Skating Collection

Skating Collection.– [182?]-2007; 1900-1960 predominant. – 1,209 photos, 804 cards, 397 programs, 50 pieces of sheet music, 19 letters, 23 button/pins, 13 films, 10 posters, 5 records, 5 medals, 3 autograph books, 2 minute books, and other material.

The collection relates to ice skating and figure skating, and comprises the following series:

Postcards, trade cards, photo cards, and pictorial cards
Skating programs
Sheet music and records
Barbara Ann Scott collection
Alain Calmat collection
Sonja Henie collection
Cecilia Colledge collection
Archives and ephemera.

Series 1: Postcards, trade cards, photo cards, and pictorial cards

Items in boxes NOT necessarily in order listed.

Box 1

Christmas / New Year Greetings
92 cards. 1880-1920. Includes: “December” [1884], snow angels skating, A.D. Matthews & Son, Brooklyn; comic Christmas card, ca. 1900. The front of the card shows a lady with muffler, ice skating. It says: “What ho!”“A jolly Christmas”. The card opens in up in the middle to reveal the lady has taken a spill. It says: "She Bumps". And a proper man is coming to her rescue. 2.5" by 4.5" when closed. 5" wide when opened.

Couples
172 cards. 1878-[200?]), including:
Huntley & Palmers, Reading & London Biscuits, [1878?].
Russian skaters. Reynolds Brothers, Utica, NY. [188?].
 “Patinage et Badinage”, circa 1900.
Mabel L. Humphrey. [couple skating]. Large card. Verso of the colour illustration is a poem by Abel Homan, “Love and Lace,” from the Smart Set. [ca. 1900].
Fec. Ch. Scolik. [couple skating, no. 832 in series]. 1902 mailed. Black-and-white post card manufactured in Vienna but mailed in the Netherlands.
[couple skating in moonlight]. Two post cards mailed in 1902 from Russia to France.
[black-and-white photo of couple, man with moustache]. Post card mailed in 1903 from Sweden.
[bearded man on skates, kneeling and kissing woman’s hand, standing near her, skating with her]. 6 post cards from France, 1 from Sweden (2 cards almost the same). 1905.
[couple standing, each holding skates]. Post card mailed 30 October 1906.
[couple and almanack calendar]. 1907.
2 French cards sent from the Rhone to Roumania, 1907.
 [couple in nineteenth-century dress]. “Vous ne m’avez pas assez bien tenue...” Post card circa 1910.
Victorian couple. 1910.
“Le Patinage”, 1913.
AD. Godchau. Vêtements pour hommes et enfants.
Charlotte and Max Feist. [1921?]. Admiralsplalast, Eisballet, Flirt in St. Moritz. Photo by Willinger Berlin. 2 copies.
“Skating Is Alright Today.”  N.Y.: L.R. Conwell, 1909. Colour post card of couple in skates kissing. 2 copies. With a set of 15 holiday cards which use the image from the original card.

Comic 
63 cards circa 190?-196?.
Includes cards by L, 1910: “If you see a good thing grab it.” “I got in a mix up today.” ““DANGER He who skates and skates away, lives to skate another day!”
“DANGER Here goes nobody There are some good openings here”.”
“Fresh Frankfurters To-day”. [colour illustration of male skater having cut off a dog’s tail]. Post card circa 1910.
“I would like to take you out.” Colour post card of broken ice, two people with one person in the water.
Clown on skates. 1902.
“Br-r-r-r Dis iss a coldt vorldt ven you ain’dt got no luf or money.”
7 boys skating on river. Colour card. Spanish post card signed Lschröpler.
 “My First Skate”. Card 260. Post marked 17-8 December 1906 from Maine, USA. With writing on the face of the card in French.
“Where Ignorance Is Bliss”. 2 cats. 17 November 1913.
3 caricatures of black skaters.

Animals
19 comic cards of animals skating (dogs, cats, ducks, hippo, etc.). All mid-20^th century or earlier.

Woman or girl skater
76 cards. 1865-[194?].

Women skaters together
12 cards.

Children
46 cards.

Individual skaters. 14 cards

Miscellaneous cards (people skating). 18 cards.

Roller skating. 8 cards.

Box 2

Cigarette/companies/Olympics
51 cards. [190?]-1952. Cigarette companies include Worlds Dudes, Ogden’s, and Will’s.
Skating. Mitchell’s Cigarettes. Miniature card issued by Stephen Mitchell & Son. Miniature colour illustration of man skating with people in background. [ca. 1907].
1928, 132, 1936, 1952 games with photos of Max and Ernst Baier, T Rückert and Mr. Nicolsen.
1928 colour advertising cards, winter Olympics in St. Moritz: Sonja Henie, Gold Medalist, Norwegian Figure Skater and actress; Otto Kaiser &  Lilly Scholz, Austrian pair skaters, silver medal in 1928; Gillis Grafstöm,  Gold Medalist, Swedish Figure Skating. Serie Nr. 24, Bild Nr.1-3. Issued by Erdal-Kwak-Serienbild.
6 stamps, Album Nestlé, series 18, 1930s: no. 1 Léon Quaglia; no. 2 Pierre Brunet; no. 3 unidentified woman; no. 4 Gaby Clericetti; no. 7 Oscar Mathiesen; no. 8 Jacqueline Vaudecrane; no. 9 Sonja Henie; no. 11 Karl Schaefer.

Trade cards France
22 cards. Circa 1900. Companies include Chocolat Poulain, Chocolat Cou, and Chocolat Louit.
Examples: Au bon marché. Chromo lithographs. Boy and girl, rounded folded card, 1900; Russie (boy and girl with sled and Russian flag); Suède (boy and girl carryingox 2 Swedish flag).

Trade cards USA
49 cards. Circa 1900. Companies include Climax Flour, Acme Soap, and Brownie Ice Skating.

Countries

Canada. 42 cards of Canadian venues, circa 1895-1923. Includes: Shediac Skating Rink, Lady Season’s Ticket, pre 1900; Hespeler Curling and Rink Co. (shareholders’ first meeting, 1897); Victoria Skating and Curling Association, Toronto, 1897 and 1904; Jackson Park. Peterborough; Stratford Skating Rink; woman wearing a toque carrying skates; Learning to Skate, Winnipeg; Grenadier Pond, Toronto; Crawford Street Rink, Toronto; Don River, Toronto; Ottawa; Montreal; Miss Toronto with hockey stick; Scene aus dem Eisballet, Montreal; Stanstead, Quebec, 1923; Miss Canada at International Skating Championships, S[ain]t. John, N.B., 1923 with Willie Logan and Charles Gorman (2 copies); Canadian winter sports; Winter Pleasures on Grand River near Dunnville, ON.; winter scene on Avon River, Stratford, ON; Mossbank, Sask.; Skating & Curling Rink, Birtle, Manitoba, 1940; patinage, Québec.

USA. 39 cards of American venues, 1866-1980. Includes: Lake Carasaljo, Lakewood, NJ; Bell Isle, Detroit; Ventral Park, New York; Iceland, New York; Niagara Falls; Cincinnati; Lake Placid; Hiawatha, Kansas; Terrace Garden, Chicago’s Wonder Restaurant, etc. Duke and Noble, signed, 1938 (America’s foremost skating comedians). Norval Baptie and Gladys, Lamb, Morrison Hoel, Chicago. Includes 3 stereo cards of New York city.

France and Switzerland (French). 29 cards.

Germany and Switzerland (German). 20 cards. 1904-1976.

Other countries (Japan, Netherlands, etc). 12 cards. 1906-1958.
Examples of cards in series 1:
Skating. Reward of merit card (Frank Angell from Miss Paulk). 1862.
Never be without the cook’s friend baking powder. Geo. M. Mayes, 1881.
A Big Thing on Ice or Any Where Else. Girl Skating ad for Soapine dirt killer, [188?].
Jealousy. Man with 2 women. A.C. Yates & Co. card, Philadelphia. [188?].
Skating. Woman holding skates. New York, D. Buchner & Co., [188?].
Young female skater wearing fur hat and muff, with birds flying around her. Holiday Sports series, no. 29. [188?].
Two girls skating. 1895 calendar, Taylor Mfg. Co.
“Floucons des Neiges”. Woman on skates with a muffler. 2 Feb. 1902.
Skating Girl. No. 15, 1903, J. De Yonch.
5 Dutch skaters, 14 Deb. 1904.
Two women and man (sitting on ice) with 4-line poem, “Skating”. 1906.
Skating girl, 1907, American card.
Skating girl, 1907, French card.
Canadian Skating Girl, 1910.
Girl skating, 1915.
2 cards of skating scenes.
Hiver et été.
“Do I cut any ice with you?” Woman in red. Card printed in Germany.

Series 2: Skating Programs – 1882-2003 – 375 programs organized under country of origin.  

