Fonds consists of ten notebooks, a file of correspondence, and photographs and negatives of landscapes, geological samples and group pictures taken in Europe and Canada. Many of the records were created during a geological survey of Canada undertaken by Frank Dawson Adams and W.A. Carlyle.
File is an audio reel containing an episode of New World Stories, a radio program broadcast on CKDU radio 88.1. The episode features local artists, including David McGimpsey and Mark Leger, discussing Chow Yun Hat and Mother Talk. The label has a warning that it contains advertising and profanity. The episode aired on May 24, 1993, and was rebroadcasted on May 25, 1993 at 10:00AM.
File is an audio reel containing an episode of Title Waves. This episode features Alan Hustak, a Canadian journalist, television host, and writer, on his book They Were Hanged (1987). Hosted by Robert Matthews, the episode was recorded December 4, 1987 and aired December 17, 1987.
File is an audio reel containing an episode of Women's Time. This episode is the second part of a two-part interview with Andrew Jones on the Festival International des Musiciennes Innovatrices in Montreal, hosted by Jayn Ritchie. The episode was recorded April 24, 1988 and aired May 5, 1988.
File is an audio reel containing an episode of Women's Time. This episode is the first part of a two-part interview with Andrew Jones on the Festival International des Musiciennes Innovatrices in Montreal, hosted by Jayn Ritchie. The episode was recorded April 24, 1988 and aired April 28, 1988.
File is an audio reel containing an episode of Women's Time. This episode is on sexual harassment at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec. The episode was recorded December 14, 1988 and aired December 15, 1988.
File is an audio reel containing an episode of Women's Time. This episode is in memory of the 14 Montreal women killed in the École Polytechnique massacre of December 6, 1989.
File is an audio reel containing an episode of The Word is Out, a radio program broadcast on CKDU radio 88.1. This episode features four lesbians discussing the École Polytechnique massacre, the female-targeted shooting that occured in Montreal on December 6, 1989. The episode was recorded on December 4, 1989, and was broadcasted on December 12, 1989, January 5, 1990, and December 6, 1990.
File is an audio reel containing an episode of The Word is Out, a radio program broadcast on CKDU radio 88.1. This episode features Atlantic correspondent Robin Metcalfe on Crescent Street in Montreal, as well as a rebroadcast of Elaine Jacobsen of the Children's Aid Society. The episode was recorded on July 29, 1989, and was broadcasted on August 1, 1989.
File is an audio reel containing an interview on the Youth Nuclear Disarmament Tour. The tour, consisting of four students from Montreal, was in Halifax from October 5, 1986 until October 12, 1986, at which time they were interviewed by Ken Burke. The interview was recorded October 6, 1986 and aired October 7, 1986 on Title Waves, a CKDU radio program. It was rebroadcast October 13, 1986 on Title Waves.
File is an audio reel containing an episode of The Word is Out, a radio program broadcast on CKDU radio 88.1. This episode features reflections from feminists and lesbians on the École Polytechnique massacre, the female-targeted shooting that occured in Montreal on December 6, 1989. The episode was recorded on December 6, 1990.
File is an audio reel containing a lecture by David Gillies on human rights and the World Bank's conditional lending. Gillies, the policy coordinator for the Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development in Montreal, spoke on April 2, 1993 at the Dalhousie Law School. The recording is in two parts: the first part (20 min., 44 sec.) contains Gillies' lecture; and the second part (6 min., 10 sec.) contains his responses to questions. The recording aired April 2, 1993 on The Evening Affair, CKDU's evening public affairs program, and was rebroadcast November 2, 1993, also on The Evening Affair.
File is an audio reel containing an interview with Catherine Phoenix of the Eye Level Gallery and Ann Verral of Centre for Arts Tapes on Sigmund Freud, art, and rethinking subjectivity. Phoenix and Verral spoke with CKDU's Brenda Barnes about their joint-exhibit "The Art Against Violence Against Women" which opened at the Eye Level Gallery on December 6, 1990 to mark the first anniversary of the deaths of 14 women murdered in Montreal at the l'Ecole Polytechnique. The exhibit contained work from 40 women in Nova Scotia. The interview aired November 23, 1990 and was rebroadcast November 23, 1990 on Title Waves; December 4, 1990 on The Evening Affair; December 6, 1990 on Odd Girl Out; and March 25, 1993.
File is an audio reel containing a piece remembering the Montreal massacre, written and performed by Dalhousie Law students who were part of the "Women and the Law" group. The piece was performed in the CKDU studio by Tarel Quandt, Lori Savoury, Jane Plaxton, Christine Schmidt, and Caroline Cohen. It aired December 6, 1990 on Title Waves, and was rebroadcast December 17, 1990 on Title Waves; December 6, 1991 on Title Waves and The Evening Affair; and November 30, 1994.
