Archives Catalogue

MS-2-701, Box 25, Folder 3
File
19---

File contains 1 album of sketches (3 sheets) in watercolour, size 31x46 cm. Sketches depict country/farm houses and landscapes.

Sketches of People

MS-2-701, Box 25, Folder 4
File
19---

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains loose sketches in watercolour depicting landscapes with prominent human figures.

Landscapes

MS-2-701, Box 25, Folder 5
File
19---

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains sketches depicting landscapes, predominantly country scenes.

The Old Tree

MS-2-701, Box 25, Folder 6
File
1992-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File is a painting in watercolour. Noted on verso is "film 01.38." Painting depicts trees.

Street in Prospect, N.S.

MS-2-701, Box 25, Folder 7
File
1989-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File is a watercolour painting on watercolour paper. Noted on verso is "film 01.39." Painting depicts a row of houses in Prospect, Nova Scotia.

Blue Rocks, Lunenburg Co., N.S.

MS-2-701, Box 25, Folder 8
File
1985-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains a watercolour painting. Noted on verso is "film 01.39." Painting depicts a house.

Low Tide Minas Basin

MS-2-701, Box 25, Folder 9
File
[198-?]-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains a painting in watercolour on watercolour paper. Noted on verso is "film 01.38." Painting depicts boats in the Minas Basin (Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia) at low tide.

Album of Sketches: "Still Life Studies by A.B. Creighton"

MS-2-701, Box 26, Folder 1
File
1985-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 album of sketches in watercolour. Sketches depict items in a house or apartment. Per Helen Hendry, likely Alan Creighton's apartment.

Album of Sketches: "Railway Sketches: Montreal to Halifax by A.B. Creighton"

MS-2-701, Box 26, Folder 2
File
19---

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 album of sketches (13 sheets, plus index) in watercolour, size 28x38 cm. Per index, 2 sketches were previously removed from the album. Noted on cover is "film 01.16." Sketches depict predominantly landscapes, with some figures. Helen Hendry notes that "the bent old man with small suitcases [Sussex sketch] looks exactly like Alan in his old age."

Album of Sketches: "Untitled Shore, Etc. Sketches"

MS-2-701, Box 26, Folder 3
File
[198-?]-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 album of sketches (11 sheets) in watercolour. Noted on cover is "film 01.31." Sketches depict landscapes, most at Digby, Nova Scotia.

Album of Sketches: "Untitled Studies"

MS-2-701, Box 26, Folder 4
File
1978-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 album of sketches (13 sheets) in pencil, ink, and watercolour, size 26x36 cm; and 1 album of sketches (25 sheets) in pencil, crayon, and watercolour, size 31x46 cm. Sketches depict landscapes, people, flowers, rocks, etc. Notes from Helen Hendry refer to sketch numbers (written verso lower-left corner) in album titled "1978" and are as follows: SKETCH 4: "Looks like Alan's mother Harriet ("Hat")." SKETCH 5: (left figure) "Probably Alan's "Aunt Hully" (Helen) Hendry; (center figure) "Probably Aunt Laleah Hendry."; (right figure) "Possibly Marge??" SKETCH 6: "This may be young Norman." SKETCH 7: "Appears to be a reworking of pencil sketch "Sunday Morning R.A. and W.A. Hendry 1927" in cream colour album. These are Ralph and Will Hendry, first cousins of Alan + Norm + Marge + Lee." SKETCH 8: "Appears to be a later reworking of the 1925 pencil sketch in the cream coloured album labeled "People - 1925 - 1930"." SKETCH 11: (top-left) "The original pencil sketch (which is in my possession) says "R.A. Hendry, July 1921." (This was my father)." (bottom-right) "On another, similar, sketch in my possession, Alan has written "Will writing to Frances Mar. 13, 1927." (Frances later became his wife) (This Will Hendry is Alan's cousin). (center) "These two men are brothers, first cousins of Alan. Alan obviously redid the sketches together in this page at a later date."

Album of Sketches: "Industrial Sketches by A.B. Creighton"

MS-2-701, Box 26, Folder 5
File
[198-?]-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 album of sketches (15 sheets, plus index) in watercolour, size 31x45 cm. Noted on cover is "films 98.60 + 98.59." Sketches depict industrial scenes including "The Machine Shop," The Truck Drivers," "Dredge and Scow," " Gypsum Quarry, Cape Breton," etc.

