Archives Catalogue

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

Anton Rubenstein : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 4
File
1873

File contains an autographed postcard photograph of Arthur Rubinstein with some handwritten music on the back, signed during his American tour in New York on May 18, 1873.

Shipping records for Amazon

MS-2-518, Box 1, Folder 8, Item 12
Item
1874; 1887; 1889

Part of Irving Deale collection

Caprice de concert pour piano, Op. 4

MS-5-2, Box 6, Folder 8
Item
1899

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a copy of Volpe's Caprice, dedicated to his friend Ossip Gabrilovitsch, and published by Luckhardt and Belder of New York.

Volpe, Arnold

Norman Dello Joio : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 35
File
[19--?]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains one signed photograph of the American composer, Norman Dello Joio (1913-2008), inscribed to Ellen Ballon.

Hugh Ross : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 34
File
[19--?]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains one signed photograph of Hugh Ross(?), inscribed to Ellen Ballon.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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."

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

Waterfalls in Bronx Park, New York

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

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

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.

Publicity photograph of Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 10
Item
[c. 1930 - 1949]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Publicity photograph of Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 16
Item
[c. 1930 - 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.

Publicity photograph of Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 18
Item
[c. 1930 - 1949]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Publicity photograph of Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 19
Item
[c. 1930 - 1949]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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.

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.

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 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.

Captain Victor Cazale : [autographed photograph]

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

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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.

"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.

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

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.