Archives Catalogue

MS-2-701, Box 11, Folder 8
File
1997-2000

File contains loose pages, handwritten including diary entries and draft correspondence.

Diary and Notes: 1937 - 1938, January 19, 1940 - May 31, 1940

MS-2-701, Box 6, Folder 5
File
1937-1940

File contains 1 handwritten diary of Alan Creighton from 1937 - 1938 and January 19, 1940 - May 31, 1940, with diary entries and sketches. Can be read in both directions.

Diary and Poems: May 8, 1928 - November 18, 1928

MS-2-701, Box 8, Folder 3
File
1928-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains poems and diaries by Alan Creighton while at Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Diary and Stories: December 17, 1926 - May 7, 1927

MS-2-701, Box 8, Folder 1
File
1926-1927

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File consists of 1 handwritten diary of Alan Creighton while at Montreal, Quebec. Contains diaries, stories, poems, French writings, and sketches. Can be read in both directions.

Diary and Stories: January 20, 1926 - September 23, 1926

MS-2-701, Box 9, Folder 1
File
1926-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File consists of 1 handwritten diary of Alan Creighton, containing stories, diary entries, and notes on philosophy.

Diary and Stories: July 24, 1925 - September 24, 1925

MS-2-701, Box 8, Folder 12
File
1925-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File consists of 1 handwritten diary of Alan Creighton, containing mostly undated diary entries.

Diary and Stories: November 23, 1924 - June 21, 1925

MS-2-701, Box 8, Folder 11
File
1924-1925

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 handwritten diary of Alan Creighton with mostly stories and a few diary entries.

Diary and Stories: September 24, 1927 - December 17, 1927

MS-2-701, Box 8, Folder 2
File
1927-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File consists of 1 handwritten diary of Alan Creighton containing short stories, diaries, notes on poetry, dreams, etc.

Diary and Stories: September 27, 1938 - March 28, 1939

MS-2-701, Box 6, Folder 4
File
1938-1939

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 handwritten diary of Alan Creighton, containing irregular entries. Includes poetry and diary entries.

Diary: April 1, 1924 - June 20, 1924

MS-2-701, Box 7, Folder 10
File
1924-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 handwritten diary of Alan Creighton while in Detroit, Michigan (USA).

Diary: April 20, 1922 - August 19, 1922

MS-2-701, Box 7, Folder 6
File
1922-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 handwritten diary of Alan Creighton, a "miscellaneous collection of… thoughts and ideas." Contains "Notes While at Bedford 1920 - 21".

Diary: August 21, 1922 - August 30, 1922

MS-2-701, Box 7, Folder 7
File
1922-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 handwritten diary of Alan Creighton covering the period August 21 - 30, 1922.

Diary: December 1, 1937 - March 19, 1939

MS-2-701, Box 6, Folder 8
File
1937-1939

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 handwritten diary of Alan Creighton including diaries and poems as well as one loose sheet of text.

Diary: December 17, 1926 - May 7, 1927

MS-2-701, Box 10, Folder 2
File
1926-1927

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 handwritten diary of Alan Creighton includes stories, relating of dreams, reading log, and accounting of cash spent.

Diary: December 26, 1988 - Decemer 25, 1989

MS-2-701, Box 9, Folder 3
File
1988-1989

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 handwritten diary of Alan Creighton recording health events, deaths of friends and family, and some mention of various global news events.

Diary Excerpts

MS-2-701, Box 6, Folder 9
File
[193-]-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains typed loose pages with diary entries relating daily happenings. Some pages

Diary: February 16, 1922 - August 17, 1922

MS-2-701, Box 7, Folder 5
File
1922-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 handwritten diary with personal entries and scribbles cover the period from February 16, 1922 to August 17, 1922. Also includes 2 loose sheets of diary entries.

Diary: February 27, 1928 - March 18, 1928

MS-2-701, Box 8, Folder 4
File
1928-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 handwritten diary of Alan Creighton.

Diary: February 4, 1998 - February 27, 1998

MS-2-701, Box 9, Folder 5
File
1998-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 handwritten diary of Alan Creighton relating daily activities.

