University Archives
& Special Collections

Music

Atlantic Opera Society

(fl. 1972-1975) Halifax, NS. Newsletter, programmes and miscellaneous flyers. Extent 0.5 cm. Locator number: MS-5-6

Atlantic Symphony Orchestra

(1968-1983) Halifax, NS. Financial records, contracts, programmes, posters, newspaper clippings, press releases, correspondence and photographs. Programmes and miscellaneous records of the Halifax Symphony, 1952-1968. Extent approx. 20 m. Locator number: MS-5-11 Finding aid available

Atwood, John Joseph Lysons

(1904- ) Lawyer, Halifax, NS. and Vancouver, BC. Music manuscript of 2 themes for the organ by Benoit F. Poirier, Montreal; Programme - Notre Dame Church, Montreal, June 3, 1928; Organ Recital by B.F. Poirier; "Le Canada Musical" Article on Poirier, 1921. Extent 6 pp. Locator number: MS-5-9

Ballon, Ellen

(1844-1972) Pianist, Montreal, QC and New York, USA. Correspondence, musical scores (piano and orchestral), photographs, a sketch, harmony notebooks, fliers, programs, newspaper clippings, academic journals, a press book, and letters of composers. The musical scores include several first edition copies and/or autographed copies. Extent 90 cm.. Locator number: MS-5-2 Finding aid available

Feltmate, Charles

New Glasgow, N.S. Nova Scotia sea songs, n.d. Extent 4 pp. Locator number: MS-2-353

Gillis, Ivan Maxwell

(1918-1946) Composer and Organist, Halifax, NS. Clippings, programmes, 1943, 1947; letters of recommendation, 1940, 1944; correspondence, 1938-39, 1943, 1946, 1951; music manuscripts, scrapbooks, 1931-46; certificates and diplomas. Extent 1.5 cm. Locator number: MS-5-8

Halifax Camerata Singers

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Hamilton, H. Noel

(fl. 1949-1950, 1988) Halifax, N.S. and Montreal, PQ. Scrapbook and biographical information. Extent 1.5 cm. Locator number: MS-2-609

Hatt, Fenwick, W.

(1860-1924) Master Mariner and Manufacturer, Port Medway, N.S. Notebook of sailors ballads collected by Captain Hatt, c. 1875-83. Extent 88 pp. Locator number: MS-2-375

Jones, J.S.

(fl. 1890) Halifax, N.S. Note giving history of a Stradivarius Violin owned by J.S. Jones, n.d. (c. 1890), Halifax, N.S. Extent 1 p. Locator number: MS-2-338

Leffek, Janet

(fl. 1962-1995) Music teacher, Halifax, NS. collection of concert, theatre and music festival programs, clippings, and private teaching material, ca. 1963-1995. Extent 56 cm. Locator number: MS-5-13 Finding aid available

Logan, John Daniel

(b.1869-d. 1929) Editor and Author, Halifax, NS. and Toronto, ON. Correspondence, 1907-1925; music manuscripts and letters from composers. Extent 80 cm. Locator number: MS-5-1

MacKenzie, William Roy

(1882-1957) English Professor and Folklorist, St.Louis, Missouri and River John, NS. Manuscripts: "Ballads and Sea Songs from Nova Scotia" and "The Observed of All Observers, A Study of Hamlet".; Corres., 1915, 1918-19, 1928, 1931,, 1936, 1942, 1947, 1953. Lecture Notes ad Misc. Papers. Extent Locator number: MS-2-296

McOdrum, Maxwell Murdock

(1901-55) Halifax, N.S. and Brockville, Ont. Manuscript of "Nova Scotia Ballads," 1922. Extent 2 cm. Locator number: MS-2-234 Finding aid available

Murphy, L. & M. Ltd.

(1873- ) Dry Goods, Halifax, NS. List of Dividends paid to shareholders in the Halifax Academy of Music, 1897 and a Shares Certificate, 1904. Extent 3 pp. Locator number: MS-4-71

Murray, Donald

(1910- ) Halifax, NS and Toronto, ON. Music manuscripts of student's songs and reviews at Dalhousie University, 1929; letter to Stanford W. Archibald, Toronto, Ontario, Dec.20, 1979. Extent 13 pp. Locator number: MS-5-10

Nova Scotia Folk Arts Council

(fl. 1966-1973) Halifax, NS. Correspondence and administrative records. Extent 60 cm. Locator number: MS-5-5 Finding aid available

Nova Scotia Opera Association

(fl. 1950-1969) Opera Society, Halifax, NS. Correspondence, 1950; administrative papers, 1950-1958; programmes, 1950-1958; 1969. Extent 2.5 cm. Locator number: MS-5-4

Symphony Nova Scotia

Locator number: MS-5-14

Ward, Richard

(fl. 1885 -1977) Insurance Agent, Halifax, NS. Notes, music manuscripts, correspondence, pamphlets, music and theatre programmes, posters, photographs, newspapers and magazine clippings on music and theatre, ca. 1920-1977. Extent approx. 1.7 m. Locator number: MS-5-7

Whitehead, Alfred

(fl. 1937) Letter from Duncan Scott, 1937; letter from Dr. Carleton Stanley to the Very Rev. Arthur Carlisle. Extent 2 pp. Locator number: MS-5-3