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Helen Creighton

Helen Creighton, Canadian author and educator (died 1989)

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Born
September 5, 1899
Died
December 12, 1989
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1899

About Helen Creighton

Mary Helen Creighton, CM was a prominent Canadian folklorist. She collected over 4,000 traditional songs, stories, and beliefs in a career that spanned several decades, and she published many books and articles on Nova Scotia folk songs and folklore. She received numerous honorary degrees for her work and was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 1976. The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame awarded Helen Creighton the Frank Davies Legacy Award in 2011. Maritime Folk Songs, a record of nineteen songs from Creighton's collection, was criticized by some reviewers for its selection of songs. She presented these stories first in the themed collection of ghost stories Bluenose Ghosts published in 1957 and later in an additional book Bluenose Magic in 1968. Creighton also made recordings for the Canadian Museum of Civilization from 1947 to 1967.

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Helen Creighton timeline

  1. Creighton also made recordings for the Canadian Museum of Civilization from 1947 to 1967.
  2. She presented these stories first in the themed collection of ghost stories Bluenose Ghosts published in 1957 and later in an additional book Bluenose Magic in 1968.
  3. The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame awarded Helen Creighton the Frank Davies Legacy Award in 2011.

The world when Helen Creighton was born

Helen Creighton was born in 1899. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlinePhilippine-American War begins
  • Technology milestoneFirst magnetic recording of sound
  • World population~1.59B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam McKinley
  • U.S. population72.0M

1899 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Helen Creighton's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18992026
Population72.0M341 million

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