George, I know little about Helen Creighton myself, but I am attempting to learn, the lack of "coulourful" material is infact what I am interested in. This is for a research project I am undertaking in my fourth year history seminar. I am inquiring because I am aware that her research, along with that of Mary Black has helped generate the image of Nova Scotia which we are all familliar with. Perhaps I should have asked if there is any other collections of song which might not portray such a sanitized image of the folk. Thanks, -B.