File is an audio reel containing a lecture by Ellen Gabriel, a Mohawk spokeswoman, on the history of the Iroquois Confederacy, the effects of the Indian Act, the role of women as defenders of encroachment to the Mohawk communities, and the continuing Sûreté du Québec (SQ) and Army harassment following the Oka Crisis of 1990. Gabriel is from Kahnesetake and is an exhibiting artist in Montreal. She spoke in Halifax on January 14, 1992 as part of the Mount Saint Vincent University Instititute for the Study of Women lecture series.
File is an audio reel containing an interview with Solange Vincent of the Voice of Women in Montreal. She spoke with CKDU's Cathryn Morse and Vince Tinguely while in Halifax for a panel discussion on military production and its role in development. The interview aired April 6, 1989 and was rebroadcast April 7, 1989 on The Evening Affair; October 4, 1989; and December 8, 1989 on Title Waves.
File is an audio reel containing an interview with Max Faille, of the Montreal-based group Students Against Global Extermination (SAGE). Faille spoke with CKDU's Kathyrn Morse while at Dalhousie University to attend the Educating for Peace conference. The interview aired May 8, 1989 and was rebroadcast May 11, 1989 on Title Waves and The Evening Affair, and August 3, 1989.
File is an audio reel containing an interview with Nicholas Regush, a Montreal journalist specializing in covering medical issues and a medical analyst with CBC Radio, on his book Canada's Health Care System: Condition Critical. During a visit to Halifax the previous fall, he discussed his belief that immediate action was needed to prevent Canada's health care system from falling into ruin with CKDU's Donna Mayer. The episode was recorded in September 1987, and was broadcast on March 7, and July 5, 1988 on Title Waves, a CKDU program.
File is an audio reel containing an interview with Norman Nawrocki, a Montreal activist. He spoke with CKDU's Samantha Brennan about a video he made called "Man Talk." The interview aired December 28, 1986 and was rebroadcast on Title Waves January 7, 1987; January 20, 1987; and February 10, 1987.
File is an audio reel containing an interview with Tassy Teekman and Janet Oxley, Montreal dancers and choreographers. They spoke with CKDU's P.D. Coffin on April 22, 1987. The interview was rebroadcast April 23, 1987.
File is an audio reel containing a report on a Coors boycott at Concordia by the students, as they believed that their business practices worked against minorities. The boycott was initiated by The Lesbian and Gay Friends of Concordia. The recording includes an interview with Jennifer Feinberg, a coordinator of the boycott, conducted by CKDU's Donna Mayer. The episode was recorded on August 26, 1987 and was broadcast on August 27, 1987 and September 3, 1987 on Title Waves and The Evening Affair, CKDU programs.
File contains 73 photographs taken by Bill Freedman at locations in Newfoundland and Montreal in 2002. Photographs show shrubs of the east coast of Canada, as well people and street scenes in Montreal.
File contains correspondence and a certificate from the Secretary of the Board of Governors of McGill University regarding the proceeds from the Martlet Concert and Ball as well as Ellen Ballon's general support of the McGill music program.
File contains a copy of Le Canada Musical, Volume 4, Number 24, published in 1921. The magazine is autographed by Canadian organist and composer Benoit F. Poirier.
File is a photograph of Mrs. Norah Michener, Roland Michener (Governor General of Canada), Alive Girard (President, International Council of Nurses) and Sister Sister Mary Felicitas (President, Canadian Nurses Association).
File includes records relating to Upstream's fall tour in 1992, which included performances in Nova Scotia (Yarmouth, Halifax, Wolfville); Moncton, New Brunswick; Montreal, Quebec; and Ontario (Toronto, Ottawa, Peterborough, and Kitchener).
File is a photograph of an unidentified graduating class from the McGill Medical School. Identified by the photograph of the McGill Medical Building (1880-1900) in the background of the shot. http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/VIEW-1479
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.
Series contains newspaper clippings about Ellen Ballon. Clippings include articles about a variety of subjects, including Ellen Ballon's life in general, concerts, and her hobbies.
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.
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.
Item is a series of proofs from G.D. Hacket's photoshoot with Ellen Ballon, Antal Dorati (conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra) and composer Aaron Copland.
File contains programs from concerts by Clara Butt and Kennerley Rumford, from their tour of Canada in 1914. File also contains a newspaper clipping with comments from Clara Butt on their Canadian tour and the state of music in Canada. The article mentions performances in Toronto, the Arena in Montreal, and in Vancouver.
File contains three letters from Frank Cyril James to Ellen Ballon concerning her performances and the conferral of an honorary degree by McGill to her.
File contains letters concerning Ellen Ballon's performance of music by Heitor Villa-Lobos and the receipt of flowers. File also contains a letter to Ballon from Mary Goldie, Private Secretary to Princess Alice, concerning a letter from the latter and Lord Athlone to Dr. James (presumably Frank Cyril James) at the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the McGill Conservatorium of Music.
