Pictou Literary and Scientific Society fonds
- MS-2-62, SF Box 19, Folders 1-3
- Fonds
- 1828-1861
Pictou Literary and Scientific Society.
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Pictou Literary and Scientific Society fonds
Pictou Literary and Scientific Society.
Bell, Hugh Philip
Fonds includes Alan Creighton's diaries, which cover many of the years from 1920 to 2000. Writings from the period 1920 to 1954 (many undated) are mainly short stories and poems. These writings include handwritten and typed, complete and incomplete, and published and unpublished works. There is also some correspondence throughout as well as copies of his two books of poetry. The fonds includes writings with titles such as "About Poetry," "Poetry Courses," "Thoughts," "Music & Art," and "Bedford Basin." His notebooks include evidence of a variety of courses taken, including French and Greek, music, poetry, and art (both practice and history, including Chinese art). There is also a record of his art sales from 1964 to 1999. Personal and family documents are included in the fonds.
Alan Creighton's artwork is extensive and primarily in the form of sketches and watercolours, with a few oil paintings. Many of his sketches are in albums, many of which are used exclusively for one particular aspect of his studies. For example, album labels include "People," "Trees," "Skies," "Rock Formations," "Buildings," "Railway Sketches" (scenes from train journeys), and "Outdoors." Others identify a place and time and include such labels as "At the Zoo," "Nova Scotian Sketches 1951," "South Shore 1982," and "Toronto 1996." Still others contain a mixture of styles and themes. There are also numerous loose sketches and watercolours which have been loosely arranged into similar groupings such as "Clouds," "Boats," "Flowers," and so forth. Photograph albums include photos of family and of scenes taken by Alan as a reference for future paintings.
Included with Alan Creighton’s personal items are papers, writings, art, and memorabilia belonging to his friend and roommate Christine Eyles, who died without heirs. Some relate to her employment as a violinist in England and in Toronto, Ontario and some contain her poetry, plays, and artwork (in sketchbooks and on loose paper). Published and handwritten music scores, mostly for the violin, are also included. A photograph album contains many formal portraits of family and friends taken in England in the early 20th century. Records also include papers by and about her father, Charles Eyles, a famous violin-maker. Such materials include advertisements, brochures, and letters attesting to the high quality of his craftsmanship.
Creighton, Alan
Dinwiddie, James
Bigelow Family
Atlantic Canada farm and rural life collection
Notebook of George Renny Young
Young, George Renny, 1802-1853
Part of James H. Morrison fonds
Vom, plateau state, Nigeria research base
Part of James H. Morrison fonds
Diary of a sealing voyage aboard the SS Beothic from March 6th to April 21st, 1940
Part of Donna Morrissey fonds
MacDougall, Everett, 1858-1938
War brides journal writing group records
Part of Christopher Heide fonds
Home at Last production records
Part of Christopher Heide fonds
Part of Christopher Heide fonds
Home at Last director's script
Part of Christopher Heide fonds
Part of Christopher Heide fonds
Who Goes There? script development and production records
Part of Christopher Heide fonds
Correspondence re. writing workshop with North Lancashire War Brides group at Lancaster University
Part of Christopher Heide fonds
A.H. Leighton personal notes/journal — Ireland 1924
A.H. Leighton personal notes/journal — Princeton 1926
Miscellaneous journal and clippings
Diary #4a, 26 March - August 1963
Diary #4a, January - June 1965
Diary #4, 2 January - 25 March 1963
Diary #4a, September - December 1963
Diary #4a, June - December 1964
Diary, 2 May 1982 - 31 July 1983
Diary #3, January - March 1961
Diary #3, 1 October - 31 December 1960
Diary #4, April - December 1961
Diary, 1 August 1983 - 6 August 1988
Diary #4, January - December 1962
1 September 1971 - 30 April 1975
Diary, 1 May 1975 - 24 September 1976
3 December 1969 - 31 August 1971
17 August 1967 - 30 April 1968
Diary #2, 1 January - 31 July 1957
Diary #2, 1 January - 31 December 1958