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Production documents

These production documents detail many aspects of theatre production. Notes on the opening night performances, lighting cues, props lists and set drawings comprise this series.

Scripts

Many scripts in the Pier One collection are written by Canadian playwrights. The group was also interested in Haligonian writers and local, non-professional theatre productions. Unproduced scripts are also included in this series. Annotated scripts contain notes regarding production and acting techniques, as well as revisions to the works for production purposes.

Flyers

Flyers were the group's most prolific mode of promotion. Both theatre productions and community programming are represented.

Organizational management

This series contains information on the organization of Pier One as a theatre production company. The hierarchy of the group is outlined and information given about actors involved with the group. Worksheets detail procedures followed by members in the preparation and mounting of productions, including everyday upkeep of the organization and its facilities.

Workshop programming

Pier One developed workshops for both children and adults. This series contains records pertaining to program development, financing, and promotion.

Newspaper clippings

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.

Business archives of the Technical Univesity of Nova Scotia Office of the President and Director of Tech Education

Series consists of files created in the office of the College President and Director of Technical Education, primarily from 1911 to 1947, when Dr. F.H. Sexton held the dual President/Director posting. There are some files from the tenure of Dr. A.E. Cameron, and scattered few from Dr. Holbrook's tenure, then more from the 1980s and 1990s. These later records appear to have been selected by the last President and/or the Department of Community Relations as to what should be transferred to the Archives (i.e. very few and very select records remain from what must have been a larger whole). Series documents vocational education through the operation of evening classes and mining schools, including hiring of instructors, inspection reports, and student records. Photographs of technical education classes are found in the Technical Education Photographs series. The College's contribution to the war effort and to the vocational rehabilitation of discharged soldiers is also documented in this series and the Technical Education Photographs series. Series also documents the administration of NSTC, including hiring of faculty, faculty meetings, correspondence with students, curriculum development, scholarship administration and student records. The President's records also include files from Sexton's involvement in other organizations, including the Education Committee of the Halifax YMCA's Red Triangle Hut, the Maritime Board of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy; the Central Advisory Committee of the Carnegie Corporation; the Biological Board of Canada; the Canadian Education Association; the Rotary Club of Canada; Commission on Highway Dust Prevention; and the Halifax Conservatory of Music. Of particular note are files from Sexton's 1924-1927 tenure as President of the Victoria School of Art and Design, which became the Nova Scotia College of Art in 1925, and from the Board of Governors of the Nova Scotia Museum of Science, 1948-1952. Files are arranged in their original order - alphabetical by subject within each year. College files and technical education files were intermingled.

General files of the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra

Series contains general administration files created by the administrative activities of the ASO. Records include correspondence, artist pamphlets and catalogues, contracts, reports (including auditor's reports), planning documents, surveys, advertising proofs, memoranda, transcriptions, and committee meeting minutes, summaries and policies. The series also includes applications for positions in the orchestra as well as records relating to auditions.

Reference material

This series contains newspaper clippings about the United Textile Workers of America Local 159, receipts, an application for membership with the United Textile Workers of America, an efficiency report for 1969, and a record of proceedings and decision of board referees.

Press books and scrapbooks

Series contains various biographical sketches intended for press releases, as well as scrapbooks of press releases about Ellen Ballon and her performances.

Programs and fliers

Series contains programs and fliers from Ellen Ballon's concert performances. Series also includes an exhibition program of some of the Ellen Ballon materials available at the Dalhousie University Archives as well as a short biography written by a Dalhousie staff member.

Scholastic records

Series contains both the harmony workbooks created by Ellen Ballon during her early schooling as well as certificate letters issued from McGill University regarding her honorary degree and the scholarship program she instigated.

Programs

Series contains 14 programs of past operatic performances and notes on the creation of programs.

Nova Scotia Opera Association.

Personal papers of Ivan Maxwell Gillis

Series contains personal papers of and relating to Ivan Maxwell Gillis. Contents include copies of a scrapbook, copies of his degrees, newspaper clippings, letters of recommendation by others, an article on Gillis by Phyllis Blakeley, and a portrait of Gillis.

Extra-Local Relations and Correspondence

This series documents relations between Local 625 and several other IBEW locals (including Local 1818 prior to the amalgamation), the national and international IBEW offices, other unions, business associates, and government agencies. As part of its mandate, Local 625 maintained relations with IBEW locals across North America in order to accommodate transfers of Local 625 members to other jurisdictions and vice-versa. Correspondence between Local 625 and the national and international offices regarding procedural issues, reports, and policy are also included. Any correspondence of a general nature with legal counsel or regarding legal fees but which is not necessarily relevant to a specific unit or employer is also included in this series. Applications for certification, letters of agreement between the Local and various employers, and other important documents related to government jurisdiction of labour issues are also included in this series.
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