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Thomas Head Raddall photograph album (1917-1927)

Subseries consists of an album and loose photographs taken between 1917-1927 by Raddall and others. Some of the loose photographs were removed from the album for preservation and others are duplicates or reproductions of materials in the album. The subseries title is taken from a previous finding aid. Subjects include images of Raddall's career as a wireless officer from locations across the Atlantic provinces with various ships, crew members, and waterways; Raddall's friends and family; vacations and hunting and fishing trips; and T.H. Raddall, Sr.'s W.W.I leave in England prior to his death in 1918.

Samuel Cunard

This subseries consists of research material, correspondence and manuscripts. This book was published by Ryerson in 1928.

Photographs

Subseries contains photographs of famous musicians, composers, and actors, many of which are autographed. The photographs were obtained by John Daniel Logan in his capacity as a concert reviewer and for his personal collection. Many of the photographs were sent by the musicians and actors at his request, as evidenced by his correspondence with them.

There Go the Ships

This subseries consists of research notes, correspondence, manuscripts and typescript. This book was published by McClelland and Stewart in 1928.

Sagas of the Sea

This subseries consists of research notes, correspondence, artwork, multiple drafts of the manuscript and proof copy. This book was published by McClelland and Stewart in 1924.

Dalhousie Arts Building

Subseries comprises records created or collected by the Office of the Architect and Facilities Management at Dalhousie University related to the design, construction and renovations/additions to an arts building at Dalhousie, which the administration called the Law (Temporarily Arts) Building. It was occupied by arts faculty until 1952, when it did briefly house the law school; in 1967 it became the Faculty Club, which is now known as the University Club. The third building on Studley Campus, it was a part of the original campus plan drawn up by Toronto architect Frank Darling in collaboration with Halifax-based architect Andrew R. Cobb and Dalhousie's governors. The subseries also includes drawings for a later building planned as an Arts Building, which was never constructed.

Correspondence

Subseries consists of personal and business correspondence with various individuals.

Autographs

Subseries contains autographs of musicians, some of which are on concert programs. These concert programs also frequently contain annotations by J.D. Logan about the music performed. Most of the autographs would have been obtained from the musician directly by John Daniel Logan, with the exception of the autograph of the American pianist and composer Louis Morceau Gottschalk (1829-1869) and that of the French operatic soprano Marie Rôze Mapleson (1846-1926).

Financial Records of William McMillan

Series contains items like bills of sale, invoices, receipts, ledgers and sales accounts from various companies. If file contains some correspondence but consists mostly of the aforementioned material, it will be placed in this series.

Thomas Head Raddall photograph album (1929-1941)

Subseries consists of an album and loose photographs taken between 1929 and 1941 by Raddall and others. Some of the loose photographs were removed from the album for preservation and others are duplicates or reproductions of materials in the album. The subseries title is taken from a previous finding aid. Subjects include images of Raddall hunting and fishing; vacations with friends and family to Porters Lake, Eagle Lake, and Elba Beach, Bermuda; Edith Raddall and her children, Tommy and Frances; and historical recreations, including a 4-pound cannon from the 18th century, and the uniform of a mid-19th century Nova Scotia militiaman.

Concerto para piano e orquestra

Subseries contains scores and parts for Villa-Lobos's first piano concerto, dedicated to Ellen Ballon. It includes the autograph manuscript, copies of the manuscript, a two-piano reduction of the concerto, and parts for each of the orchestral instruments (piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 4 trombones, tuba, timpani, tam-tam, triangle, bass drum, harp, strings). The concerto premiered on October 11, 1946 at the Teatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro, featuring Ellen Ballon as the piano soloist with Heitor Villa-Lobos conducting the Orquestra do Teatro Municipal. The score and orchestral parts were presumably used at the premiere performance as well as a few subsequent performances, indicated on several of the individual instrumental parts.

Villa-Lobos, Heitor

Grey Ship Moving

Subseries consists of three folders relating to Charles Bruce's 1946 book of poetry, Grey ship moving, including correspondence, book reviews and a radio script from CJCH.

The Flowing Summer

Subseries consists of three folders regarding Charles Bruce's book of poetry,The Flowing Summer, published in 1947, including a manuscript, correspondence and book reviews.
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