Nova Scotia Archives
Helen Creighton: Folklife
Mrs. R. W. Duncan, Dartmouth. One of her best songs was the ancient ballad 'The Bailiff's Daughter of Islington'
Date: ca. 1932
Reference: Helen Creighton Nova Scotia Archives 1987-178
Ned McKay and friend from Little Harbor. Fishermen sing of the trials of love among people of different occupations as he did in 'The Young Shepard'
Date: 1954
Reference: Helen Creighton Nova Scotia Archives 1987-178
Angus the Ridge, so named to distinguish him from all the other MacDonald's. Singer, piper and story teller from Guysborough County
Date: 1939
Reference: Helen Creighton Nova Scotia Archives 1987-178
Ben Henneberry in the Creighton garden with the little organ from which his tunes were first noted
Date: ca. 1932
Reference: Helen Creighton Nova Scotia Archives 1987-178
Sheep shearing in Cape Breton where most of our Gaelic music comes from
Date: 1948
Reference: Helen Creighton Nova Scotia Archives 1987-178
Mrs. Poser from Little Harbor. Having no schooling, she learned her songs like the ballad 'Johnie Scot' by memorizing one line at a time
Date: 1954
Reference: Helen Creighton Nova Scotia Archives 1987-178
Fellows Luncheon, Atlanta Ralph Boggs, H. Creighton, D. Wilgus
Date: 1969
Reference: Helen Creighton Nova Scotia Archives 1987-178
Decorated for Christmas, Evergreen, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Date: 1975
Reference: Helen Creighton Nova Scotia Archives 1987-178
Decorated for Christmas, Evergreen, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Date: 1975
Reference: Helen Creighton Nova Scotia Archives 1987-178
Decorated for Christmas, Evergreen, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Date: 1975
Reference: Helen Creighton Nova Scotia Archives 1987-178
Decorated for Christmas, Evergreen, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Date: 1975
Reference: Helen Creighton Nova Scotia Archives 1987-178
Decorated for Christmas, Evergreen, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Date: 1975
Reference: Helen Creighton Nova Scotia Archives 1987-178
Decorated for Christmas, Evergreen, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Date: 1975
Reference: Helen Creighton Nova Scotia Archives 1987-178
Decorated for Christmas, Evergreen, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Date: 1975
Reference: Helen Creighton Nova Scotia Archives 1987-178
Helen Creighton's great-great-grand father James Creighton
Date: 1977
Reference: Helen Creighton Nova Scotia Archives 1987-178