Helen Creighton

Correspondence and other material

1885-1989

12.6 m of textual records and other material

Series forms part of the Helen Creighton fonds and consists of correspondence received by Creighton primarily from the 1930s to the late 1980s, including letters from colleagues and collaborators, folk singers and musicians, informants, employers, publishers, some letters from friends, family and admirers, and a small portion of copies of outgoing correspondence. Series also contains scrapbooks assembled by Creighton and others, which include newspaper clippings, articles, programs and other ephemera concerning her career, ca. 1918-1986; her field journals and notebooks which contain daily descriptions of collecting trips, [193-?]-1960; transcripts of folk music and folk tale recordings; sheet music, 1885-1924; lyrics; personal diaries, ca. 1937-1962; draft manuscripts of books including Songs and Ballads of Nova Scotia, Traditional Songs from Nova Scotia, Bluenose Ghosts, and her autobiography A Life in Folklore; published and unpublished articles, short stories, songs, and poems by Creighton and other writers; research notes; newspaper clippings; contracts and royalty statements; lectures; broadcast scripts; reports; file cards; biographies of informants; index to songs and singers; certificates; and ephemera such as programs, brochures, and posters. Under the general subject of Maritime folklore and history, aspects of Creighton's work include folk songs, supernatural beliefs and superstitions, dances, games, cures, proverbs, and children's folklore. Series also contains records relating to Creighton's personal activities and her involvement with the Canadian Authors' Association, CBC, and other organizations.

Notes

Statement(s) of responsibility:
Transcripts of National Museum project recordings prepared by Ken Peacock. Other transcriptions prepared by Doreen Senior.

Arrangement:
Some correspondence dispersed throughout the fonds was arranged by the archivist into a single "Correspondence" file.

Finding aids:
File list available.

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