Administrative records of the Halifax Camerata Singers
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- 1986-1996
Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds
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Administrative records of the Halifax Camerata Singers
Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds
Fonds includes Alan Creighton's diaries, which cover many of the years from 1920 to 2000. Writings from the period 1920 to 1954 (many undated) are mainly short stories and poems. These writings include handwritten and typed, complete and incomplete, and published and unpublished works. There is also some correspondence throughout as well as copies of his two books of poetry. The fonds includes writings with titles such as "About Poetry," "Poetry Courses," "Thoughts," "Music & Art," and "Bedford Basin." His notebooks include evidence of a variety of courses taken, including French and Greek, music, poetry, and art (both practice and history, including Chinese art). There is also a record of his art sales from 1964 to 1999. Personal and family documents are included in the fonds.
Alan Creighton's artwork is extensive and primarily in the form of sketches and watercolours, with a few oil paintings. Many of his sketches are in albums, many of which are used exclusively for one particular aspect of his studies. For example, album labels include "People," "Trees," "Skies," "Rock Formations," "Buildings," "Railway Sketches" (scenes from train journeys), and "Outdoors." Others identify a place and time and include such labels as "At the Zoo," "Nova Scotian Sketches 1951," "South Shore 1982," and "Toronto 1996." Still others contain a mixture of styles and themes. There are also numerous loose sketches and watercolours which have been loosely arranged into similar groupings such as "Clouds," "Boats," "Flowers," and so forth. Photograph albums include photos of family and of scenes taken by Alan as a reference for future paintings.
Included with Alan Creighton’s personal items are papers, writings, art, and memorabilia belonging to his friend and roommate Christine Eyles, who died without heirs. Some relate to her employment as a violinist in England and in Toronto, Ontario and some contain her poetry, plays, and artwork (in sketchbooks and on loose paper). Published and handwritten music scores, mostly for the violin, are also included. A photograph album contains many formal portraits of family and friends taken in England in the early 20th century. Records also include papers by and about her father, Charles Eyles, a famous violin-maker. Such materials include advertisements, brochures, and letters attesting to the high quality of his craftsmanship.
Creighton, Alan
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt's response to invitation from Ellen Ballon
Part of Ellen Ballon fonds
Atlantic Symphony Orchestra fonds
Atlantic Symphony Orchestra (Halifax, N.S.).
Correspondence and certificate from the Dean of the Faculty of Music at McGill University
Part of Ellen Ballon fonds
Correspondence and certificate from the Secretary of the Board of Governors of McGill University
Part of Ellen Ballon fonds
Correspondence from Addie MacKay
Part of John Daniel Logan fonds
Part of John Daniel Logan fonds
Vogt, Augustus Stephen
Correspondence from Belle MacDonald
Part of John Daniel Logan fonds
Correspondence from Christie MacDonald
Part of John Daniel Logan fonds
McDonald, Christie
Correspondence from Clarence Lucas
Part of John Daniel Logan fonds
Lucas, Clarence
Correspondence from Edouard Hesselberg
Part of John Daniel Logan fonds
Hesselberg, Edouard
Correspondence from Edward Broome
Part of John Daniel Logan fonds
Broome, Edward
Correspondence from Frank S. Welsman
Part of John Daniel Logan fonds
Welsman, Frank
Correspondence from Gena Branscombe Tenney
Part of John Daniel Logan fonds
Branscombe, Gena
Correspondence from Henry L. Gillespie
Part of John Daniel Logan fonds
Correspondence from Hilda Roberts
Part of John Daniel Logan fonds
Correspondence from Kathleen Parlow
Part of John Daniel Logan fonds
Parlow, Kathleen
Correspondence from Minnie Parlow
Part of John Daniel Logan fonds
Correspondence from R.S. Pigott
Part of John Daniel Logan fonds
Correspondence from W.O. Forsyth
Part of John Daniel Logan fonds
File contains four letters from the Canadian composer, teacher, and writer W.O. (Wesley Octavius) Forsyth. Three of the letters (dated from 1921) are written on letterhead from the Canadian Academy of Music in Toronto, where he taught from 1919 to 1924. The letters concern setting texts by John Daniel Logan to music and mentions its possible performance by their mutual friends Lucas and Gena Branscombe.
The file also contains a short biography of W.O. Forsyth from the Star Weekly (Toronto, July 1921); a program for a concert by Jessie McAlpine (a student of Forsyth's) at the Canadian Academy of Music; and a program for a concert by the Russian pianist Arthur Friedheim at Massey Hall.
Forsyth, W. O. (Wesley Octavius)
Part of Donald Murray fonds
Documents related to Linda Carvery
Part of Joy O'Brien fonds
File contains documents related to Linda Carvery.
Documents include programs, ephemera, correspondence, magazine clippings, and newspaper clippings related to Black Focus magazine, Linda Carvery receiving an honourary degree at Saint Mary's University in 1998, Halifax Festival of the Arts, Halifax Jazz Festival, East Coast Music Association awards, Neptune Theatre productions, Ladies in Blue concerts, Martin Luther King concerts with the Nova Scotia Mass Choir, Linda Carvery’s appointment to citizenship judge, the album release for “Yesterday / Today”, election campaign material, and others.
Documents related to Nova Scotia Mass Choir
Part of Joy O'Brien fonds
File contains documents related to the Nova Scotia Mass Choir in 1994.
Documents include newspaper clippings, correspondence, programs, and ephemera related to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas, the sixteenth annual Financial Post Business in the Arts Awards ceremony
File also includes membership lists and a report by choir president, Linda Carvery.
Murray, Donald
Ballon, Ellen
Halifax Camerata Singers fonds
Halifax Camerata Singers
Gillis, Ivan Maxwell
Leffek, Janet
Letter from Walter de Mouilpied Scriver to Ellen Ballon
Part of Ellen Ballon fonds
Scriver, Walter de Mouilpied
Letter from Yehudi Menuhin to Ellen Ballon
Part of Ellen Ballon fonds
Menuhin, Yehudi, 1916-1999
Letters from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon
Part of Ellen Ballon fonds
Laurier, Wilfrid, Sir
Pedersen, Stephen Alan
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