Albums of Sketches: "Garden [and Riverbank] Sketches"

MS-2-701, Box 26, Folder 6
File
1993-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 2 albums of sketches. Noted on covers is "film 01.11" and "films 0.18 + 01.19 + 01.20." Sketches depict flowers, trees, etc.

Album of Sketches: "Pen Sketches"

MS-2-701, Box 26, Folder 7
File
1981-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 album of sketches depicting trees and clouds.

Album of Sketches: "Nova Scotia Sketches Summer 1990"

MS-2-701, Box 26, Folder 8
File
1990-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 album of sketches (12 sheets, plus index) in watercolour, size 30x46 cm. Sketches depict landscapes in Nova Scotia, including "Medford Beach," "Rising Tide," "South End," and "Murphy Lake."

Harborville Shore (Looking East)

MS-2-701, Box 27, Folder 1
File
1990-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 painting in watercolour. Item is size 38x46 cm, housed in a mat frame to be 42x46 cm. Noted on verso is "film 01.38." Painting depicts a house on the shore.

Album of Sketches: "Autumn Sketches 1984 - 85 by A.B. Creighton"

MS-2-701, Box 27, Folder 2
File
1984-1985

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 album of sketches in oil and watercolour. Sketches depict park/outdoor scenes of autumn foliage.

Album of Sketches: "Autumn Sketches by A.B. Creighton"

MS-2-701, Box 27, Folder 3
File
19---

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File is an album of sketches depicting tree and leaf scenes - autumn foliage.

Album of Sketches: "1994"

MS-2-701, Box 27, Folder 4
File
1994-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 album of sketches (26 sheets) in charcoal and watercolour, size 28x35 cm. Noted on cover is "films 01.36 and 01.37." Sketches depict landscapes, predominantly trees and foliage. Some scenes are identified.

Album of Sketches: "Sketches 1990-91"

MS-2-701, Box 27, Folder 5
File
1990-1991

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 album of sketches (40 sheets) in pencil, oil, and watercolour, size 36x43 cm. Noted on cover is "films 01.33 and 01.34." Sketches depict landscapes (some identified, such as Canoe Lake, Nictaux Falls, etc.), foliage and garden sketches, flowers, etc.

Album of Sketches: "Sketches 1989 - 90"

MS-2-701, Box 27, Folder 6
File
1989-1990

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 album of sketches in oil and watercolour. Noted on cover is "films 98.61 and 98.60." Sketches depict coastal landscapes, flowers, foliage, and garden scenes.

Album of Sketches: "Landscape Studies in Water Colour by A.B. Creighton"

MS-2-701, Box 27, Folder 7
File
[198-?]-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 album of sketches (12 sheets, plus index) in watercolour, size 38x56 cm. Sketches depict landscapes in Nova Scotia, including "Annapolis Basin," "In the Laurentians," "Old Road to Sambro," "The White Garage," "Upper Falmouth, N.S.," etc.

Album of Sketches: "Maritime Sketches by A.B. Creighton"

MS-2-701, Box 27, Folder 8
File
[198-?]-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 album of sketches (8 sheets, plus index) in watercolour, size 38x56 cm. Per the index, 4 sketches were previously removed from the album. Noted on cover is "films 98.58 and 98.61." Sketches depict landscapes, including "Hollyhocks," "Chipman's Brook," "Corn Stalks," "Autumn Woods," "Summer Afternoon," etc.

Warping In

MS-2-701, Box 28, Folder 1
File
[199-?]-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 painting in oil on canvas board, size 31x41 cm. Noted on verso is "film 01.75.17" and that the painting was done in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Painting depicts crewmen

Morning Sunlight

MS-2-701, Box 28, Folder 10
File
1970-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 painting in oil on canvas board. Noted on verso is "film 01.67.17A." Painting depicts boats at dock.

The Richelieu River near Campbellton, N.B.

MS-2-701, Box 28, Folder 12
File
1982-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 painting in oil on board. Noted on verso is "film 01.69.11A." Painting depicts river scene.

The Hidden House

MS-2-701, Box 28, Folder 13
File
19---

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 painting in oil on compressed chipboard, size 35x45 cm. Noted on verso is "film 01.82.6." Painting depicts trees with a house in the background.

