Personal archives of Harry Thurston
- MS-2-691
- Fonds
- 1972-2021
Thurston, Harry, 1950-
Personal archives of Harry Thurston
Thurston, Harry, 1950-
Lesley Choyce's manuscripts and professional papers
Choyce, Lesley
Personal archives of Harry Thurston
Accession contains records that largely document Harry Thurston's journalistic and non-fiction writing during the 1980s. Materials include editorial correspondence, research notes and secondary materials, annotated drafts and printer's proofs, and press releases and reviews for articles published in such magazines as Atlantic Insight, Audubon, Equinox, Harrowsmith and National Geographic. There are similar materials documenting Thurston's work on Tidal Life : A Natural History of the Bay of Fundy, as well as correspondence and administrative records documenting his work with the Writers Federation of Nova Scotia and various professional activities such as attending or organizing workshops and conferences.
Accession also contains a small volume of materials from the late 1970s related to Thurston's activities as a poet, including some correspondence and administrative records related to the poetry journal, Germination, as well as his involvement with the Dirge Poets and their Merry Men, a performance group of poets and musicians.
Thurston, Harry, 1950-
Linehan, Don, 1924-2003
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 These writings include handwritten and typed, complete and incomplete, and published and unpublished works.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 created and accumulated by Dr. Samuel Ernest Sprott. Types of files include correspondence, class lecture notes and materials, reading lists, exams, notes and English department supplements, Library committee meeting minutes and reports and other committee papers Sprott was associated with, manuscripts and published journal articles and books and records from the Faculty of Arts and Science and Graduate Studies, such as events and meetings.
Series include Class Records ; Correspondence ; Dalhousie University Libraries ; Department of English ; Faculty of Arts and Science ; Faculty of Graduate Studies ; McGill University ; Microfilm ; Personal Papers ; Published Work ; and Slides
Sprott, Samuel Ernest
Stone, Marjorie
Muir, Robert Keith
Ryan, Terry
Chapman, Allan James
Wainwright, J. Andrew
Kerslake, Susan
Cooper, Allan
BS Poetry Society
Raymond, Richard L.
Personal archives of Harry Thurston
Thurston, Harry, 1950-
Dorothy and Samuel Shields fonds
Shields, Dorothy and Samuel
Brown, Velma, Purdy
Watters, Reginald Eyre, 1912-1979
Leslie, Kenneth
Bruce, Charles Tory
Zinck, Russell B.
Allison, Don
Fillmore, Roscoe A.
Day, Frank Parker
Merkel, Andrew Doane
Handwritten poem by E.J. Pratt
Esterbrooks, Mrs. Harris , fl. 1949
The poetical works of Charles Winfield Matheson
Matheson, Charles Winfield
Angus McDonald Morton's correpondence
Morton, Angus McDonald
James De Mille and family fonds
De Mille, James, 1833–1880
Letter from Bryce McMaster to Evelyn Walton
Walton, Evelyn A., fl. 1941
Dexter, Lucius Dill
Logan, John Daniel
John and Robert Rutherford fonds
Rutherford, John
Morse, Charles
William Marshall's sonnet to the statue of Joseph Howe
Marshall, William E., 1859-1923
Hid treasure, or the labours of a deacon, and other poems : [manuscript]
Fenerty, Charles, 1821-1892
Childhood poetry copybook of Annie Prescott Duff
Duff, Annie Prescott, 1847-1930
Poetry copybook of Colin Campbell
Campbell, Colin, 1822-1881
Commonplace book of Amelia Davis
Darby, Amelia Davis, 1823-1904
James Miller's notes about surgical lectures given by Dr. Munro
Miller, James