Discover Archives

Collection includes correspondence, notes, transcripts, and other working papers for Ezra Schabas's book Sir Ernest MacMillan: the importance of being Canadian, published by the University of Toronto Press in 1994.

Schabas, Ezra

LeCaine, Trudi : interview transcript

OTUFM 15-A-115
File
1986

Part of Sir Ernest MacMillan collection

File consists of transcript of interview with Keith MacMillan, regarding her step-father Arnold Walter.

ISME : International Society for Music Education : correspondence and report

OTUFM 15-A-98
File
1963-1964

Part of Sir Ernest MacMillan collection

File consists of 1963 Tokyo conference report by Arnold Walter; 1964 Budapest meeting, copies of correspondence with Jean Papineau-Couture.

Smith, Whitney : notes, interview transcripts, and essay

OTUFM 15-A-219
File
1982

Part of Sir Ernest MacMillan collection

File consists of 28 pages of notes; copies of transcripts of interviews with Walter Buczynski, Frank Fusco, Keith MacMillan, Mary Willan Mason, David Ouchterlony; copies of letters to Keith MacMillan; copy of paper Sir Ernest MacMillan and Dr Arnold Walter: a counterpoint of musical heritage

Parlow, Kathleen : notes

OTUFM 15-A-175
File
1941

Part of Sir Ernest MacMillan collection

Interview transcripts

OTUFM 15-A-100
File
1983-1986

Part of Sir Ernest MacMillan collection

File consists of Keith MacMillan with Reginald Godden, Flora Goulden, Paul Green, Frances James, Richard Johnston, Greta Kraus, Brock MacElheran, Harold Sumberg, Muriel Dagger Temple.

Johnson, Edward : biography

OTUFM 15-A-104
File
1936-1952

Part of Sir Ernest MacMillan collection

File consists of photocopies from Ruby Mercer biography. Original folder included note, "See RCM fracas" [OTUFM 15-208].

Guelph : essay on Edward Johnson

OTUFM 15-A-91
File
1968

Part of Sir Ernest MacMillan collection

File consists of photocopy of essay on Edward Johnson for 1968 Spring Festival brochure.

Elliott, Robin : correspondence, program, and press notices

OTUFM 15-A-75
File
1925-1930, 1993

Part of Sir Ernest MacMillan collection

File consists of an autographed letter signed (ALS) regarding his thesis and Canadian Musical Heritage Edition; photocopy of Hart House String Quartet program of MacMillan's quartet and press notices.

Canada Council : articles, talks, and brief

OTUFM 15-A-33
File
1956-1973

Part of Sir Ernest MacMillan collection

File consists of copy of brief from Canadian Music Council; typescripts of preparatory articles on performance (Gilles Lefebvre, JMC), public libraries (Ogreta McNeill, CMLA), university libraries (Graham George, Queen's), foreign relations (Boyd Neel, RCM), composers (John Beckwith, CLC), and music education (Leslie Bell); photocopy of talk by MacMillan on receiving Canada Council medal, 1964.

Parry Sound : MacMillan centenary Symposium

OTUFM 15-A-177
File
1993

Part of Sir Ernest MacMillan collection

File consists of materials for the MacMillan centenary Symposium, including a concert flyer, program, letter from John Beckwith to James Campbell suggesting programs and speakers, and about 30 pages of notes.

Concerts of Canadian composers : notes, press notices, and correspondence

OTUFM 15-A-61
File
1947-1993

Part of Sir Ernest MacMillan collection

File consists of 3 pages of notes; photocopy of press notices; 1 typed letter signed (TLS) from John Beckwith.

Beckwith, John : correspondence and drafts

OTUFM 15-A-10
File
1957-1993

Part of Sir Ernest MacMillan collection

File consists of 1 typed letter signed (TLS) and pencil notations on printout drafts.

YMCA : notes on aid to wartime prisoners

OTUFM 15-A-306
File
1941-1945

Part of Sir Ernest MacMillan collection

File consists of notes on aid to wartime prisoners (1941-45).

Memoirs : by Ernest MacMillan

OTUFM 15-A-307
File
1957

Part of Sir Ernest MacMillan collection

File consists of photocopy of typescript and computer printouts by Ernest MacMillan.

Toronto Symphony Orchestra programs

OTUFM 15-A-308
File
1931-1956

Part of Sir Ernest MacMillan collection

File consists of 1931-1945; 1945-1952; 1952-1956; and computer printouts of indexes by date, composer, concert type, conductor, soloist, and Canadian composers by Keith MacMillan.

