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Marvin Duchow Music Library Series
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Montreal Mendelssohn Choir donation

The Montreal Mendelssohn Choir donated eight volumes of choral sheet music from the Choir’s library in 1895, a year after the Choir’s dissolution. There are only seven extant volumes in the collection because volume 6 has been missing since at least the 1980s.

Montreal Mendelssohn Choir

D. Torrance Fraser donation

Three volumes of choral sheet music from the Choir’s library were donated to McGill University by the Estate of D. Torrance Fraser, a former choir member, in 1926. The pieces in these three volumes are second copies of those pieces found in Series 1. In 1927, another volume of sheet music from the Choir’s library was donated to McGill University by the Estate of D. Torrance Fraser. This fourth volume (DTF2) contains many pieces not found in the other volumes.

Montreal Mendelssohn Choir

Miscellaneous.

This series consists of unused research materials, documents pertaining to the Growing with Canada book launch and a related lecture, a copy of Dr. Helmer’s monograph, and other miscellaneous documents. The series contains 44 items.

Émigré musician files.

This series consists of the biographical information on each émigré collected by Dr. Helmer. The series contains approximately 1030 items. Each file folder may hold:

  • Paul Helmer’s bio-bibliography of the individual(s), as in Appendix A of Growing with Canada.
  • Transcripts and/or summaries of interviews conducted by Paul Helmer, Rachel Anderson, and Katharine Neufeld.
  • Documentary evidence pertaining to the individual(s): primary and secondary sources, both original and copied material.
  • Paul Helmer’s notes and drafts for Growing with Canada.
  • Photographs.

Internment research materials.

This series consists of materials pertaining to Canadian internment of “enemy aliens” during the Second World War, including most notably a copy of an unpublished collection of internment camp chronicles by Hans Kaufman. The series contains three items.

Correspondence

The Correspondence Series contains letters to or by Julius Schloss to the listed individual, except where noted. Additional correspondence pertaining to other series in the collection is listed below as well.

Clippings

The Clippings Series contains articles and clippings from newspapers, magazines and journals that pertain to people, music, and specific periods of Schloss’s life. Items are arranged topically.

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