Items in boxes NOT necessarily in order listed.

See also Series 4: Barbara Ann Scott collection.

Box 3

Canada. 108 programs, excluding Vancouver.
Barrie Skating Club and Mariposa Winter Club. Octoberfest 2002, 18-20 October 2002.
Belleville Rotary Club presents Toronto Skating Club in Grand Ice Festival “The Land of Oz”, 20 March 1931.
Bracebridge Skating Club Carnival. 1935 (2^nd annual).
Brant Figure Skating Club, Flashing Blades. 1952-4 (5-7th annuals), 1956-8 (9^th-11^th annuals), 1960 (13^th annual), 1962 (15^th annual).
Glencoe Ice Carnival (Calgary). 23, 25-6 February 1945-6 (14^th annual).
Canadian Ice Fantasy (Roy Lisogar Presents)) 1954.
Canadian Professional Figure Skating Championship. The Art of Ice. 4-7 1996. Signed by 19 skaters: Lloyd Eisler, Paul Martini, Barbara Underhill, Don Jackson, Barbara Ann Scott, Jean-Michel Bombardier, Rocky Marvel, Yuka Sato, Mark Mitchell, Christine Hough, Isabelle Brasseur, Doug Ladret, Michelle Menzies, Radka Kovarikova, Karen Preston, Sandra Bezic, Rene Novotny, Rosalynn Sumners, and Tracy Wilson. 
The Thames Skating Club (Chatham, Ont.). 4-6th annual carnivals. Includes memberships cards for Walter and Mary C. Shar, 1945-6 season.
Copper Cliff Skating Club. Skating Carnival. 4^th annual. 26-30 April 1940. With a signed photo of Sonja Henie and one of the young Barbara Scott, both in facsimile.
Dreams on Ice. Windsor, 19 September 1992. Signed by Elvis Stoyko (twice), Brian Orser, Isabelle Brasseur, Lloyd Eisler, Karen Preston, Christine Hough, Doug Laderet, Michael Slipchuk, Jacqueline Petr, and Mark Janoschak.
Dundas Figure Skating Club. Carnival on Ice. 14 March 1952. Ice Carnival. 28-9 March 1958 (7^th annual). Issue of Chatter, vol. 14, no. 6 (March 1957), featuring Dundas Ice Revue.
The Glenora Figure Skating Club (Edmonton), Feb. 28, Mar. 1-2, 1946
The 1994 Elvis Tour. Program signed by Philippe Candeloro, Robin Cousins, Elizabeth Manley, Marina Klimova, Shae-Lynn Bourne, Victor Kratz, Caryn Kadavy, Steven Cousins, Tanja Szewczenko, Calla Urbanski, and Rocky Marval.
Elora Figure Skating Club. Flashing Blades. 19 March 1965, 1^st annual review.
Fergus Skating Club. Ice Frolic. 1951, 1953 (1^st and 3^rd annual).
Flin Flon Figure Skating Club. The Land of Story Books. 13-4 April 1956.
Fort William Skating Club. Gay Blades. 1957, -8, 4-5^th annual ed.
Galt Welcomes You to the 1956 Canadian Figure Skating Championships. Galt Arena. 22-24 March 1956.
Mini-Pops on Ice. The Sparkling Blades Figure Skating Club. Grand Falls and Windsor, Newfoundland. April 1984.
Grimsby Invitational. 26-8 October 2001.
The Victoria Skating Club, Guelph, Ont. 1953. Signed by many skaters, including Suzanne Morrow, the Canadian ladies singles champion and pairs skater, and Nigel Stephens, the Canadian men’s singles champion.
Halifax Skating Club. Frosty Frolics. 29-30 March 1946 (9^th annual carnival).
Hamilton Skating Club. Ice Revue. 1945; Hamilton Odyssey, 7 April 2001; 22^nd annual Hamilton Invitational, 19-21 October 2001, Tessa Moir and Scott Moir in Novice Dance; Blades on Broadway, 5 April 2003.
International Ice Revue (Canadian in origin, with headquarters in Cobourg, Ont.). 1950.
Josée Chouinard, la tournée d’adieu. 2001. Signed by Chouinard, Brian Orser, Isabelle Brasseur, Lloyd Eisler, Elvis Stoyko, David Pelletier, Jamie Salé, Elizabeth Manley, Jennifer Robinson, Kristy (Sargeant) Wirtz, Kris Wirtz, Emanuel Sandhu, Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, and Gary Beacom.
Kingston Kiwanis Ice Follies (with Barbara Ann Scott and Michael Kirby and the Toronto Skating Club). 30-1 March 1951; 28-9 March 1952 (Suzanne Morrow). 26-7^th annuals.
Langton Figure Skating Club. 10^th annual carnival, 27-8 February, 1 March 1981.
The London Skating Club Presents Stepping Along, 24-25 March 1950; Skating Carnival Ice Revue, 5-7 March 1953.
Manitoba Outdoor Speed-Skating Championships. 25-26 1938; 17-18 1939. 2 programs.
Maritime Speed Skating Championships and Chas. I Gorman Memorial Races. Saint John, NB. 14 February 1947.
Moncton Golden Jubilee, Ice Skating Championships. 19-20 February 1923.
Winter Carnival at Montreal. Feb. 7 to 12 1887. Official programme (sponsored by Central Vermont Railroad).
Ice Carnival. In aid of the Montreal’s Children’s Hospital. Arranged and Produced by the Winter Club Montreal, Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Westmount. 7 April 1937. 7^th annual.
Ice Follies (Napanee and District Figure Skating Club). 1957.
New Westminister Y’s Men Ninth Annual Ice Show. 7-8 February 1947.
Niagara Falls Skating Club. Second Annual Skating Carnival, 31 March 1936. Also Rhythm on Ice. 1940 (6^th annual carnival). With Barbara Ann Scott, Junior Ladies’ Champion.

North American Figure Skating Championships. Montreal: The Winter Club Incorporated, 1935.
Ice Frolics (Oshawa). 1947-8 (7th-8th annuals).
Minto Follies, 29-30 March 1940; 6-8 March 1941 (Barbara Ann Scott in program); 14-7 April 1948; 3-5 March 1949 (Barbara Ann Scott on cover); 21-23 Feb. 1951 (26^th annual carnival, Scott on cover). Ottawa.
Minto Follies, 31 Jan. 1948, Arnprior Arena.
Port Colborne Gyro. Ice Capades Presented by Granite Club of Toronto. 7 March 1947 (10^th annual).
Peter Campbell Memorial Rink, Trinity College School, opening carnival 18 February 1950, Port Hope, Ont.
The Queen City Figure Skating Club (Regina). 1949 (5^th annual).
Wascana Skating Club. Queen City Gardens, Regina. 1946 (12^th annual).
Wascana Winter Club, Regina, 6^th annual carnival, 1937-8 season, 4-5 March 1938.
Saskatoon Figure Skating Club, Dixie, 17^th annual, 26-7 Feb. 1954.
Scarboro Skate 2002. 28-30 April 2000.
Skate Canada-Central Ontario Figure Skating Boutique. Thornhill Community Centre. 16-19 August 2001.
Skate Canada / Patinage Canada. Hershey Centre, Mississauga, Ont. 30 October to 2 November 2003.
Skate Canada Junior Nationals. Nepean, Ont. 4-7 February 2003.
Skate Canada Sectionals, Western Ontario. Leamington, Ont. 9-11 November 2001. Tessa Moir and Scott Moir in Novice Dance.
Skate the Nation. 1998. Signed by Kurt Browning, Brian Orser, Elizabeth Manley, Josée Chouinard, Steven Cousins, Michelle McDonald, Martin Smith, Michelle Menzies, Jean-Michel Bombardier, Kristy Sargeant, Kris Wirtz, Emanuel Sandhu, and Jayson Dénommée.
Weston Skating Club. Opening Night“1920”. 19-21 February 1971.

