Archives Catalogue

God bless our Canada : A national anthem : [choral score]

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 58
File
1911

File contains the sheet music for Edith J. Archibald's "God Bless Our Canada" and a manuscript version of the English lyrics for the anthem by Archibald. The song is written in F Major for four-voice chorus (soprano, alto, tenor, and bass) and piano with lyrics in English and French.

Archibald, Edith Jessie

Britain calls : [lyrics]

MS-5-1, Box 2, Folder 10
File
1914

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains a newspaper clipping and letters to Edith J. Archibald concerning her song "Britain Calls," which was written for the Royal Canadian Regiment during World War One. The newspaper clipping includes the text, but not the music, of the song. The letters are from G.A. LeCain, Lieutenant-Colonel of the Commanding 25th Battalion; George Murray, Provincial Secretary; and Evelyn Starr, professional violinist of New York City. An inscription by Edith J. Archibald at the top of the letters reads, "This song, dedicated to the Royal Canadian Regt. has made their 'marchpost' and I am told by an officer of that Regt. that is was played and sung daily during the war. He himself said it had keeped [sic] the men when on the tramp, 'over many a weary mile.'"

Archibald, Edith Jessie

Song of the silver night, Op. 34, no. 2

MS-5-1, Box 2, Folder 15
Item
1914

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

Item is the sheet music for a solo piano romance dedicated to Miss Duxie McMillan. The piece is the second in a set of two solo piano compositions, the first of which is a sketch entitled "Though the Fields." The sheet music is autographed by the composer and addressed to Dr. Logan.

Forsyth, W. O. (Wesley Octavius)

Come unto me : [sheet music]

MS-5-1, Box 2, Folder 13
Item
1916

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

Item is the sheet music for a solo voice and piano composition in D Major by Molly MacDonald of the MacDonald Music Co. in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She published her music under the pseudonym of "Elza Doun."

God be with our boys tonight : [sheet music]

MS-5-1, Box 2, Folder 17
Item
1917

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

Item is the sheet music for a song with music by Wilfrid Sanderson and words by Fred G. Bowles. The piece was given to John Daniel Logan by "The Little Rainbows" of Mount St. Bernards, as indicated on the front cover of the music. The piece is for solo voice and piano accompaniment and is in A-flat Major.

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

On the Highway: concert sketch for the piano

MS-5-1, Box 2, Folder 14
Item
1917

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

Item is the sheet music for a solo piano composition dedicated to Harvey Robb in E-flat Major.

Forsyth, W. O. (Wesley Octavius)

Prisoners of War at the Amherst Internment camp, No. 28

MS-2-839, PB Box 31, Folder 12, Item 1
Item
[ca. 1914 - 1918]

Part of G.P. Hennesey Photograph Collection

The item consists of the group of Prisoners of War standing with musical instruments.

Prisoners of War at the Amherst Internment camp, No. 29

MS-2-839, PB Box 31, Folder 12, Item 2
Item
[ca. 1914 - 1918]

Part of G.P. Hennesey Photograph Collection

The item consists of the group of Prisoners of War standing with musical instruments.

Prisoners of War from the Internment Camp in Amherst, Nova Scotia with musical instruments

MS-2-839, PB Box 31, Folder 12, Item 3
Item
[ca. 1914 - 1918]

Part of G.P. Hennesey Photograph Collection

The item consists of the group of Prisoners of War with musical instruments.

The town is decked flags today : [manuscript vocal score]

MS-5-1, Box 2, Folder 6
Item
1920

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

Item is a manuscript of the third verse of an untitled song that begins "The town is decked flags today." The song is for solo voice and piano accompaniment in d minor. The first two verse of the song are missing. The author of the text is not indicated, but may have also been written by Archibald.

Archibald, Edith Jessie

Fill every glass : from The Beggar's Opera

MS-5-1, Box 2, Folder 16
Item
1922

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

Item is a copy of a manuscript version of an adaptation of "Fill Every Glass" from "The Beggar's Opera" by John Gay (1728). The arrangement was made by "C.B.C." and "J.F.W" for the Arts and Letters Club of Toronto and is for solo voice (for the character of Matt of the Mint) and chorus.

