Sir Ernest MacMillan fonds
Published: 1890
Language: eng
Notes: Conductor, organist, pianist, composer, educator, writer and administrator. Toronto, Ont.

Biographical material; writings, lectures and speeches, 1920-1967; manuscripts of compositions, 1904-1959; files and scrapbooks (25) related to his various activities, such as: Sir E. MacMillan Clubs (1938-1955), YMCA War Prisoners Committee (1941-1946), Ruhleben (1917-1929); newspaper clippings, 1907-1973; concert programmes and publicity brochures. Also includes 17 drawings, by Arthur Lismer, among others; 806 photographs and 4 glass-plate negatives (MacMillan and personalities of the music world); 46 audio discs, 232 audio tape reels and 2 videocassettes (sound recordings of compositions, interviews and concerts conducted by MacMillan).

Finding aid: Maureen Nevins. -- "Numerical List of the Sir Ernest MacMillan Fonds"--Ottawa: National Library of Canada. -- November 1992. 435 p. (unpublished).

Restrictions: the family files and financial records are confidential until 1999 (list available); written permission required for access to certain files of organizations to which Sir E. MacMillan belonged.

File code: MUS 7.