Archives Catalogue

MS-5-2, Box 7, Folder 9
File
[1847]

File contains a first edition copy of Chopin's Mazurkas, Op. 63, published by Breitkopf and Hartel. The compositions were dedicated to the Countess Laura Czosnowska.

Chopin, Fryderyk Franciszek

Anton Rubenstein : [autographed photograph]

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

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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.

Frieder Weissmann : [autographed photograph]

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

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains an autographed photograph of the American conductor Frieder Weissmann standing with a horse.

Charles Harris : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 14
File
1906

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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.

Ellen Ballon as a child : [photographs]

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 19
File
1899 - 1906

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Emma Albani : [autographed print]

MS-5-2, Box 7, Folder 2
File
1906

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains an autographed photograph from the Montreal-based soprano, Emma Albani, addressed to Ellen Ballon.

Rafael Joseffy : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 13
File
1906

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Ada L. Richardson : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 11
File
1906

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a photograph of Ada L. Richardson who taught Ellen Ballon.

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

Sydney Dalton : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 16
File
1907

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Ellen Ballon and Sir William C. MacDonald : [photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 12
File
[1905 - 1910]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a photograph of a young Ellen Ballon with tobacco manufacturer and Canadian education philanthropist Sir William Christopher MacDonald.

Prime Minister Wilfred Laurier : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 12
File
[1896-1911]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Josef Hofmann : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 15
File
1915-1916

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Sir William C. MacDonald : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 11
File
[1900-1917]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

William Howard Taft : [photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 14
File
1917

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a copy of a portrait of President Taft of the United States (1909-1913) with an inscription below to D.H. Ballon (Dr. David H. Ballon) of Montreal and his sister, Ellen Ballon.

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.

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.

Wilhelm Backhaus : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 10
File
1926

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Wilhelm Backhaus to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 20
File
1926

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a letter from Wilhelm Backhaus concerning his and Ellen Ballon's performances, written while Backhaus was performing in New Zealand.

Backhaus, Wilhelm

Richard Nevill : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 30
File
1927

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains one signed photograph of Richard Nevill of Tunbridge Wells, signed May 1927.

Charles Harriss : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 2
File
1927

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Sketch of Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 17
File
1927

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains an original sketch of Ellen Ballon by Kathleen Shackleton, completed in Montreal.

Emily "Erin" Bossom : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 28
File
1929

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains one signed photograph of Emily "Erin" Bossom.

Ellen Ballon sitting at an ornate piano in London, England

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 18
File
1930

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Photograph of The Three Bares sculpture at McGill University

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 17
File
[1931]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a photograph of "The Three Bares" sculpture (also known as the "Friendship Fountain"), which was given to McGill University by its creator, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, as a show of goodwill between the United States and Canada. Ellen Ballon met Whitney while in New York and reportedly suggested the donation of the sculpture. It was presented to the university in 1931 by New York Times editor John Finley in 1931.

The three graces by Whitney Gertrude : [photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 9, Folder 11
File
[1931]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a photograph of the sculpture "The Three Graces" by Gertrude Whitney. The sculpture was installed at McGill University in 1931.

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.

Leonard Bernstein : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 2
File
1934

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Colonel Victor Cazalet : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 9, Folder 2
File
1936

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Captain Victor Cazale : [autographed photograph]

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

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Toti Dal Monte : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 26
File
1936

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains one signed photograph of the Italian soprano Toti Dal Monte (1893-1975), inscribed to Ellen Ballon.

Adele aus der Ohe : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 18
File
[1900 - 1937]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a publicity photograph of the German pianist Adele aus der Ohe for a performance at Windsor Hall.

Douglas Clarke : [photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 1
File
[1930 - 1941]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a photograph of the conductor of the Montreal Orchestra, Douglas Clarke.

Ellen Ballon with unknown woman at the opening of the Metropolitan Opera

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 20
File
1942

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Izler Solomon : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 9, Folder 3
File
1944

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt's response to invitation from Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 8
File
1944

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a printed letter from the White House sent in response to an invitation from Ellen Ballon for Mrs. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt to attend an event in New York on November 28, 1944.

Antal Dorati : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 9, Folder 4
File
1946

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains an autographed photograph of Antal Dorati, the conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, in commemoration of the United States' premiere of Heitor Villa-Lobos' first piano concerto.

Ellen Ballon performing the world premier of Heitor Villa-Lobos's Concerto No. 1 in Rio de Janeiro with Villa-Lobos conducting

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 22
File
1946

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a photograph of the world premiere of Heitor Villa-Lobos's first piano concerto, dedicated to Ellen Ballon. The performance took place on October 11, 1946 at the Teatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro. Villa-Lobos conducted and Ballon was the soloist.

William Somerset Maugham : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 19
File
1946

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Edna Ferber to Ellen Ballon, Sally Ryan, and Ralph Gustafson

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 16
File
1947

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a letter from Edna Ferber in response to a birthday telegram sent by Ellen Ballon, Sally Ryan, and Ralph Gustafson of High Perch Farm, Georgetown, Connecticut.

Ferber, Edna

Concerto for piano and orchestra : [performance guidelines]

MS-5-2, Box 2, Folder 3
File
[1948]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File includes liner notes, recording timing notes, and notes for corrections to the score, all for the recording of Heitor Villa-Lobos' first piano concerto. The liner notes were written by Ralph Gustafson, a friend of Villa-Lobos and Ellen Ballon, to whom the concerto is dedicated and who performed the concerto for its recording in 1948. The concerto was written in Rio de Janeiro in 1945. The file includes directions for transcribing Villa-Lobos' piano concerto from the records of its American premiere in Dallas, Texas with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Antal Dorati.

Heitor Villa Lobos and Arminda Villa Lobos in New York

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 21
File
May 12, 1948

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains photograph of Arminda and Heitor Villa Lobos, signed by Villa Lobos with dialogue between the two people pictured written in French.

Ernest Ansermet : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 11
File
1949

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Ellen Ballon in performance with Ernest Ansermet and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 24
File
1949

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a photograph of Ellen Ballon recording with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, conducted by Ernest Ansermet. This is likely the recording of Heitor Villa-Lobos' first piano concerto, dedicated to Ellen Ballon.