Diary: January 1929 - August 23, 1930

MS-2-701, Box 8, Folder 6
File
1929-1930

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 handwritten diary of Alan Creighton while at Bathurst, New Brunswick and at Halifax, Nova Scotia. Also contains a loose typed letter to "Bill."

Diary: January 8, 1984 - March 10, 1984

MS-2-701, Box 9, Folder 2
File
1984-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 handwritten diary of Alan Creighton with a few short entries about daily activities.

Diary: June 1, 1927 - November 9, 1927

MS-2-701, Box 7, Folder 13
File
1927-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File consists of 1 handwritten diary of Alan Creighton while at Montreal, Quebec. Contains some poetry.

Diary: June 19, 1931 - September 23, 1932

MS-2-701, Box 8, Folder 8
File
1931-1932

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 handwritten diary of Alan Creighton.

Diary: June 23, 1924 - November 19, 1924

MS-2-701, Box 7, Folder 11
File
1924-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File consists of 1 handwritten diary of Alan Creighton while at Detroit, Michigan (USA), covering the period June 23, 1924 - November 19, 1924.

Diary: June 28, 1928 - September 1929

MS-2-701, Box 10, Folder 3
File
1928-1929

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 handwritten diary of Alan Creighton containing notes on daily activities.

Diary: March 16, 1923 - November 9, 1923

MS-2-701, Box 7, Folder 9
File
1923-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 handwritten diary of Alan Creighton covering the period March 16, 1923 - November 9, 1923, a "record of A.B. Creighton."

Diary: March 19, 1928 - June 27, 1928

MS-2-701, Box 8, Folder 5
File
1928-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File consists of 1 handwritten diary of Alan Creighton while at Halifax, Nova Scotia. At the beginning of the notebook is Norman Creighton's geometry work.

Diary: March 29, 1952 - June 15, 1953

MS-2-701, Box 10, Folder 6
File
1952-1953

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 handwritten diary of Alan Creighton, including dreams, relation of daily activities, and a story about Shaffleburg's Cove in Bedford, Nova Scotia.

Diary: November 27, 1972 - April 7, 1981

MS-2-701, Box 10, Folder 4
File
1972-1981

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 handwritten diary of Alan Creighton, primarily regarding the affairs of Christine Eyles. Also includes poetry by other authors (possibly children).

Diary: November 7, 1990 - June 15, 2000

MS-2-701, Box 9, Folder 4
File
1990-2000

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 handwritten diary of Alan Creighton containing record of deaths and recording of daily activities.

Diary: October 25, 1922 - March 11, 1923

MS-2-701, Box 7, Folder 8
File
1922-1923

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 handwritten diary of Alan Creighton, covering the period October 20, 1922 - March 11, 1923, "a continuance of the thoughts and affairs of A.B.C."

Diary: September 4, 1930 - May 19, 1931

MS-2-701, Box 8, Folder 7
File
1930-1931

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 handwritten diary of Alan Creighton while at Grand Pre, Nova Scotia.

Early Loose Sketches

MS-2-701, Box 12, Folder 14
File
1921-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 47 loose sketches in pencil, ink, and watercolour. Sketches include studies of body parts, landscapes, still life, etc. Many may be from days as an art student.

Early Manuscripts

MS-2-701, Box 5, Folder 10
File
[191-?]-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

Very early stories with the appearance of being written in childhood. "The Queer Oak," "The Forest Fairies," and "Captain Buckle's Treasure."

Early Manuscripts

MS-2-701, Box 3, Folder 13
File
1926-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

Typed short stories by Alan Creighton, the majority written while living in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Early Pencil Sketches

MS-2-701, Box 17, Folder 4
File
1922-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains loose sketches in pencil and watercolour. Sketches depict buildings, people, animals, and outdoor scenes. Items previously housed together in a photo album titled "Early Pencil Sketches."

Early Studies and Fanciful Sketches by A.B. Creighton

MS-2-701, Box 12, Folder 13
File
1931-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains loose sketches depicting landscapes, portraits, still life, etc. Items previously housed together in a scrapbook titled "Early Studies and Fanciful Sketches by A.B. Creighton."