Box 4
Ship `N’ Shore Review. Stamford Skating Club. 21-3 March 1952. Stamford Memorial Arena.
Rhythm on Ice. The Winter Club of St. Catharines. 1948, 1953 (9^th, 13^th annuals).
St. Catharines, Arena Skating Club. Skating Carnival, Presenting the Toronto Skating Club. First annual. 30 March 1940.
Stratford Figure Skating Club, 1942-3 (4-5^th annual), 1946, (8^th), 1948-9 (10-11^th annuals), 1951 (13^th annual), 1953 (signed by many of the skaters, 15^th annual), 1955 (17^th annual).
The Sydney Skating Club Presents Barbara Ann Scott and Michael Kirby. With “the Dancing Blades” of the Maritime Figure Skating Club. 6-7 April 1953.
Thunder Bay Figure Skating Club. Annual Carnival, Skate Trails, 22 and 24 February 1939; Presents Ice Fantasy, 1951.
The Granite Club, Toronto. 1931 (3^rd annual).
Toronto. The Maple Leaf (magazine of Maple Leaf Gardens. 1947-8 (7 issues). One program has Barbara Ann Scott on the cover.
Maple Leaf Gardens Ice Follies. 1944 and 1948 (2-6 February 1948).
The Maple Leaf Magazine. Contains program of Ice Follies and articles on skaters (Frick & Frack, Hazel & Phyllis Legg, Hazel Franklin, etc). 1949.
The Optimist Club of Toronto, Ice Frolic. 23 March 1937. Also 8^th annual, 19 March 1942.
Outdoor Skating Club, Varsity Arena, [Toronto], 10 April 1947.
Toronto Skating Club. 1927-8 (20^th and 21^st annuals); 1932 (25^th annual); 1935 (28^th annual, 2 copies); 1938 (31^st annual); 1939 (32^nd annual); 1940-2 (33-5^th annuals); 1948 (36^th annual), 1951-3 ( 39^th- 41^st annuals, 3 copies of 41st). Brochure for 1947-8 skating season.
Rotary Club of Toronto, Ice Revue. May 1948. Features Barbara Ann Scott and Dick Button. 1960. Also Ice Revue of ’62, 25-28 1962.
Rotary Club of Vancouver. Ice carnival. 1945-47 (21st-23rd program), 1949 (25^th program).
Vancouver. The Connaught Skating Club. Ice Fantasy, 5 March 1929.
Vancouver Skating Club. Ice carnival. 1947; also Champagne on Ice. 10^th annual ice carnival, 2 copies, March 1948; “Stars on Ice”, 13^th annual, 1951. (located under series of Barbara Scott section).
Victoria Figure Skating Club, Ice Capers, 1952, 5^th annual (1953 locatedunder Barbara Scott section).
Ice Club of Greater Winnipeg. 1947-8 (2^nd and 3^rd annual carnival); 17 April 1954, Easter Ice Parade.
Winnipeg Winter Club. Skating Carnival. 1939-41, 1945, 1948 (16-18th, 22nd programs). Also program on Barbara Ann Scott, 3 April 1948.
World’s Figure Skating Championships. 4-page leaflet of programme held in Montreal under the auspices of The Winter Club of Montreal and the Figure Skating Department of the Amateur Association of Canada. 18 February [1932].

Box 5

England. 47 programs.
Aldwych Speed Club, Richmond Ice Rink. 5 November 1949.
Empress Hall. Cinderalla on Ice. [late 1930s].
Ice Crackers, Brighton, 24 December until 9 January 1946.
Niagara Hall Third Ice Carnival and Bal Costumé. Westminster, 12 March 1896.
Prince of Voravia and Monte Carlo. 2 programs, 1938-9. Westbourne Ice Rink, Bournemouth.
British Amateur Figure Skating Championships. 12-13 Dec. 1939; 6-7 Dec. 1948. The Empire Pool and Sports Arena, Wembley.
Coliseum Charing Cross. St. Moritz Real Ice Musical Spectacle. 15 July 1937.
Dundee Ice Rink, An Ice Cruise, 1947.
Ice Dance Skating Championships of Gt. Britain, 4 April 1949. Wembley Empire Pool.
Manchester Ice Palace. Season 1934-5. Leaflet.
Queens Ice Skating Club, Annual Fancy Dress Gala. 3 January 1955.
Royal Opera House Covent Garden. Rhapsody on Ice. 1937-8.
Tivoli, David N. Martin Presents Spice and Ice. [194-].
Tom Arnold’s Ice Caprice. 1946.
Tom Arnold’s Ice Revue. [194-].
Advert for Tom Arnold’s Ice Show of 1952. 28 July, Dublin.
Westover Ice Rink. 29 October 1949.
World Championships in Figure Skating, Empire Pool Wembley, 1950.
London’s Empress Hall: White Horse Inn on Ice (2 December 1954); Cinderalla on Ice (16 June 1955)
English figure skating programs. 22 souvenir programs, 1949-1985. Includes: Babes in the Wood (16 pages); Peter Pan (12 pages); Jack and the Beanstalk (12 pages); Humpty Dumpty on Ice (10 pages); Dick Whittington (12 pages); Cinderella (16 pages); Sinbad the Sailor (12 pages); Puss in Boots (12 pages); Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (12 pages); Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (different performance); Wildfire (16 pages); Ice Cycles of 1949 (18 pages); Tom Arnold's Ice Revue (24 pages); Holiday on Ice 1960 (12 pages); Skating Vanities of 1951 (12 pages); five small booklets for different ice shows; Skating Vanities of 1949 (10 pages); Holiday on Ice 1960 (16 pages); Sleeping Beauty On Ice (12 pages); St Moritz (34 pages); John Curry Theatre of Skating (36 pages, probably 1970s); Torville and Dean (36 pages, 1985).

France. 4 programs.
Palais de glace, Paris, Champs-Elysées (saison 1913-14, 1921-1922, 1926-1927).
Paris Skating Club. 24 février 1905.

Germany. 2 programs.
Olympiasieger in Berlin. Berlin Schlittshuh-Club. 29-31 March 1960.
Tom Arnolds Internationale Eis Revue. 1950

Box 6

United States. 214 programs.
Adirondack Golden Cup Championship Skating Races. 30-31 Jan., 1 Feb. 1923. Pontiac Rick, Saranac Lake, New York.
All Star European Ice Revue, Hello America, [194_].
Melody on Ice. Ann Arbor Figure Skating Club. 19-20 March 1948; 1955.
Are You Wid Us? ... Bargain Carnival and Championship Skating Races. 17 February 1899. St. Mary’s, [Penn]. Broadside program.
Artisans Extension Committee. International Ice Revue. Convention Hall, Philadelphia, 1938.
Baltimore, The Ice Club Carnival. 5^th annual, 1937.
Berkeley, CA. St. Moritz Ice Revue. 1944 (2 copies), 1945-6.
Broadmoor Ice Palace, Colorado Springs. Ice revues (1953, 1955-6) + U.S.F.S.A National Championships (1952).
Skating Carnival for the Benefit of the Ellis Memorial and Eldredge House. Boston Arena. 1 March 1918.
The Cruise of the S.S. Arena. The Skating Club of Boston, 16-7 March 1934. Featuring Sonja Henie and Karl Schafer.
Skating Club of Boston. You’re Invited. 1938.
The Skating Club of Boston. Let’s Go. 31 March, 1 April 1939.
Masquerade and Carnival Brooklyn Speed Skating Club, 5 February 1924, Brooklyn Ice Palace.
Butte Figure Skating Club. Ice Parade. 1956, 1958 with mimeo program, 17-8 April 1960.
California State Figure State Championships. Auspices of St. Moritz Ice Skating Club, Inc. 5-6 January 1951 and 10-2 February 1955. And Sponsored by San Diego F.S.C., 15-6 February 1952. 3 programs.
Camden County Music Fair. Program features The Peggy Fleming Show. Cherry Hill, New Jersey. [1972]. Signed by Fleming.
Chicago, Carnival Night. Washington Boulevard Rink. 4 February 1885.
Chicago Arena. Summer ice skating and program; National indoor speed skating championships; and Arena Hockey League, 1937-8.
Chicago Arena, Feehan Council no. 749. 1^st annual, 17 December 1938.
Chicago Figure Skating Club. Membership for, 1 November 1937. 9^th annual, 1940; 1954 at the Polar Palace, Hollywood, California.
Pierce Skating Club, Chicago. 1952-3.
The Casino, Fancy Dress Carnival. Cleveland, 13 February 1885.
Silver Skates Ice Carnival. The Cleveland Press. 5-8, 10 March 1940 (Inserted are 2 copies of the program for the Silver Skates Speed Skating Championships).
Cleveland Skating Club. Valley Figure Skating Club. 1941; 1942 (inserted is a hockey program of Carnegie Tech vs. Pennsylvania State at Youngstown, Ohio); 1955. Also Ice Revue for 14-15 January 1944; and Carnival, 23-24 March 1945, and 17-19 April 1947, 10^th annual carnival.
Crookston, Minnesota. Paul Bunyan Revue Centennial on Ice. 12^th-15^th annuals. 1958-1961.
Holiday on Ice. 1946.
Dallas Figure Skating Club, Ice Parade of 1955. 4-6 April 1955.
International Ice Carnival sponsored by Olympia Skating Club, 3 April 1935, Detroit.
Eastern States Outdoor Speed Skating Championships. 16^th and 18^th programs, 1946, 1948.
Gay Blades Ice Palace. Employees Benefit Ice Carnival sanctioned by the United States Figure Skating Association. 30 March 1939. New York city.
Great Falls, Montana. Victory Ice Revue. The Great Falls Figure Skating Club. 1945 (5^th annual).
Hershey Ice Carnival. Penn.15-17th April 1937 (4^th annual); 19 March 1948.
Holiday on Ice. 1946-7, 1950-3, 1961.
Ice Capades. 1941-1964.
Ice Cycles. 1946, 1952, 1955.
Ice Follies, 1942-54, 6^th-18th edition, 1956, 20^th edition. 1948, 12^th edition program at Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto.
Icicles, 1938. Presented by World-Wide Sports, New York City.
Illinois Skating Association. Annual Skating Derby, Olympic Skating Club. [193?]. 4 brochures (one tan). Also in association with Northwest Skating Club, 40^th, 41^st, 43^rd, 47^th, and 48^th Ice Skating Derby. Speed skating. Also entry forms and applications (Franklin Skating & Athletic Club, Northwest Skating Club, Sleipner Skating Club, Elcaya Athletic Club, Illinois Western Skating Association, and Norwegian American Athletic Association), 1930-1940.

