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A Definite Liability

File contains a draft of the story, submission correspondence, and a chronology of events regarding the story's various submissions and rejections.

A Photograph of Mandi

File contains a manuscript, correspondence and a copy of Nebula, in which the story appears. There is also a chronology of events documenting the submissions, rejections and acceptance of the short story.

A Portrait of my Brother

File contains a manuscript draft plus rewritten sections, submission correspondence to multiple publishers, a grant application, and a chronology of events regarding the novella's creation, submissions and rejections.

A Visitation with Rose Alder

File contains two manuscript copies, correspondence and a copy of Mistral, the literary review in which the short story was published in spring 1975. File also contains a chronology of events regarding the submission, various rejections and publication of the story.

Alan Creighton fonds

  • MS-2-701
  • Fonds
  • 1845-2001

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 These writings include handwritten and typed, complete and incomplete, and published and unpublished works.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

Allan Bevan fonds

  • MS-2-472
  • Fonds
  • Bulk, 1960-1980
Fonds contains textual records relating to the history of the activities of the Dalhousie University English Department and to Bevan's academic activities. The fonds consist of research notes generated during Bevan's study of Dryden's literature; academic and departmental correspondence and documentation created while Bevan was head of the English department and afterwards; documents and correspondence relating to operations at the Dalhousie Review from 1972-1980; fiction and other writings; material pertaining to courses he taught from 1949 to 1976; and various undated papers written by his students.

Bevan, Allan

Aloneness & home

Item is a single page with a handwritten title at the top (Aloneness & Home) that refers to the paginated excerpts from the novel as they appear below.

At Twenty

File contains a manuscript, submission correspondence and a chronology of events regarding the submission and acceptance of the story in Chezzetcook, an anthology published by Lesley Choyce's Wooden Anchor Press.

Canada Reads

Item is a videocassette containing the filmed version of CBC Radio's Canada Reads, in which Donna Morrissey champions (and wins) Frank Parker Day's Rockbound.

Charles Bruce's unpublished works

Series consists of correspondence, secondary research materials, notes and manuscripts of Charles Bruce's unpublished work, including a novel titled Drift of Light. There is also a file containing drafts of speeches given by Bruce.

Correspondence regarding The Secret of Silk

File contains correspondence related to Barkhouse's short story "The Secret of Silk," which was originally "Unimportant Princess" and renamed for OWL magazine. Materials also contain the first page of the story.

Curiosity

Item is a single page with a handwritten title (Curiosity) at the top that refers to the paginated excerpts from the novel as they appear below.

Driving Home in the Rain

File contains two manuscript drafts of the story, submission correspondence, a chronology of events regarding the story's various submissions, rejections and eventual publication in The Alchemist (Vol.1, No. 3), and a copy of the journal.

Evidence / Ian Colford : [manuscript]

File contains a copy of the revised version submitted to Porcupine's Quill in August 2006. The manuscript contains editorial notes by Doris Cowan, a freelance editor.

Grenfell, the Labrador pioneer

File contains lightly annotated, photocopied pages of Grenfell, the Labrador Pioneer, by Ernest H. Hayes (Wallington, Surrey: Religious Education Press, 1947), which was used by Donna Morrissey in her research for Rage the Night.
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