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Creance / Susan Kerslake : [manuscript]

File contains an unpublished manuscript, a rejection letter from The Women's Press , a letter containing criticisms and suggestions from Oberon Press, and a small poem by David Rook.

Correspondence between Susan Kerslake and George Peabody

File contains correspondence with George Peabody. Materials include one handwritten letter to Kerslake requesting permission to reprint "Soft Body Parts" (as well as "Did You Ever ...") from "The Book of Fears," and one blank permission to reprint form.

Susan Kerslake's rejection letters

File contains assorted personal and generic rejection letters from various publishers, including Canadian Fiction Magazine, Room of One's Own and The Long Story.

Correspondence from Edna F. Anderson

File contains a letter from Edna F. Anderson to John Daniel Logan about booking concerts in Nova Scotia venues and includes proposed programs for two Halifax concerts featuring the Boston Symphony Ensemble. The folder includes biographical information about the ensemble and its conductor, Augusto Vannini, and several concert programs for the Boston Symphony Ensemble.

Correspondence from Julie Opp Faversham

File contains a letter from Julie Opp Faversham (1871–1921), an American stage actress, thanking John Daniel Logan for a poem and his comments about a production of Julius Caesar that she acted in with her husband, William Faversham.

Correspondence from W.O. Forsyth

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)

Correspondence from Boris Hambourg

File contains a letter from the Russian cellist Boris Hambourg concerning Ernest J. Farmer's "Fantasia for cello," the winner of a Canadian Composers competition. The file also includes a program for a series of five concerts given by Hambourg at The Hambourg Conservatory of Music in Toronto (April 14 to May 12, 1925).

Hambourg, Boris

Correspondence from Edouard Hesselberg

File contains an announcement from the Russian pianist, composer, and teacher Edouard Hesselberg sent to John Daniel Logan as the Musical Critic of The Star (in Toronto). The announcement concerns his recent appointment as editor and contributor to the staff of the "International Music and Musicians." The letter was sent in an envelope from The Hambourg Conservatory of Music in Toronto.

Hesselberg, Edouard

Correspondence from Harry Irvine

File contains a letter from the English actor Harry Irvine in response to John Daniel Logan's criticism of his performance in "Othello" at an unidentified theatre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The letter mentions a future lecture at Dalhousie College on "William Shakespeare: A Human Being."

Correspondence from Marian MacDowell

File contains three letters from Marian MacDowell to John Daniel Logan. The letters concern her husband's death and work (the American composer and pianist Edward MacDowell) and Logan's poetry. The file also includes a compilation of press notices about a series of lectures that Marian MacDowell gave in 1910 on Edward MacDowell's music.

Correspondence from A.S. Vogt

File contains a letter from A.S. (Augustus Stephen) Vogt, thanking John Daniel Logan for his review of a performance by the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir.

Vogt, Augustus Stephen

Correspondence and records from the Halifax Camerata Singers concert season

File consists of records for the 1994-1995 concert season of the Halifax Camerata Singers, including programs, correspondence, newspaper clippings about performances, and member lists. The file includes records relating to the Camerata Singers CD project and a distribution agreement with Duckworth Distribution Limited/ Atlantica Music and Distribution Limited.

Research and program notes for composers M to L

File contains drafts of program notes and research notes by Anthony Pugh pertaining to works by the following composers: Frank Martin, Bohuslav Martinu, Nicolas Medtner, Gian Carlo Menotti, Darius Milhaud,Michael R. Miller, Klaro Mizerit, Pierre Mercure, Ernest John Moeran, Modest Mussorgsky, Nicolai Paganini, Ricardo Pick-Mangiagalli, Oskar Morawetz, Henry Purcell, Jules Massanet, Gaetano Pugnani, Michael Parker, and Francis Poulenc. The file also contains a program for the New Brunswick Summer Music Festival (August 21-24, 2002), for which Pugh wrote program notes, and programs used by Pugh in his research, including those from the Edinburgh International Festival of Music and Drama, the Liverpool Philharmonic Society, and the National Youth Orchestra of Canada. The file also contains two letters from Michael R. Miller to Anthony Pugh about a reading by Allan Cooper at the Fredericton Playhouse premiere performance of Quintet Equinox by Canadian composer Michael R. Miller.