Box 7
Lake Placid Figure Skating Operatta. 20^th annual, 31 August, 1-2 September 1951.
The Skating Club of Lake Placid. Sixth Annual Mid-Summer Ice Skating Season, July 1–August 15 1937. The Carnival Merry-go-round. 1938, 1940. (7^th and 9th annual mid-summer figure skating operetta
Los Angeles Coliseum, Mid-Summer Ice Carnival, featuring Sonja Henie. Nordic Civic League. 31 July 1936.
Maribel Vinson’s Ice Revue. 22-28 March 1946.
Mid Western Championships. 16-7 1942, Chicago Figure Skating Club; 4-5 February 1944, Cleveland Skating Club.
Middle Atlantic Figure-Skating Championships, under auspices of the Skating Club of New York, 39^th annual, 11-3 March 1960.
Middlebury Winter Carnival Coronation and Ice Show. Middlebury, Vermont, [1953?].
Programme Skating Rink, McDonough Hall, Thanksgiving Night 1882. Folded card issued by
Freeman, Watches, Clocks and Jewelry, No. 206 Main Street, opp. Divinity School, Middletown, Ct. Inside is a dance card for 12 different types of skating.
Modesto, California. Polarink, Melodies of 1945.
National Amateur Ice Skating Championship, Detroit, 29-30 January 1927. Speed skating with market sheets of some skaters.
National Figure Skating Championships. USA. 1941 at the Skating Club of Boston; 1942 at the Chicago Figure Skating Club; 1943 at the Skating Club of New York; 1954 at the Polar Palace, Hollywood, California (2 copies of latter); 1956 sponsored by the Philadelphia Skating Club and Humane Society; auspices of St. Moritx Ice Skating Club, 1957..
National Ice Revue. 1941.
New York Hippodrome Show Souvenir Book. 1916-17 season. Features photographs of Charlotte and other skaters.
New York Fantasy. 8-10 November 1946 (with newsclipping from Hamilton Spectator).
New York State Outdoor Speed Skating Championships. 12-13 1949.
The Skating Club of New York. 1937 (4^th annual carnival), 1939 (6^th annual carnival), Madison Square Garden.
A Night of Magic. New Haven Skating Club, 26 February 1936.
North Eastern Outdoor Speed Skating Championship. 16-7 Feb. 1946.
North American Figure Skating Championships (Canada and USA). 1941 at Philadelphia Skating Club and Humane Society. 2 copies.
Pacific Coast Figure Skating Championships. 7 programs. 1939, 1949-53, 1956.
The Paterson Skating Club, New Jersey, 12^th annual dinner, 12 April 1947.
The Philadelphia Skating Club and Humane Society. Carnival at Convention Hall, Atlantic City, April 20, 1935; Philadelphia Championships, 27 April 1936 (features Sonja Henie on cover with scoring sheet inserted); The Arena, Philadelphia, Ice Vanities of 1940; North American Figure Skating Championships. 11-12 Feb. 1941. Mardi Gras on Ice. The Arena, Philadelphia. 15 March 1952. Program signed by 7 skaters.
Pikes Peak Winter Festival. 2^nd annual, March-April 1949. Presented by Colorado Springs and Brodmoore Hotel.
A Popular Night Skating Program, Duquesne Dresden, Pittsburgh, Pa. 21 January 1907.
Winter Garden Ice Skating Rink. Pittsburgh, Pa. Season 1917-1918.
Pittsfield, Mass. 4^th Annual Winter Carnival. 26-7 February 1949.
Rhode Island Auditorium Sportlight, 12, no. 26 (16 March 1939).
Blades Club of Westchester County, Rye, NY. 17 March 1934. 2^nd annual dance.
Salem, Mass. Mardi Gras on Ice. The North Shore Babies’ Hospital Auxiliary. 1952.
Select. Leap - Year Party, at the Skating Rink, Fonda. Friday Evening, Feb. 1st 1884.
On the inside of the invitation is the programme which lists the 17 songs that will be played and shows at what point the picnic supper will be held. The other half has 17 blanks for names. Three have been filled out in pencil. There is a red tassel tied at the top of the invitation. Undoubtedly for roller rather than ice skating.
Skating Vanities (roller skating). 1946 (with 49 signatures of the skaters) and 1947.
Skating Vanities. 1947-9. 5th-7thedition.
Skating with the Stars. Shating Rink in Harlem. 5 April 2010. Signed by Tamara Tunie, Jeremy Abbott, Tanith Belbin & Ben Agosto, Sasha Cohen, Todd Eldridge, Emily Hughes, Sara Hughes, Mirai Nagasu,Johnny Weir, Meryl Davis & Charlie White.
Sonja Henie and Her Hollywood Ice Revue. 1940, 1940-1, 1943,1943-4 (2 copies), 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949 (2 copies), 1952, 1953 (2 copies).
Norwegian-American A.A. Presents Sonja Henie. Chicago Stadium. 15 April 1934.
The Saint Paul Figure Skating Club. Children Hospital Ice Follies. 8-10 April 1938.
Stars on Ice. Scott Hamilton Commemorative issue. 2000-1 tour. Signed by Tara Lipinski, Jenni Meno, Denis Petrov, Renée Roca, and Gorsha Sur.
Sun Valley Ice Rink. Summer Season 1947.
Superior Ice Follies. Duluth, Minnesota. 1950-4, 1968, 1972 programs (duplicates of 1951-2, many signatures). With photographs and newsclippings.
Toledo Figure Skating Club, Second Annual Ice Carnival, 27-8 March 1942.
U.S.F.S.A. Mid-Western Figure Skating Championships. Chicago Figure Skating Club, 1942.
U.S.F.S.A. North American Championships in Figure Skating for 1937. Under the auspices of the Skating Club of Boston. 26-7 February 1937.
United States Figure Skating Championships. Sanctioned by USFSA. 1950-1. Official programs.
Western Open Indoor Ice Skating Championships. 18 February 1933. Chicago Stadium.
Western Skating Association. First and Second Ice Skating Derby, City championships. Speed skating. 1928-9.
Winterland Great Lakes Exposition. Cleveland, International Skating Union, Ohio. 1937.
World Champions Figure Skating Exhibition. 1969.
World Figure Skating Tour. 1983.
Olympic & World Figure Skating Champions. 1984.
Campbell’s Tour of World Figure Skating Champions. 1990.

Series 3: Sheet Music and Recordings -- 1861-[196?] – 49 items of sheet music, 3 recordings

Arranged by date of publication; items in boxes NOT necessarily in order listed.

Box 8
Smith, C.C. Skating Polka. Chicago: Root & Cady, 1861.

E. Bowers, E. Come Let’s Away to the Skating Park or Skating with The Girls.  Boston: G.D. Russell, 1864. Also title Gal with the Balmoral.

Pacher, Aug. Pleasures of Winter: Polka Brilliante. Cincinnati: J.L. Peters & Bro., 1867. “To Miss Betty Wakefield.”

Emmery, Stephen A. Skating Song. Boston: Arthur P. Schidt & Co., 1884. Words by W.W. Caldwell. Dedicated to John W. Tufts.

Loveland, J.M. The Skating Rink Waltz. Sadalia, Mo.: Published by A.W. Perry & Sons, 1885.

Rosenberg, Albert. The Skating Schottische. London: F. Amos & Co., [189?]. “Inscribed to Miss Florence Louisa Abbott.”

Jouve, Edouard. Skating; Pas des patineurs Op. 21. Paris: Emil Gallet, 1897. Nouvelle danse de salon avec théorie de W. Willemot. Translation of dance instruction in French, English, German, and Italian.

Krogman, C.W. Skating Carnival Mazurka. Boston: B.F. Wood, 1899. No. 11 of A Wreath of Melodies for Pianoforte.

Chanaud, Jacques. Patinage-Polka: Berline glissée. Paris: E. Meuriot, [19?]. Théorie de Maurice Riester. Hommage respecteux à Suzanne Guillot.

