Publications

Various articles in newspapers, journals and magazines from 1980 to present including: the Nova Scotia Provincial Doers and Dreamers Tourism Publications; contributor to the German Music Encyclopedia, Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, The Encyclopedia of Music in Canada and as a regular columnist to the Senior’s Advocate and Southender.
“The Use of Folklore in Selected Works of Thomas H. Raddall” Time and Place: The Life and Works of Thomas H. Raddall, ed. Alan R. Young, Fredericton: Acadiensis, 1991.
Forward. Robertson, Marion. The Chestnut Pipe: Folklore of Shelburne County, Halifax: Nimbus, 1991.
Afterword. “What Band That Sunday Morning?”. Sanders, Charles. Share and Care: The Story of the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children, Halifax: Nimbus, 1994.
Chocolates, Tattoos and Mayflowers: Mainstreet Memorabilia from Clary Croft, Halifax: Nimbus, 1995.
“Civilian Everyday Clothing of Adult Planters, 1759-1783", editor, Margaret Conrad, Intimate Relations: Family and Community of Planter Nova Scotia 1759-1800, Fredericton: Acadiensis, 1995. [with Sharon Croft]
Helen Creighton: Canada’s First Lady of Folkore, Halifax: Nimbus, 1999.
Cover forward. Ives, Edward D. “Sandy” Ives. Drive Dull Care Away: Folksongs from Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown: Institute of Island Studies, 1999.
“Helen Creighton: Collecting the German-based Folklore of Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia”, German-Canadian Yearbook, Volume 16, Toronto: Historical Society of Mecklenburg Upper Canada, 2000.
Forward. Creighton, Helen. Bluenose Magic: Popular Beliefs and Superstitions in Nova Scotia. Halifax: Nimbus, [2004 edition]
Nova Scotia Moments. Halifax: Nimbus, 2004.
“Christmas Singing Traditions in Nova Scotia”, editor, Elaine Ingalls Hogg, Christmas in the Maritimes, Halifax: Nimbus, 2006.
A Maritimer’s Miscellany, Fascinating Facts About Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, Halifax: Nimbus, 2007.
Forward. Creighton, Helen. Bluenose Ghosts. Halifax: Nimbus, [2009 edition]