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Album of Sketches: "Sketches 1990-91"

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"

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: "Rock Formations"

File contains 1 album of sketches (30 sheets) in pencil, ink, charcoal, and watercolour, size 28x36 cm. Sketches depict rock formations and are captioned by their proper names, including crystalline limestone, cliffs of granite gneiss, conglomerate, roche moutonee, greywacke, undercut seacliff, orbiclar diorite sill, etc.

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

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: "Quebec Sketches by A.B. Creighton"

File contains 1 album of sketches (10 sheets, plus index) in watercolour, size 28x38 cm. Per index 1 sketch has been removed from the album. Sketches depict landscapes including "Quebec City," " The Restigouche," "Riviere du Loup," "The Notre Dame Mountains," etc. Noted on album is "films 01.15 and 01.16."

Album of Sketches: Properties

File contains an album of sketches and loose pages. Sketches predominantly depict scenes of property with names noted underneath - possibly sketches of neighbours' lands?

Album of Sketches: People

File contains 1 album of sketches in pencil and ink. Predominantly depicting people - figures and anatomical studies.

Album of Sketches: People

File contains 1 album of sketches in pencil and watercolour. Sketches predominantly depict people, and still life scenes.

Album of Sketches: Outdoors

File contains 1 album of sketches (28 sheets) in pencil and ink, size 13x20 cm. Sketches are of trees, buildings, people, etc.

Album of Sketches: Outdoor Scenes

File contains 1 album of sketches (4 sheets), size 31x41cm and 6 loose sketches, size 36x56 cm, in pencil, charcoal, and watercolour. Sketches depict outdoor scenes.

Album of Sketches: Outdoor Scenes

File contains 1 album of sketches (30 sheets) in pencil and watercolour, size 13x18 cm. Sketches depict animals, landscapes, waterfront scenes, etc. Noted on cover is "film #2."

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

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.

Album of Sketches: Landscapes

File contains 1 album of sketches (6 sheets) in pencil, size 22x28 cm. Sketches predominantly depict rock formations, clouds, etc.

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

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.

Album of Sketches: Houses

File contains 1 album of sketches (20 sheets) in pencil, size 11x18 cm. Sketches predominantly depict houses and people, with some landscapes.

Album of Sketches: Hantsport

File contains 1 album of sketches (24 sheets) in charcoal and watercolour, size 23x30 cm. Sketches depict garden scenes. Per Helen Hendry, they may be the garden and greenhouse of Norman Creighton's property in Hantsport, Nova Scotia. Also the figure on page 13 may be a self-portrait of Alan Creighton.

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

File contains 1 album of sketches (10 sheets, plus index) in watercolour, size 28x38 cm. Sketches depict garden scenes, including "Squash," "Flowers," "Apples," "Beans," "Cornstalks," etc. Noted on cover is "film 01.08 and 01.21."

Album of Sketches: Farm Scenes

File contains 1 album of sketches (15 sheets) and 3 loose sheets in pencil, ink, and charcoal, size 13x18 cm. Sketches predominantly depict farm scenes, possibly "railway sketches."
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