Chesworth, Marie L. Skating. San Francisco: Western Music Publ. Co., 1906. Roller skating.

Lincoln, Harry. The Merry Makers March. Williamsport, Penn.: Vandersloot Music Co., 1906.

Valentine, F.L. Skating Girl Waltzes. San Francisco: Benj. Curtaz & Son, 1907.

Gumble, Albert. (words by Alfred Bryans). Winter. New York: Jerome H. Remick & Co., 1910.

Ellsworth, Eugene. Winnie from Winnipeg: A Nifty Northern Novelty. Chicago: Tell Taylor, 1911.

Rackett, Ernest A. Sliding. Chicago: Sunlight Music Co., 1911. More about sliding down a hill than skating.

Thompson, W.T. Winter Moon. Detroit: Jerome H. Remick, 1911. Words by Frank Allen.

Dupré, Denis. Les Patineurs: Danse Russe pour Piano. London: A. Hammond & Co., 1913.

Glogau, Jack. Ye Colonial March and Two-Step. Chicago: Will Rossiter, 1913. 2 copies.

Stagliano, Leonard. The Skating Trot Le Trot des patineurs One Step. New York: Jos. W. Stern & Co., 1914.

Hubbell, Raymond. My Skating Girl. New York: T.B. Harms and Francis, Day & Hunter, 1915. From “The Big Show” at the New York Hippodrome. Lyrics by John L. Golden.

Owen, Anita. Waltz Irresistible: Skating Hesitation. New York: Jerome H. Remick & Co., 1916.

Smith, Lee Orlean, Carnival Queen. New York: Leo Feist, 1916. The Smart Set’s Favourite Waltz.

Pollock, Muriel. Just Keep on Skating. New York: M. Witmark & Sons, 1917. Words by Louis Weslyn.

Valverde, C. Skating Vocal Waltz. As sung in the great skating scene in J.G. Williams’s Gorgeous Pantomime Jack & Jill. London: Allan & Co., [191?]. Words by Arhur Collins.

Krogman, C.W. Skating: Arpeggio-Waltz for the Piano. New York: Boston Music Co., G. Schirmer, 1921.

Waldtuefel, Emil. Skater’s Waltz. New York: Jack Snyder, 1924.

Miles, Walter E. Curl-I-Cues. Cleveland: Sam Fox Pub. Co., 1925.

Noelck, August. Valse patineuse Skating. Philadelphia: Theodore Presser Co., 1929.

Bernard, Felix. Winter Wonderland. New York: Bregman, Vocco, and Conn, Inc. 1934. Words by Dick Smith.

Ketterer, Ella. On Skates. Bryn Mawr, Penn.: Theodore Presser Co., 1935.

Waldtuefel, Emil. Skater’s Waltz (Les patineurs). Chicago: Calument Music Co., 1935. 2 copies.

Pollack, Lew. One in a Million. New York: Movietone Music Corporation, 1936. Lyrics by Sidney D. Mitchell. From movie One in a Million, with Sonja Henie.

Gordon, Mack and Revel, Harry. I’ve Got a Date with a Dream. New York: Leo Feist, 1938. From movie My Lucky Star, with Sonja Henie.

Pollack, Lew. My Secret Love Affair. Cincinnati: Movietone Music Corporation, 1938. From movie Thin Ice, with Sonja Henie and Tyrone Power. Lyrics by Sydney D. Mitchell.

Pokrass, Sam. A Gypsy Told Me. New York: Crawford Music Corporation, 1938. Words by Jack Yellen From movie Happy Landing, with Sonja Henie and Don Ameche. 2 copies.

Brown, Arthur L. Skating in the Park. Boston: B.F. Wood Music Company, 1940.

Parish, Mitchell and De Rose, Peter. The Moon Fell in the River. New York: Robbins Music Corporation, 1940. From movie It Happen on Ice, with Sonja Henie.

Gordon, Mack and Warren, Harry. Let’s Bring New Glory to Old Glory. New York: Mayfair Music Corp., 1942. From movie Iceland, with Sonja Henie.

Gordon, Mack and Warren, Harry. There Will Never Be Another You. New York: Mayfair Music Corp., 1942. From movie Iceland, with Sonja Henie.

Robin, Leo and Brown, Nacio Herb. Later Tonight. New York: Robbins Music Corporation, 1943. From movie Wintertime, with Sonja Henie.

Skating Rink Waltzes. New York: Edwin H. Mottis & Company, 1946. Booklet with 21 pieces of music.

Darlay, R. and Courquin, G. Patinage (Valse, Valse Musette). Paris Editions Arpège, 1946-7.

Waldteufel, Emile. Les Patineurs (The Skater’s Waltz). Oakville, Ont.: The Frederick Harris Music Co., [prior to 1951]. To the President and Members of the Toronto Skating Club.

Shipstads and Johnson Ice Follies. 2 records, including “The Piggy Bank Song”, “Make Believing”, “I Love the Ladies”, and “The Swing Waltz”. 1954.

McNaught, Mary F. (music) and Hoffman, May Fiske (words). Skating Together (Dedicated to Tenley Albright). Boston: Charles W. Homeyer, 1956. Signed by Hoffman.

CFSA. Swing Dance / Dutch Waltz. 45 rpm record. [196?].

Series 4: Barbara Ann Scott collection. – 1945-1992 – 18 programs, 2 scrapbooks, 1 scarf, 81 photographs, 1 pencil portrait, 2 recordings, 5 cards, 1 film, 1 autograph book, 1 item of sheet music, and other material.

Organized by date; items in boxes NOT necessarily in order listed.

See also Series 2: Skating Programs.

Born in Ottawa, Barbara Ann Scott King (1928–2012) was a Canadian figure skater. She was a four-time Canadian national champion (1944–6, 48) in ladies’ singles, a two-time World champion (1947–8), and the 1948 Olympic champion. In the summer of 1948, she began touring North America and Europe, headlining in a variety of skating shows. She retired from professional skating at the age of twenty-five. She married publicist Tom King in 1955. The couple lived in Chicago where Scott opened a beauty salon and then became a horse trainer and equestrian rider. In 1996, she and her husband retired to Amelia Island in Florida.

Box 9
Green, brown and white scarf with images of Scott, maple leaf design, skating scenes. 740 × 630 mm.

Doug Romaine, Lou Winder, and Fernand Robidoux. Barbara Ann. Toronto: Adanax Music Company, 1947. Sheet music of skater’s waltz.

Scrapbook of Lenora Mae Fitch, 1945-1948.  Contains b&w, damaged group photo of Scott with others, signed “To My adopted family. / with lots of love. / Barb.” With many clippings about her, skating in Vancouver, and Vancouver Skating Club programs (listed above). 7 programs.

Scrapbook. 1947-1949. Approximately 40 pp. with many newsclippings.

“Barbara Ann Scott Arrives at Calgary Airport, March 20 [1947]. CJCJ Radio. 2 vinyl recordings, 78 rpm, 4 sides.

Colour film, 16 mm. National Film Board, [1948]. Contains “Rhythm Tropical”, “Alice in Wonderland”, and “Ave Maria”.

Small autograph album with signatures of Scott and her mother. With news clippings. Circa 1949.

Box 10
B&w photo of Scott on skates with umbrella, signed, n.d. 2 photos, both signed, one “To Joe Hill,....”

B&w photo of smiling Scott wearing pearls, signed, n.d. Copyright by Hundman, Ottawa.

B&w photo of Scott, her hands in a muffler, signed, n.d.

B&w photo of Scott on skates with right arm raised, signed, n.d.

B&w photo of Scott doing a stag jump at the National and North American Figure Skating Championships at Madison Square Gardens, New York City, 25 July 1945. International News Photo, San Francisco Examiner Reference Library.

B&w photo of Scott on ice in Ottawa, 8 January 1947. “Canada’s Hope for Skating Laurels”, International News Photos.

B&w photo of Scott on ice. “Canada’s Hope for Skating Laurels. 26 January 1947. International News Photos.

B&w photo of Scott with other skaters, after having won the European championship at Davos Platz, Switzerland, 30 January 1947. 6 February 1947, San Francisco Examiner Reference Library.

B&w photo of Scott doing a stag jump, 7 February 1947. AP Wire photo, “Wins European Skating Title”, news clipping of photo with later dates, [San Francisco Examiner Reference Library].

B&w photo by Donald Arden of Scott, John E. Morrison, Mrs. Clyde R. Scott with another unidentified man, at the Stock Club in New York City, upon Scott’s return after her victory on 16 February 1947 at the World’s Figure Skating Championship.

B&w photo of Scott, waving to America on her arrival in New York aboard the Queen Elizabeth, after winning the World Skating Championship in Stockholm. 5-6 March 9 1947. Photo by Tom Flanagan, International News Photo, San Francisco Examiner Reference Library.