Yachting on Toronto Harbour

MS-2-701, Box 28, Folder 14
File
1970-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 painting in oil on canvas board, size 41x51 cm. Noted on verso is "film 01.75.12A." Painting depicts sailboats as seen through trees.

Seashore, Nova Scotia

MS-2-701, Box 28, Folder 15
File
1974-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 painting in oil on canvas board. Noted on verso is "film 01.68.24A." Painting depicts a rocky shoreline and the sea.

The Bedford Barrens

MS-2-701, Box 28, Folder 16
File
[198-?]-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 painting in oil on canvas board. Noted on verso is "film 01.75.19A." Painting depicts landscape of Bedford, Nova Scotia.

A Brook in the Barrens

MS-2-701, Box 28, Folder 17
File
[198-?]-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File is a painting in oil on canvas board. Noted on verso is "film 01.77.21." Painting depicts landscape with small waterfall.

Autumn Brook

MS-2-701, Box 28, Folder 18
File
1990-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 painting in oil on canvas board. Noted on verso is "films 01.81.6 and 01.81.4." Painting depicts a stream running through the forest.

The Old Mower

MS-2-701, Box 28, Folder 2
File
1980-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 painting in oil on board. Noted on verso is "film 01.68.1A." Painting depicts a tree in a field with an old mower.

Autumn Stream

MS-2-701, Box 28, Folder 3
File
1978-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 painting in oil on canvas board. Noted on verso is "film 01.79-13." Painting depicts a stream in a wooded area.

The Bathers Oil

MS-2-701, Box 28, Folder 4
File
1975-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 painting in oil on canvas board. Noted on verso is "film 01.89.1A." Painting depicts two girls sunbathing on a beach.

Hantsport View

MS-2-701, Box 28, Folder 5
File
1979-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 painting in oil on canvas board. Noted on verso is "film 01.69.2A." Painting depicts a townscape of Hantsport, Nova Scotia.

Broken Basalt

MS-2-701, Box 28, Folder 6
File
1989-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 painting in oil on canvas board. Noted on verso is "film 01.76-12A." Painting depicts a rock formation.

Boats on Toronto Island

MS-2-701, Box 28, Folder 7
File
1970-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File is a painting in oil on canvas board. Noted on verso is "film 01.75.22A." Painting depicts boats on the water.

The Brookside Apple-Tree

MS-2-701, Box 28, Folder 8
File
1980-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 painting in oil on canvas board. Noted on verso is "film 01.68.22A." Painting depicts a wooded scene.

Hall's Harbour

MS-2-701, Box 28, Folder 9
File
1985-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 painting in oil on canvas board. Noted on verso is "film 01.68.19A." Painting depicts boats on the shore at Hall's Harbour, Nova Scotia.

The Edge of the Forest

MS-2-701, Box 29, Folder 1
File
1985-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 painting in oil on canvas board. Noted on verso is "film 01.82.20." Painting depicts wooded scene.

The Brook in Autumn

MS-2-701, Box 29, Folder 10
File
[198-?]-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 painting in oil on canvas board, size 41x51 cm. Noted on verso is "film 01.69.13A." Painting is a semi-impressionist scene of a stream and autumn foliage.

Watercolour Scenes

MS-2-701, Box 29, Folder 11
File
[192-?]-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 painting in watercolour on paper. The painting depicts 4 scenes, including animals and floral decoration in a style reminiscent of Asian art. Possibly from art school era.

Sheltered House

MS-2-701, Box 29, Folder 12
File
[192-?]-

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 painting in watercolour on paper depicting a house nestled among trees with a windy sky.

Lake Ontario

MS-2-701, Box 29, Folder 13
File
19---

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 painting in watercolour on paper. Noted on verso is "film 01.26." Painting depicts sailboats on the water.

The Dye Works

MS-2-701, Box 29, Folder 14
File
19---

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 painting in watercolour on paper. Noted on verso is "film 98.58.9A." Painting depicts a human figure emptying a barrel drum outside of a workshop/industrial area.

A Summer Breeze

MS-2-701, Box 29, Folder 15
File
19---

Part of Alan Creighton fonds

File contains 1 painting in watercolour on paper, size 31x41 cm with mat. Noted on verso is "film 98.58." Painting depicts a sailboat on the water as seen through trees.

Still Life of Shoes and Hats