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Major figures in the arts gathered at the Royal York Hotel last night to pay tribute to the dean of Canadian music Sir Ernest MacMillan (at centre in wheelchair)
Major figures in the arts gathered at the Royal York Hotel last night to pay tribute to the dean of Canadian music Sir Ernest MacMillan (at centre in wheelchair)

Major figures in the arts gathered at the Royal York Hotel last night to pay tribute to the dean of Canadian music Sir Ernest MacMillan (at centre in wheelchair)

Date6/11/1969
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Guest greeted: Michael Spence, centre, dean of arts and sciences at Harvard University, chats with David Galloway, left, a director of the Canadian Club, and Bernard Ostry, chairman of TVOntario before yesterday's luncheon at Royal York
Guest greeted: Michael Spence, centre, dean of arts and sciences at Harvard University, chats with David Galloway, left, a director of the Canadian Club, and Bernard Ostry, chairman of TVOntario before yesterday's luncheon at Royal York
11/2/1987
Photo of two men looking at a large book. 
Dr. J. N. Bennett, chairman of the Public Library Board, discusses the new venture with Sir Ernest MacMillan, chairman of the Canadian Music Council
8 April 1959
Retiring fire chief honored. Retiring chief ot Toronto's fire department, Frank Coakwell shakes hands with guests last night who attended a testimonial dinner at the Royal York Hotel to pay tribute his 50 years of service to the city. He retires officially on Dec. 30.
Retiring fire chief honored. Retiring chief ot Toronto's fire department, Frank Coakwell shakes hands with guests last night who attended a testimonial dinner at the Royal York Hotel to pay tribute his 50 years of service to the city. He retires officially on Dec. 30.
12/8/1968
Music is a way of life for Betsy MacMillan, 16, granddaughter of former Toronto Symphony conductor Sir Ernest MacMillan
Music is a way of life for Betsy MacMillan, 16, granddaughter of former Toronto Symphony conductor Sir Ernest MacMillan
2/17/1972
Seated backstage at Massey Hall last night, under a portrait of Sir Ernest MacMillan, soprano Maria Callas Laughs at a remark from one of the many luc(...)
Seated backstage at Massey Hall last night, under a portrait of Sir Ernest MacMillan, soprano Maria Callas Laughs at a remark from one of the many luc(...)
2/21/1974
Sir Ernest MacMillan standing and speaking into a microphone with four other people sitting lis ...
Sir Ernest MacMillan, Mus.D, LLD., officially opening the new Music Library in the Howard Ferguson House, 559 Avenue Road
18 April 1959
Sir Ernest MacMillan, eminent Canadian musician, keeps both gasoline consumption and waistline at a minimum by riding his bicycle to work
Sir Ernest MacMillan, eminent Canadian musician, keeps both gasoline consumption and waistline at a minimum by riding his bicycle to work
6/13/1942
One of the great figures in the world of music arrived in Toronto last night: Zoltan Kodaly, Hungarian composer, conductor and arranger
One of the great figures in the world of music arrived in Toronto last night: Zoltan Kodaly, Hungarian composer, conductor and arranger
7/5/1966
In all directions: British singer-songwriter Joe Jackson has proved to be one of the most restlessly inventive figures in new music: Peter Goddard says of his concert at Massey Hall last night
In all directions: British singer-songwriter Joe Jackson has proved to be one of the most restlessly inventive figures in new music: Peter Goddard says of his concert at Massey Hall last night
10/7/1982
Labor Minister Bryce Mackasey, speaking to the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews last night at the Royal York Hotel, says that too many Canadians pay only lip service to the principle of equality and take no action
Labor Minister Bryce Mackasey, speaking to the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews last night at the Royal York Hotel, says that too many Canadians pay only lip service to the principle of equality and take no action
5/4/1970
Big Jim Leeson parks his Cessna Skyplane, zips up his jacket and goes to pay a house call. By flying, Wiarton's Dr. Leeson figures he's beaten one of the biggest problems facing the progessive rural doctor today: Isolation from his colleagues and the big city medical centres. With his Cessna he can hop down to Toronto in an hour for a lecture. Still, he admits, a rural practice might not be every doctor's cup of tea, I'm a farm boy myself...I'm used to it, he says.
Big Jim Leeson parks his Cessna Skyplane, zips up his jacket and goes to pay a house call. By flying, Wiarton's Dr. Leeson figures he's beaten one of the biggest problems facing the progessive rural doctor today: Isolation from his colleagues and the big city medical centres. With his Cessna he can hop down to Toronto in an hour for a lecture. Still, he admits, a rural practice might not be every doctor's cup of tea, I'm a farm boy myself...I'm used to it, he says.
3/10/1970
To Conduct Maple leaf gardens concerts, Sir Ernest MacMillan, dynamic leader of the Toronto Symphony orchestra, and Dr, Charles Peaker, conductor of t(...)
To Conduct Maple leaf gardens concerts, Sir Ernest MacMillan, dynamic leader of the Toronto Symphony orchestra, and Dr, Charles Peaker, conductor of t(...)
10/16/1940