Maple Leaf Gardens official programme. Scott on cover with article by Ed. Fitkin, “Barbara Ann ... Skating Queen of the World”, and program of her appearance at the Gardens with other skaters. [March?] 1947.

“Barbara Ann Scott, 18, Canadian figure skating champion, soars...” Practicing at Stockholm. B&W photo, 14 February 1947.

B&w photo of Barbara Scott, ice skating queen, kisses auto good-by, gives it back to home city of Ottawa, Ont. 16 May 1947, Associated Press Wirephoto. 

B&w photo of Scott and mother, Mrs. Clyde R. Scott, boarding a plane for London, 18 December 1947. International News Photo, 28 December 1947, San Francisco Examiner Reference Library.

B&w photo of Scott. “Barbara Ann Scott, Olympic figure skating champ from Canada makes up in theatre here 12/7....” 1948. ACME Telephoto.

“Championship form – Barbara Ann Scott demonstrates the form that won her the European figure skating title....” 2 b&w photos of Scott on one sheet, 17-19 January 1948. AP Wire photo.

B&w photo of Scott doing a stag jump at St. Moritz, 30 January-9 February 1948. News clipping of photo on verso, entitled “New Champion”, San Francisco Examiner Reference Library.

Championship Due: Barbara Ann Scott of Canada, Champion Woman Skater, and Hans Gerschweiler of Switzerland, World Champion Figure Skater, Glide Through a Practice Routine on St. Moritz Ice in Preparation for the Olympics. 30 January 1949, also dated 11 February 1948. B&w photo, Acme Photo.

B&w photo of Scott before the judges during the women’s compulsory figure skating contest at the winter Olympics in St. Moritz. February 1948, International News Photos.

B&w photo of Scott congratulating Dick Button at the Winter Olympics, Saint Moritz. 6 February 1948. A.F.P. (France Press) copyright on verso.

“Barbara Ann Scott Leads in Olympic Skating”, b&w photo of Scott and her mother during compulsory figures, 7 February 1948, ACME.

“Pair of Olympic Champions Dick Button… stands with Barbara Scott.” B&w photo, Associated Press Photos, 8 February 1948.

B&w photo of Scott and Sheldon Galbraith, her trainer, at Davos, Switzerland, after wining the women’s world figure skating championship,15 February 1948. San Francisco Examiner Reference Library.

B&w photo card of Scott skating. Canada’s World’s Figure Champion and 1948 Olympic Champion.

B&w photo of Scott greeted by Prime Minister W.L. Mackenzie King and kissed by Mayor Stanley Lewis at Union Station in Ottawa (“Triumphal Homecoming...”), 9 March 1948. International New Photo, San Francisco Examiner Reference Library.

B&w photo of Scott receiving a bouquet of flowers from Prime Minister W.L. Mackenzie King, crowd in the background, 9 March 1948. San Francisco Examiner Reference Library.

Black-and-white photo card of Scott in front of CBC and other microphones, 11 March 1948.

B&w photo of Scott and Mayor Stanley Lewis of Ottawa in a convertible festooned with flowers, 9 March 1948. International News Photo, 13 March 1948, San Francisco Examiner Reference Library.

Montreal Forum Sports Magazine. Scott on cover and programme of her skate in Montreal with the Minto Follies after her winning of the Olympic gold medal. 1948.

B&w photo of Scott given a key to a convertible by Mayor Stanley Lewis, 13 May 1948. The photo is entitled “This Time for Keeps”. International News Photo, 18 May 1948, San Francisco Examiner Reference Library.

B&w photo of Scott in a convertible and Mayor Stanley Lewis, 14 May 1948. The photo notes that she accepted the gift of the car, which had been presented to her the previous year, because she planned to turn professional. International News Photo, 18 May 1948, San Francisco Examiner Reference Library.

Makes professional debut. Barbara Ann Scott, Olympic skating champion, laces her skates in the dressing room at the Roxy Theater, New York, before making her professional stage debut. Her mother, Mrs. Mary Scott, beams encouragement....” B&w photo, 21 December 1948. Published 13 February 1949 and 1 April 1951. Associated Press Photo.

“Makes Professional Debut”, Scott receives a pair of palladium skates from Hugh D. Scully, Canadian Consul in N.Y., 22 December 1948, ACME.

Prepares for professional skating debut. Barbara Ann Scott, Canadian skating star, laces up her skating shoes as she prepares for a practice session on the Roxy Theater Skating Rick in New York City, Dec. 10.... B&w photo, 26 December 1948. Associated Press Photo.

B&w photo of Scott doing a stag jump at St. Moritz, 1948, but dated 16 January 1951 with reference to Skate with Me. News clipping of photo on verso, San Francisco Examiner Reference Library.

B&w photo of Scott in costume doing a stag jump at the Roxy Theatre, new York City, 18 December 1948. AP Wire photo, [San Francisco Examiner Reference Library].

Pencil portrait by Dorothea Ahrens, signed by Ahrens and Scott. 1949. Thick cream-coloured paper, slight wear to edges, corners creased and wrinkled, small closed tear at bottom edge. 46 × 35 cm. In an antique wood and metal frame, 63 × 54 cm. (housed in box 17)

True Sport Stories, 4, no. 11 (Jan.-Feb. 1949). Contains “Queen of the Ice Barbara Ann Scott”, cartoon story of Scott’s life and achievement.
B&w photo of Scott, Olympic skating champ turned professional, playfully advises ypy animal given her at a Boston luncheon yesterday that rumors of her engagement to Ogden Reid are untrue. 22 March 1949, Associated Press Wire Photo.

B&w photo of Scott, Margaret Truman, and dummy Charlie McCarthy. International News photo. [circa 1949].

B&w photo of Scott skating. [circa 1949].

Small signed b&w photo post card of Scott skating. [circa 194?].

Small b&w photo of Scott signed “with best wishes / Barbara Ann Scott”, [194?].

B&w signed photo of Scott on skates holding an umbrella. [194?].

B&w framed photo of Scott (8 3/4" x 10 3/4"), with faded writing + signature: “To Harry | with best wishes, | Barbara Ann Scott.” [194-?]. Copyright Bruno Hollywood NYC.

B&w photo of Scott wearing pearls: “To Richard | With best wishes, | Barbara Ann Scott.” [194-?]. Copyright Bruno Hollywood NYC.

B&w photo of Scott in dark blazer and skirt: “To Tom | with best wishes, | Barbara Ann Scott.” [194-?]. Copyright Bruno Hollywood NYC.

Hat tags (photos of Scott) for the Barbara Ann Scott Hat styled by Ivy of Montreal (I. Vinegor Furs Ltd). 2 tags. French and English. [195?].

B&w photo of Scott, Robert Arthur, and Wanda Hendrix, Ice Capades at the Pan Pacific, 1950.

B&w signed photo of Scott with small poodle. [circa 1950].

B&w signed photo German postcard of Scott in white skating outfit, elbow bent with hand at her head.. “To Martine | With best wishes | Barbara Ann Scott | Canada.” [circa 1950].

B&w signed (or stamped) photo of Scott, wearing pearls with white floral dress  and hand inside a shawl. [circa 1950]. 2 photos.

Ad for Barbara Ann Scott doll, Canadian Red Cross Junior, March 1950 (tear sheet from magazine).

New Liberty. March 1950. Issue of the magazine with Scott on the cover and an article about here.

Souvenir programs: Lions Ice Show, Brandon, 1-2 April 1948; The Cape Breton Sports Centre Limited, 28-9 April 1949; Rotary Club Ice Revue, May 1949; Saskatchewan’s First Summer ice Carnival, 1949; Tom Arnold’s Rose Marie on Ice, Harrington Arena London, 1950 (two different programs); Skating Sensations of 1950, First-Trans-Canada Tour; Barbara Anne Scott and Michel Kirby in Minto Follies of 1953; Victoria Ice Skating Club Ice Capers, 1953.

B&w photo of Scott exiting a downtown store in Toronto. [195-].

B&w small photo of Scott, leg and arms extended. Signed. [195-].

B&w photo of Scott at Midway Airport, Chicago, to star in the Hollywood Ice Review replacing Sonja Henie, 29 September 1951 (later dates on verso with news clippings), Tribune photo.

B&w signed photo of Scott seated and wearing a checkered suit: “To Herb | With best wishes | Barbara Ann Scott”. 20 November 1951, Herbert Rhodes, Star Photo Staff.

B&w photo of Scott in costume, 15 December 1951. News clipping of photo on verso, noting that she has replaced Sonja Henie in the Hollywood Ice Revue, San Francisco Examiner Reference Library.

B&w photo of Scott used for the 1952 Hollywood Ice Revue, 21 December 1951, Bruno of Hollywood.

Life magazine, 4 February 1952. Cover photo and article on Scott’s rivalry with Sonja Henie.