Winston Salem : notes

OTUFM 15-A-303
File
1960

Part of Sir Ernest MacMillan collection

Winnipeg : notes

OTUFM 15-A-302
File
1948-1965

Part of Sir Ernest MacMillan collection

Writings of Sir Ernest MacMillan : list

OTUFM 15-A-305
File
1986

Part of Sir Ernest MacMillan collection

File consists of annotated computer printouts in alphabetical and chronological order by Keith MacMillan.

Women : student essay

OTUFM 15-A-304
File
[before 1994]

Part of Sir Ernest MacMillan collection

File consists of photocopy of manuscript student essay by MacMillan A comparison -the women of the eighteenth century with the women of today.

Willan, Healey : press notices and manuscript

OTUFM 15-A-301
File
1944-1983

Part of Sir Ernest MacMillan collection

File consists of photocopy of MacMillan's tribute for Diapason press notices, and of manuscript of Willan's elucidation (1966) of MacMillan's elucidation.

Wells, Paul : correspondence and press notices

OTUFM 15-A-299
File
1921-1927

Part of Sir Ernest MacMillan collection

File consists of photocopy of letter to MacMillan and press notices.

Wickson, Ethelwyn : interview notes and correspondence

OTUFM 15-A-300
File
1993

Part of Sir Ernest MacMillan collection

File consists of 6 pages of interview notes; correspondence with Schabas regarding permission to use her remarks on MacMillan's view of religion.

Washington and Baltimore : notes and press notices

OTUFM 15-A-295
File
1938-1950

Part of Sir Ernest MacMillan collection

File consists of 2 pages of notes; photocopy of press notices.

Wedd, Nora : press clipping

OTUFM 15-A-296
File
1992

Part of Sir Ernest MacMillan collection

File consists of a photocopy of a press clipping including an anecdote about MacMillan.

Wells, Kay Irwin : interview notes and correspondence

OTUFM 15-A-298
File
[before 1994]

Part of Sir Ernest MacMillan collection

File consists of copy of transcript of interview with Keith MacMillan; photocopy of verse letter to MacMillan.

Walter, Arnold : notes, correspondence, and press notices.

OTUFM 15-A-292
File
1948-1968

Part of Sir Ernest MacMillan collection

File consists of 1 page of notes; copy of letter accepting grant as vice-president, Canadian Music Council; photocopy of press notices.

Vogt, A.S. : notes and press notices

OTUFM 15-A-291
File
1924, 1926

Part of Sir Ernest MacMillan collection

File consists of 1 page of notes and photocopies of press notices, including Appreciation by MacMillan.

Wartime music : papers and addresses by Ernest MacMillan

OTUFM 15-A-294
File
1941-1943

Part of Sir Ernest MacMillan collection

File consists of copies of several papers and addresses by MacMillan.

Walter, Cameron : student essay on MacMillan

OTUFM 15-A-293
File
1976

Part of Sir Ernest MacMillan collection

File consists of copy of his 44 pages of student essay Sir Ernest Campbell MacMillan, 1931-1945.

Upper Canada Broadcasting Corporation : notes, address, and press notices

OTUFM 15-A-287
File
1960

Part of Sir Ernest MacMillan collection

File consists of 1 page of notes; photocopy of address by MacMillan, and of press notices on proposed television station.

Vancouver : notes, press clippings, and correspondence

OTUFM 15-A-288
File
1943-1949

Part of Sir Ernest MacMillan collection

File consists of 2 pages of notes; a photocopy of a press clipping about a MacMillan visit; and letter to Lawren Harris from MacMillan.

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra : notes, correspondence, and press notices

OTUFM 15-A-289
File
1939-1963

Part of Sir Ernest MacMillan collection

File consists of 2 pages of notes; photocopies of letters from MacMillan; and press notices regarding finances and appointment of conductor.

Victoria, B.C. : notes

OTUFM 15-A-290
File
1954

Part of Sir Ernest MacMillan collection

University of Toronto Press : notes, press notices, and correspondence

OTUFM 15-A-285
File
1994

Part of Sir Ernest MacMillan collection

File consists of 1 page of notes regarding MacMillan; fax of press release about biography; copies of Schabas' letters of thanks to participants in his book launch.

University of Toronto Magazine : memos and biography excerpts