalhousie Art Gallery from February 23 to March 15, 1971.