Rest Christian calmly : [choral score]

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 63
Item
[1922]

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

Item is the manuscript for a hymn "Rest Christian Calmly," with words by Jessie P. MacKay and music by Addie MacKay. The music is for four-part chorus (soprano, alto, tenor, and bass) and is in F Major with four verses.

Father in heaven : a prayer : [sheet music]

MS-5-1, Box 2, Folder 12
Item
1922

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

Item is the sheet music for a solo voice and piano composition in C Major by Molly MacDonald of the MacDonald Music Co. in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She published her music under the pseudonym of "Elza Doun."

The Arts and Letters Club Constitution : [choral score]

MS-5-1, Box 2, Folder 18
Item
October 1922

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

Item is a copy of a manuscript for the Arts and Letters Club Constitution song, written for tenor, bass, and chorus in A Major.

Song of the Maritimes : [sheet music]

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 60
File
1924

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains the sheet music for a piece for solo voice and piano accompaniment in C Major with words by Neil Herman of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia and music by Forsyth de Fronsac of Halifax, Nova Scotia. The sheet music was self-published by Herman and Fronsac. The file also includes a note to Dr. Logan from "W.H.D." to review the sheet music enclosed.

Exiled : a Serbian lament : [manuscript vocal score]

MS-5-1, Box 2, Folder 8
Item
August 1925

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

Item is a manuscript of Edith J. Archibald's song for solo voice and piano in C Major entitled "Exiled: A Serbian Lament." A separate author for the lyrics is not indicated, so they are likely also written by Archibald.

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

Lover's meeting : [lyrics]

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 57
Item
[1915-1927]

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

Item is the lyrics for a song by Edith J. Archibald entitled "Lover's Meeting," which was written at her house on Inglis Street in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The music is not included. The lyrics are typed with edits added in pen.

Archibald, Edith Jessie

Photograph of Dalhousie Band

PC1, Box 9, Folder 1
File
3 Oct. 1936

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains a photograph of the Dalhousie band at a Dalhousie-Acadia football game on October 3rd, 1936. The photograph shows the following band members sitting on bleachers: Henry Reardon; Raqhael Wallace; Grodon Stoddard; John Morrison; Frank Morse; Leo Landerville; Alex Farquar; Lloyd Dalton; Nora Jamieson; Edgar Stewart; Clem Egan; Henry Gold; Jack Burley; Ralph Plummer; Ian Robb; McLeod; Bud McKenna; Fred Stiefel; Fred Danziger; J. Alexander Webster; Cameron Annear; George Baird; MacMillan; Jack Reynolds; John Hutton; Oliver Campbell; Roy Killam; Robert Levine; Stan McQueen; Henrik Tonning; Ed Harrington; Daniel Matheson; Zilpha Linkletter; Ben Dubilier; Carvel MacIntosh; Murray Feigenbaum; David Redmond; Selig Geller; John B. Baker; Glynn Fitch; Jean MacDonald; Marion Little; and Archie MacKenzie.

Hayward, J.C.M.

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.

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.

Photograph of the Liverpool singing quartet The Privateers dressed as pirates

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 1, Item 1
Item
20 June 1950

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of Thomas Head Raddall with the singing quartet The Privateers and an unidentified woman

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 1, Item 2
Item
20 June 1950

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

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

Suite

MS-5-2, Box 6, Folder 13
File
[before 1952]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File is a manuscript with three numbered pieces by Alfred La Liberté: "Pensée Tendre" (D-flat Major), dedicated to Katherine Sneed; "Prière (Choral)" (D Major), dedicated to Marcel Dupré; and "Dance-Song" (b minor).

La Liberté, Alfred

Douglas Clarke, Ellen Ballon, Frank Cyril James, and unknown man : [photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 15
File
[1954]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a photograph of Douglas Clarke (Dean of the Faculty of Music at McGill University from 1930 to 1955), Ellen Ballon, Frank Cyril James (Principal and Vice Chancellor of McGill University from 1939 until 1962), and an unknown man, standing in front of three microphones for radio stations: CKVL, CFCF, and CKAC. The photograph may have been taken at one of the concerts celebrating the 50th anniversary of the McGill Conservatorium.