Research and program notes pertaining to Mozart

File contains drafts of program notes and research notes by Anthony Pugh pertaining to works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The file includes a booklet with handwritten musical examples by Pugh of extracts from Mozart opera overtures. The file also includes two complete programs (with notes by Pugh) for the Cathedral Festival of the Arts (May 21-24, 1987) in Fredericton, New Brunswick and the Mozart Bicentennial Concerts at the University of New Brunswick., and a draft of a letter from Pugh to "Mr. Elliot" about a recent series of broadcasts on the Mozart Piano Concertos.

Correspondence and programs from Marc Sabat

File contains correspondence from Marc Sabat of the Tempest String Quartet (also including Sheila McDonald, Anthony Rapoport, and Katja Linfield) regarding their performances in Fredericton, New Brunswick. The file also includes a copy of the press release for their June 8, 1988 concert, and a copy of the program from the concert.

Ronald St. John Macdonald's correspondence regarding his essay about Nicolas Valticos' professional achievements

File contains correspondence with L.A. Sicilianos regarding Ronald St. John Macdonald's essay for the book in honour of Nicolas Valticos. File includes an off-print of Ronald St. John Macdonald's article "supervision of the execution of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights".

Ronald St. John Macdonald's correspondence regarding his research on the teaching of international law at Canadian universities

File contains correspondence with different individuals, including Lakshman, Edward Sheffield, Maxwell Cohen, and others. File includes typescripts, handwritten notes, Review '88 Outlook '89 periodical and North-South news, no. 7, of 1988-89 by the North-South Institutes, and newspaper clippings. File contains materials about Osgood Hall Law School and two typescripts regarding Dalhousie University Archives.

Ronald St. John Macdonald's correspondence regarding Quing-nan Meng's studies at Dalhousie Law School

File contains correspondence with different individuals, including Quing-nan Meng, Edgar Gold, Paul Fauteux, Dominique Alheritiere, Tom Hick, R. C. Strother, W.A. MacKay, Wang Fusun, J.D. Kingham, Patti Allen, John Vandermeulen, and others. File includes newspaper clippings, pamphlets, annotated manuscripts, and handwritten notes related to the subject.

Ronald St. John Macdonald's correspondence regarding Qing-nan Meng's studies at Dalhousie Law School

File contains correspondence and clippings from 1984 to 1986 related to Qing-nan Meng's studies at Dalhousie University, with correspondence between Ronald St. John Macdonald, Meng Qing-nan, Edgar Gold, N. Thompson, Bai Gui-mei, Patti Allen, Gerald FitzGerald, John Vandermeulen, Lun Wong, M.G. Parks, and H. Leslie O'Brien.

File also contains a copy of Qing-nan Men's Thesis Defence Notice program, and an external examiner's report from Gerald FitzGerald.

Ronald St. John Macdonald's correspondence regarding scholarships for Chinese students at Dalhousie University

File contains correspondence with different individuals, including Alton A. Lomas, Suzanne H. Azis, Sheng Yu, A.J. MacIntosh, Quing-nan Meng, Zhiguo Gao, and others. File includes newspaper clippings, a pamphlet, and handwritten notes related to the subject. Most of the materials are regarding the period between 1980 and1982.

Ronald St. John Macdonald's correspondence regarding the British Institute of International and Comparative Law

File contains correspondence with different individuals, including A.J. Lang, Lord Denning, H.H. Marshall, R.J. Lands, Hazy Fox, and others. File includes meeting notices, meeting agendas, and a report from the British Institute of International and Comparative Law Council of Management, and other printed materials.
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