- MS-2-442, Boxes 1-3
- Fonds
- 1899-1974
Myers, A.J. Williams
Myers, A.J. Williams
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 These writings include handwritten and typed, complete and incomplete, and published and unpublished works.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
This fonds consists of records which document the personal and business activities and interests of Alfred Dickie and, to a lesser extent, those of his immediate family and employees. Although the records span Dickie’s lifetime, few relate to his childhood, education, or final two years of life. Some items, in particular those concerning his export lumber business or his travels, derive from various places in North and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, and South Africa, though by far the majority are found to be located within Nova Scotia.
The fonds includes correspondence, business and administrative records, speeches, photographs, legal documents, and plans, among other materials. Records are chiefly in English, although a very small portion are in French, Norwegian, Finnish, Spanish, and Italian.
Dickie, Alfred
Armand Therrien Photograph Collection
Therrien, Armand
Catalogue of Henry Orenstein's prints and paintings
Part of Joan and Henry Orenstein fonds
Stewart, Chester B.
Contact sheet from John Paterson's album # 1
Part of John Paterson fonds
Dalhousie Student Council election campaign posters
Part of Allan Currie Dunlop fonds
David Kirkpatrick Stewart Maclellan's records
Maclellan, David Kirkpatrick Stewart
Part of Patricia Monk fonds
Morrissey, Donna, 1956-
Dorothy and John Dobson's research notes about the O'Brien family
Dobson, Dorothy Garrett
Dorothy and Samuel Shields fonds
Shields, Dorothy and Samuel
Dorothy and Samuel Shields' incoming correspondence
Part of Dorothy and Samuel Shields fonds
Edith Archibald (MacMechan) Dobson fonds
Dobson, Edith Archibald
Lynch, Edith (Nichols), fl. 1903-1958
Edward Kirkpatrick and Helen Stewart (Mackay) Maclellan's records
Maclellan, Edward Kirkpatrick
Edward Kirkpatrick Maclellan's records
MacLatchy, Edward Symons
Ernest W. Guptill's personal scrapbooks
Part of Ernest Wilmot Guptill fonds
Guptill, Ernest
Frank and Cecilia De Mille's wedding photograph
Part of Patricia Monk fonds
George Geoffrey Meyerhof fonds
Meyerhof, George Geoffrey, 1916-2003
Nicholls, George
Henson, Guy
Bruce, Harry
Part of Joan and Henry Orenstein fonds
Orenstein, Henry
Henry Orenstein's Sudbury industrial landscape mural project negatives
Part of Joan and Henry Orenstein fonds
Henry Orenstein's Sudbury industrial landscape mural project photographs
Part of Joan and Henry Orenstein fonds
Henry Orenstein's Sudbury industrial landscape mural project slides
Part of Joan and Henry Orenstein fonds
Read, Horace Emerson
Duff, J. Gordon
Baxter, James, 1844
Gray, James
Hillis, James Stanley
Jean Marie Sholds' collection of Nova Scotia sporting events memorabilia
Sholds, Jean Marie
Joan and Henry Orenstein fonds
Orenstein, Henry
Part of Joan and Henry Orenstein fonds
Orenstein, Joan
Paterson
Part of Judge Peter O'Hearn fonds
Antoft, Kell
Leslie E. Haley's records regarding the Nova Scotia Agricultural College
Part of Leslie E. Haley fonds
Letter and card to Kenneth Leslie from Rosaleen Dickson
Part of Kenneth Leslie fonds
Letters written by Fred Thompson to John Bell
Bell, John A.
Margaret Jane (Mackenzie) Maclellan's records
Margaret Jane (Mackenzie) Maclellan's records regarding her academic life
Binkley, Marian
Monk, Patricia
Pauline E. Hillis' photographic negatives of her son Eric Stantley Hillis, age 5
Part of James Stanley Hillis fonds