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Title A Sigh and a Wish: Helen Creighton's Maritimes / by Donna Davies. [Kanopy electronic resource]

Publication Info. [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014.
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Description 1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 73 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
digital
video file MPEG-4 Flash
Note Title from title frames.
Event Originally produced by Documentary Educational Resources in 2001.
Summary Renowned folklorist Helen Creighton single-handedly compiled North America's largest collection of folklore and music, much of which would have disappeared forever if not for her tenacity, collecting stories and songs from the Gaelic singers of Cape Breton, French Acadians, the Mi'kmaw, and the Black communities of Nova Scotia.
System Details Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Language In English.
Subject Creighton, Helen.
Acadian.
Micmac.
African Canadian.
Canadian.
Ethnomusicology.
Cultural change and history.
Folklore.
Folk music.
Cultural identity.
Added Author Davies, Donna, author, film director.
Martin, Kent, producer.
Boyd, Odile, contributor.
Creighton, Helen, 1899-1989, contributor.
Croft, Clary, contributor.
Doyle, Teresa, contributor.
Gallant, Lennie, contributor.
Mary Jane, Lamond, contributor.
Martin, Catherine, contributor.
McKay, Ian, contributor.
Rankin, Raylen, contributor.
Redden, Finvola, contributor.
Seeger, Pete, contributor.
MacIsaac, Ashley, narrator.
Kanopy (Firm)
In: Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2001
Music No. 1048826 Kanopy
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