Earth Call: A Book of Poems

MS-2-701, Box 2, Folder 9
File
1936-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 copy of Alan Creighton's first book of poetry, "Earth Call: A Book of Poems," published in 1936 by the Macmillan Company of Canada.

Evening in the Cove

MS-2-701, Box 29, Folder 9
File
1980-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 painting in oil on canvas board. Noted on verso is "film 01.82.8." Painting depicts a boat in the harbour at night.

Eyles Family Materials

MS-2-701, Box 11, Folder 14
File
1894-1977

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

Loose papers and memorabilia, typed and handwritten, most relating to Christine and her father Charles ("Chas") Eyles. Includes postcards and correspondence, newspaper clippings, and a lock of Christine's hair at age 77.

Eyles Family Materials

MS-2-701, Box 13, Folder 1
File
1896-1930

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains loose pages typed and handwritten, including correspondence and newspaper clippings primarily about the manufacture of violins by Charles Eyles. Also clippings regarding Christine's violin performances as a youth, and assorted concert programs and other

Eyles Papers and Memorabilia

MS-2-701, Box 11, Folder 12
File
1883-1947

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains newspaper clippings, loose pages of correspondence, and other materials primarily regarding Charles Eyles and the violins he made, along with testimonials as to the quality of the same. Also includes "The Essex Review" no. 21 vol. VI 1897, and "The Violin and its construction" by August Riechers.

Eyles, Christine

MS-2-701, Box 14, Folder 6
File
1960-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains photographs of Christine Eyles and several of her cats.

Eyles, Christine

MS-2-701, Box 12, Folder 4
File
1970-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File is a photograph of Christine Eyles at home with two of her cats. The rear is date stamped January 15, 1970.

Family Herald and Weekly Star, Vol. LXI no. 52

MS-2-701, Box 18, Folder 8
File
1930-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains issue of the "Family Herald and Weekly Star" paper, vol. LXI no. 52, which contains short story "The Guiding Light" by Alan Creighton on page 32.

Family history

Subseries
1922-2001

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

Family Photographs

MS-2-701, Box 15, Folder 40
File
1944-1988

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 10 black and white photographs and 34 colour photographs, variable sizes from 6x9 cm to 13x18 cm. Photos depict people including: Alan Creighton, Laleah (Lee) Creighton, Norman Creighton, Harriet (Hendry) Creighton, C.J. (Charles) Creighton, Marge (Creighton) Goodman, Janet (Goodman) Goodlad, Roger Goodlad, Patricia (Goodman) McLeod, Jim McLeod, Laleah Hendry, and Helen Hendry, as well as assorted friends and neighbours, often unidentified. Includes scenes at the Creighton home in Hantsport as well as at the home of Marge (Creighton) Goodman in Kentville, Nova Scotia. Photos taken by various people. Notations made by Helen Hendry appear on verso.

Family Photographs

MS-2-701, Box 15, Folder 39
File
[192-?]-1995

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 72 black and white photographs and 11 colour photographs, variable sizes from 6x9 cm to 13x18 cm. Photos depict people including: Alan Creighton, Laleah (Lee) Creighton, Norman Creighton, Harriet (Hendry) Creighton, C.J. (Charles) Creighton, Marge (Creighton) Goodman, Janet (Goodman) Goodlad, Roger Goodlad, Patricia (Goodman) McLeod, Jim McLeod, Laleah Hendry, and Helen Hendry, as well as assorted friends and neighbours, often unidentified. Includes scenes at the Creighton home in Hantsport as well as at the home of Marge (Creighton) Goodman in Kentville, Nova Scotia. Photos taken by various people. Notations made by Helen Hendry appear on verso.

Ferry Leaving Digby for Saint John

MS-2-701, Box 12, Folder 11
File
1990-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 painting in oil on canvas board. Painting depicts the "Princess of Acadia" ferry leaving Digby, Nova Scotia, for Saint John, New Brunswick. Noted on verso is "film 01.67.23."

Figures and Landscapes

MS-2-701, Box 16, Folder 11
File
[198-?]-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 4 paintings depicting landscape scenes and human figures.

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