Ice Revue Stars. Chicago: Swept off her skates by partner Michael Kirby, lovely Barbara Ann Scott...” 3 Janaury 1952. B&w photo, United Press Photo.

B&w photo of Scott seated in costume, wearing a crown and holding a black poodle, 26 January 1952. News clipping of photo on verso, entitled “Queen of the Rink”, San Francisco Examiner Reference Library.

2 b&w photos of Scott on ice in costume on 1 sheet, 24 February 1952. News clipping of photo on verso, entitled “Queen of the Rink”, San Francisco Examiner Reference Library.

B&w photo of Scott and three other female skaters in costume, 24-6 February 1952. News clipping of photo on verso “Graceful Precision”, San Francisco Examiner Reference Library.

B&w photo of Scott and Michael Kerby on ice, Hollywood Ice Revue, 24-6 February 1952. News clipping of photo on verso, entitled “In the Spotlight”, San Francisco Examiner Reference Library.

B&w photo of Scott doing stag jump at St. Moritz, 1948. News clipping of photo on verso, entitled “Olympic Star”, 26 February 1952, San Francisco Examiner Reference Library.

B&w photo of Scott in the kitchen. Partial news clipping on verso, stamped 26 December 1952.

“Smooth Skaters”. Hollywood Ice Review, featuring Scott, Andrea McLaughlin, and Carol Lynne lacing up their skates, Chicago Stadium. B&w photo, United Press Photo, 30-1 December 1952.

B&w photo. Ready for Show. Chicago: preparing for performance on Chicago Stadium ice, Michael Kirby tightens laces for lovely partner, Barbara Ann Scott.... 2 January 1953. United Press Associations.

B&w photo of Scott in costume, 11 January 1953. News clipping of photo on verso, entitled “Great Scott!! It’s Beautiful Babs!”, San Francisco Examiner Reference Library.

Skating champion Barbara Ann Scott pretty star of the 16^th annual “Hollywood Ice Follies,” puts on her skates in her dressing room on the show’s opening night at Madison Square Garden, New York. 16 January 1953, published 24 March 1963. Wide World Photo.

“Barbara Ann Scott with her dog Pierre look at exhibit of pictures....” B&w photo, Scott in a fur coat, 3 January 1954 but stamped 4 January 1955, Chicago Tribune.

B&w photo of Scott on ice, 8 January 1954. 2 venues are given: Hollywood Ice Revue, Chicgao Stadium; Christmas presentation of “Your Hit Parade”, NBC Television Network, commencing at  the Rockefeller Center Ice Skating Pond. Sponsored by the American Tobacco Company for Lucky Strike.

B&w photo of Scott on ice in a skating costume, 12 January 1954, San Francisco Examiner Reference Library.

B&w photo of Scott wearing a diamond tiara, 15 January 1954. “Queen of Diamonds”, AP Wire photo, [San Francisco Examiner Reference Library].

“Barbara Ann Ready to Give Up on Cupid”. B&w photo of Scott in the air wearing a crown , 3 February 1955, Free Press.

“Engagement expected Barbara Ann Scott, 26 year-old skating star of the Hollywood Ice Revue, is shown with Tommy King, publicity director of the show....” Toronto. B&w photo, AP Wirephoto, 21 August 1955

B&w photo of Scott and Tommy King, publicity director for Hollywood Ice Review, to be married in Rosedale Presbyterian church, here, today. 18 September 1955. 2 copies of same photo. Associated Press Wirephoto.

B&w photo of Scott and Tom King at their wedding, 17-8 September 1955, San Francisco Examiner Reference Library.

“Skating Star Weds”. B&w photo of Scott and Tom King, 17 September 1955. Datelined Toronto, taken from the Detroit Free Press with Star Francisco Examiner on verso.

“Barbara Ann Scott Living in Chicago – Works Out Daily on Ice”, Scott with Harriet Silverstein (lttle girl) and Oscar Brotman (owner of the Tower Ice Skating Rink and School), b&w photo, no credit.

B&w photo of Scott in her Chicago apartment holding a poodle with a parakeet in her hair, 27 February-1 March 1958. The photo notes that her apartment was burglarized. San Francisco Examiner Reference Library.

Post card addressed to R.F. Beauchesne, date-stamped 20 May 1959. Addressed and signed by Barbara Ann Scot King.

“Long Shot of the Ticket Gate of the Lyric Opera”, Scott and Thomas King at opera, b&w photo, 15 October 1961, Chicago Sun-Times.

From blades to bridles (fourth of six) A sportslady if there ever was one, Barbara Ann admires her wall of trophies and blue ribbons. 30 March 1968. B&w photo, United Press International Photo.

From blades to bridles (fifth of six) just for old time’s sake... Barbara Ann shows she still has the stuff as she skates at a rink near Chicago. 30 March 1968. B&w photo, United Press International Photo.

B&w photo (copy) of Scott and her husband, 1988 Olympic Winter Games. Scott carries the Olympic torch. Signed “Best wishes | Barbara Ann Scott-King”.

Scan of photo of Scott skating, [1949, later done in 1990s]. Signed: “To The Illinois Equine Hospital | Thank you for your great care and | kindness to Monty and to all equines. | Gratefully | Barbara Ann Scott-King | Olympic gold medalist 1948.”

Barbara Ann Scott King Gold Medalist – 1947 World Figure Skating Championships. B&w photo card. 30 July 1990, Easter Seals. Signed in facsimile.

3 colour cards. (1) Great Moments in Canadian Sport, “Barbara Ann Scott Dazzles World Skaters” (text in French and English on verso), Wheaties Sports Federation, 3; (2) Barbara Ann Scott, St. Moritz, 1948, 3M Olympic card, 1992; card from a Dutch publication, “De wereldkampioene kunstrjiden Barbara Ann Scott” (3 copies).

Series 5: Alain Calmat collection. -- [195-]-1966. – 10 cards/letters, 126 photographs, 2 magazines, and other material.

Organized primarily by date; items in boxes NOT necessarily in order listed.

Born in Paris, Alain Calmat (1940-) is a French figure skater, surgeon, and politician. He was French national champion in men’s singles in 1958 and 1962-5, the European Champion between 1962 and 1964, the 1964 Olympic silver medalist, and the 1965 World Champion.

Box 11
87 b&w photos, some signed (Calmat in youth and in the 1960s, figure skaters such as Jacqueline de Bief and pair skaters, and places; 39 b&w of a non-skating character, possibly the neighbourhood where Calmat once lived)
results of the world championships at Cortina D’Ampezzo (28 February and 2 March, 1963) and Colorado Springs (March 1965), notes of judges, and information about the rinks
correspondence (5 cards and 5 letters with envelopes: François Teydoux, French Ambassador to Germany; Patrick Blain; Marion Galup and C. Castells; etc.)
program of sporting conference at Vichy, 25-29 April 1966; issue of Miroir Sprint, no. 979, 8 mars 1965; Les sports en France, no. 63 (mars 1964).


Series 6: Sonja Heinie collection – 1928-1968 – 39 photographs and 1 banner

Organized chronologically; items in box are NOT necessarily in order listed.

See also Series 2: Skating programs and Series 3: Sheet music.

Born in Oslo, Sonja Henie (1912–1969) was a Norwegian figure skater and film star. She was a six-time European Champion (1931–1936) in ladies’ singles, a ten-time World Champion (1927–1936), and three-time Olympic Champion (1928, 1932, 1936). After the 1936 World Figure Skating Championships, she took up a career as an actress with Twentieth Century Fox and as a professional skater in touring ice shows (the latter until 1956).

Box 11
Sonja Henie, one skate lifted on toe pick with other leg extended. B&w photo. St. Moritz, 1928. United Press International Inc.

“Pirouettes on the ice ar St. Moritz”. B&w photo. International Newsreel Photo. 17 February 1929.

Sonja Henie. Large b&w photo signed. “To Harry E. Wolf | Good luck and best wishes | Sonja Henie.” [193?].

“Paris 15 janvier 1932 Palais des Sport”. Ladies’ Championship of Europe. Henie with Mlles. Landbeck, Holowski, Cléricetti, Vaudecrane, Volpatto, and Joan Dix. Agence Rol.

Sonja Henie. B&w photo, signed in facsimile. [193?].

Henie on her arrival at the Gare de l’Est in Paris. B&w photo by Meurisse, 1936

Henie and Karl Schaeffer, Berliner Sportspalast. B&w photo, Archivo E.E. Haynes, 22 February 1936.

Henie, Karl Schaeffer, Maxie Herber, and Ernest Baier, wearing medals, Berliner Sportspalast. B&w photo, Archivo E.E. Haynes, 10 March 1936.

Henie, Megan Taylor, and Jeff Dickson, au palais des sports in Paris. B&w Photo by Meurisse, 1936.