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

Letter from Yehudi Menuhin to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 9
File
December 2, 1957

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a letter from Yehudi Menuhin to Ellon Ballon written on December 2, 1957. The letter concerns a performance by Ellen Ballon in Montreal. Item is accompanied by the Ritz Carlton Montreal envelope in which Ballon received the letter.

Menuhin, Yehudi, 1916-1999

Newspaper article on Sir Jacob Epstein's bust of Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 20
File
1965

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains two copies of the article.

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 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

Photograph of the Privateers musical group returning from Osaka, Japan

MS-4-250, Box 48, Folder 14, Item 2
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 3
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 4
Item
May 2, 1970

Part of Wamboldt-Waterfield Photographic Collection

The model serves its master / University of the Air

Item
September 8, 1979

Part of University of the Air

Item is lecture three of University of the Air's "Structures of Sound" series, recorded on September 8, 1979 for broadcast on CJCH-TV. The episode was presented by Dr. Walter Kemp, chairman of the Department of Music at Dalhousie University, and pianist and professor Lynn Stodola. Production staff included Linda Moore, production assistant; John Silver, technical producer; Cy True, director and producer; and Nancy Fraser, national coordinator.

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.

The masters' model / University of the Air

Item
September 8, 1979

Part of University of the Air

Item is lecture two of University of the Air's "Structures of Sound" series, recorded on September 8, 1979 for broadcast on CJCH-TV. The episode was presented by Dr. Walter Kemp, chairman of the Department of Music at Dalhousie University, and pianist and professor Lynn Stodola. Production staff included Linda Moore, production assistant; John Silver, technical producer; Cy True, director and producer; and Nancy Fraser, national coordinator.

Form and feeling / University of the Air

Item
September 8, 1979

Part of University of the Air

Item is lecture five of University of the Air's "Structures of Sound" series, recorded on September 8, 1979 for broadcast on CJCH-TV. The episode was presented by Dr. Walter Kemp, chairman of the Department of Music at Dalhousie University, and pianist and professor Lynn Stodola. Production staff included Linda Moore, production assistant; John Silver, technical producer; Cy True, director and producer; and Nancy Fraser, national coordinator.

Lines in motion / University of the Air

Item
September 8, 1979

Part of University of the Air

Item is lecture four of University of the Air's "Structures of Sound" series, recorded on September 8, 1979 for broadcast on CJCH-TV. The episode was presented by Dr. Walter Kemp, chairman of the Department of Music at Dalhousie University, and pianist and professor Lynn Stodola. Production staff included Linda Moore, production assistant; John Silver, technical producer; Cy True, director and producer; and Nancy Fraser, national coordinator.

Apology (we both could be wrong) : [rough mix of sound recording by Molly Oliver]

2012-023, Reel 858, Track 1
Item
March 23, 1981

Part of Solar Audio Recording Studio Collection

Item is a rough mix of the song "Apology (we both could be wrong)" recorded by the band Molly Oliver on March 23, 1981 and mixed by Paul Northfield.

Go back home : [rough mix of sound recording by Molly Oliver]

2012-023, Reel 858, Track 2
Item
March 23, 1981

Part of Solar Audio Recording Studio Collection

Item is a rough mix of the song "Go back home" recorded by the band Molly Oliver on March 23, 1981 and mixed by Paul Northfield.

Sound symposium

MS-3-35, Box 55, Folder 3
Item
1984

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item is a poster for an event held at the Dalhousie University Music Department on November 21, 1984.

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.

The other side of air / composed by Sandy Moore

MS-3-35, Box 55, Folder 75
Item
1987

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item is a poster for an event held on June 13, 1987, at Eye Level Gallery. This event was part of Ear level by Eye Level music series 87 and featured Astrid Brunner, Ray Grant, Paul Moreau, Peter Moreau and Glen Walton.