Henie with her parents. B&w photo, News Staff Photographer, 13 March 1937.

Henie with Dan Topping, having lunch in Pittsburgh. B&w photo. International News Photo, San Francisco Examiner. 31 January 1940.

Henie with Topping at a restaurant in New York City. B&w photo. International News Photo, San Francisco Examiner. 5-6 February 1940.

Henie with Topping at El Morocco in New York City. B&w photo. International News Photo, San Francisco Examiner. 7 February 1940.

Henie with Topping in Honolulu, wearing floral wreaths. B&w photo. Associated Press Photo, San Francisco Examiner. 15 March 1940.

Henie with Carole Landis; Henie with Jack Oakie. 2 b&w photos from Wintertime. San Francisco Examiner. 20 October 1943.

Sonja Henie. 5 b&w photos, [194?]. Glossy reproductions.

Sonja Henie. 4 b&w photos, [1945?]. One photo associated with movie It’s a Pleasure, 2 signed in facsimile, 2 photos of her skating.

Sonja Henie. Bownan gum card, no. 35, b&w photo, 1949.

Henie with Mary Pickford and Buddy Rogers at Romanoff’s in Beverly Hills. B&w photo. Photo by Nat Dallinger, King Features Syndicate, San Francisco Examiner. 20 March 1953.

Henie with John Haskell, Mrs. Haskell, Mrs. Fox Fuller, and Alfredo de la Vega at Romanoff’s. B&w photo, San Francisco Examiner. 2 January 1957.

Henie on ice with unidentified skater. B&w photo [195?].

Henie and her husband. B&w photo, 4 May and 16 July 1968. San Francisco Examiner.

B&w photo of Henie skating. N.d. but [1936]. Signed: “To Dorothy! | from | Sonja Henie”. Verso says “Dorothy White Kramer”. American photo (made in U.S.A.) with menetion of her film, One in a Million.

B&w photo of Henie, signed, with girl and boy, all with skates in their hands. N.d.
Verso says “Dorothy White Kramer”.

B&w photo of Henie (in a white coat) and Elmer White. N.d. Verso says “Dorothy White Kramer”.

Henie with skates seated on a step. B&w photo, n.d.

Henie in a coat standing by a roadster, house in background. B&w photo, n.d. Signed: “To Alex Moufafolo | from | Sonja”.

Henie dancing on ice, arms extended. B&w photo, n.d., but later in her career. No credit.

B&w photo postcard (signature in facsimile) and colourized postcard from “Everything Happens at Night”. N.d.

B&w photo of Henie skating, arms extended, signed in facsimile, “Kindest regards | Sonja Henie”. N.d. No credit.

Sonja Henie Ice Revuu, black felt banner, stitched in yellow at the edge for handing, pictorial representation of Henie skating. n.d.


Series 7: Cecilia Colledge collection – [1935]-1937 – 9 photographs

Organized chronologically; items in box NOT necessarily in order listed.

Cecilia Colledge (1920–2008) was a British figure skater. She was a six-time British national champion (1935–1939, 1946), the European Champion (1937–9), 1937 World Champion, and the 1936 Olympic silver medalist. In 1951 she moved to the United States and became a skating coach in Boston.

Box 11
B&w photograph of Colledge with her coach, Jacques Gerschwiler. 1935.

B&w cigarette card photograph, Sporting Events and Stars Series, no. 79. [1935].

B&w photo card, Olympia 1936, band 1, bild nr. 64, gruppe 56. Berlin Olympics. With signature
of Colledge on a separate piece of paper.

“Skating Stars at British Championships”. Pamela Stepheny, Cecilia Colledge and Brenda Stroud, Empire Pool, Wembley. B&w photo, Associated Press. 13 December 1937.

B&w signed photo, Copyright Barratt’s, n.d.

B&w signed photo, B. Johannes (Beckert) Garmisch-Partenkirchen, n.d.

B&w signed photo, Daily Herald Copyright, n.d.

B&w signed photo, Copyright Peter Kaufman, n.d.

B&w photo of Colledge with skates over her shoulders, caption in French stating that she’s leaving London for New York, n.d.


Series 8: Archives and Ephemera – [182?-]-2007 – 954 photographs, 4 certificates, 2 autograph books, 4 programs and brochures, 10 posters, 9 letters, 16 cards, 2 etchings/engravings, 11 drawings/paintings, 1 manuscript, 2 puzzles, 1 valentine, 1 bracelet, 23 buttons/pins, 5 medals, 12 films, 2 minute books, and other material.

Organized chronologically; items in boxes NOT necessarily in order listed.

Box 12
Caricature of the four seasons, including winter skating scene. Hand-coloured engraving. Nurnberg, Fr. Campe, [182?].
James Gillray. Elements of Skateing. Making the Most of a Passing-Friend, in a case of Emergency! Verso: Elements of Skateing. The Consequences of going before the Wind.
London, H.G.Bohn, 1851. Etching, 260 x 365mm. First published 1805.

Promenade au Bois de Boulogne, Le Pont des Isles. Colour puzzle, 1 piece missing. [185?].

Valentine, [185- or 186-?]. The top piece is an intricate pierced and embossed paper with a boy and girl ice skating. It has applied hand colored and gold diecuts. 4" × 3".

Bound book, missing covers, with approximately 70 b&w photographic prints of illustrations of early ice skating (1590-1865) pasted on to thick pages (7 x 9 ½ inches) with hand-written captions with dates provided, artists, engravers etc., taken from engravings, oil paintings, water colours, glass paintings, including Dickens character Mr Pickwick, skating on the Serpentine, Hogarth engravings, Cruikshank..There is no date to when it was produced but the prints look early probably produced pre 1900. Perhaps used for an exhibition (see A History of National Skating Association of Great Britain 1879-1901 with a Catalogue of the Exhibition of Skates & Skating Matter in 1902).

“Skating in Regent’s Park”, Illustrated London News, & January 1854.

Wooden pictorial box with oval of woman skater on the lid. Mirror on verso of the lid. 120 × 90 mm. [186?].

“The Daily Round—the Common Task!” Pen-ink sketch in 4 sections of stick figures skating (Baths, Our Preserves, and nine notes related to skating. 25.5 × 20.5 mm. [186?].

Photo of a woman on skates, wearing a tiara. William Notman, Photographer to the Queen. Signed on the verso: "For Helen, / With Tillie's love / 1^st Janry 1871." Possibly issued by Notman in December 1867 for the Philadelphia Photographer.

Skating on a river in Ireland. Circa 1870 but appears to be a reproduction.

Ella Savage, 3 long letters with 1 envelope, 16 November 1877, 11 August 1878, 12 October 1879, from George [Peck Ide?], who is attending Amherst College. The letter of 26 November 1877 has a paragraph about skating: “Last night Jack Hobbs came round & wanted me to go skating with him, and although I didn’t care much about it I went. He furnished me with a pair of screw & strap skates, and we went to the pond….”

Christopher Covering. Photo of caricature of skaters on a river, 1882 (196?].

Skating Party at Alpha Rink, South Framington, Mass. Invitation issued to H.L. Davenport, with envelope.

Axel Paulsen wearing his medals. “Champion Skater of the World.” Cabinet photo. photo by S. Gurre, Grand Forks D.T. ( Dakota Territory), circa pre-1889. Grand Forks D.T. became Grand Forks North Dakota in 1889. Also 4 cigarette cards: (1) in hard case, from W.S. Kimball & Co’s., 1887, AXEL PAULSENChampion Skater of the World; (2) in hard case, from Allen & Ginter, Second Series, [1888], AXEL PAULSEN. | SKATER | 25 MILES-1 H _ 33 MIN. 28 2/s SEC – ¼ MILE TRACK, larger card; (3) and (4) from Allen & Ginter, Second Series, [1888], AXEL PAULSEN. | SKATER | 25 MILES-1 H _ 33 MIN. 28 2/s SEC – ¼ MILE TRACK (and another card identical to this without the cigarette information on back of card), smaller card.
And ZeeNut Game Series card, 2011.

Villeneuve, Switzerland, 1890s. 3 amateur mounted albumen photos that show people skating. 6 x 4 1/4 inches and 4 3/4 x 2 3/4 inches (152 x 108 mm and 120 x 70 mm). The top two have nice tones and the bottom one has lost contrast.

Comic scene of skaters on a pond; man in foreground has lost his top hat, watercolour on paper, (originally part of a set of four). According to the estate people and after opening the back, it appears to have been done during the late 1890s or early 1900s. 9 1/2" x 12 3/4" in 20^th-century brown wooden frame. Unsigned. Probably an American artist.

Medal, 31 mm. Recto has an image of a skater [Ulrich Salchow?]. With stamping: SKRIDSKOS ÄLLSKAPET NORDEN I GOTEBORG 1893. Verso blank.

B&w photo of skaters at St. Mortiz, 1893.