Dartmouth Heritage Museum

Dartmouth Heritage Museum presents Dartmyth - Stories From the Darkside

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The Dartmouth Heritage Museum uses storytelling to inform the public and strengthen community bonds. Our heritage site, Evergreen House, has also played host to several blockbuster films and television shows, and is the former home of acclaimed folklorist Helen Creighton.

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Episodes

Enos Hartlan - When I Was In My Prime 14.07.2023 0:37

Enos Hartlan, my first folksinger, South East Passage Date: ca. 1928 Format: original print; nitrate negative; sound recording Reference: Helen Creighton Nova Scotia Archives Album 14 no. 2

Walter Roast - Farewell To Nova Scotia 14.07.2023 0:19

Walter Roast, East Chezzetcook Date: ca. 1935 Format: original print; cellulose negative; sound recording Reference: Helen Creighton Nova Scotia Archives Album 14 no. 28

William Riley 14.07.2023 0:31

William Riley and daughter Rose, Cherry Brook Date: 1948 Format: original print; cellulose negative; sound recording Reference: Helen Creighton Nova Scotia Archives Album 14 no. 124

Mrs Gallager 14.07.2023 0:23

Recording Mrs. Gallager at her lighthouse home, Chebucto Head Date: ca. 1949 Format: original print; cellulose negative; sound recording Reference: Helen Creighton Nova Scotia Archives Album 14 no. 171

Augustine MacDonald - Woman In White Ghost Story 14.07.2023 0:36

'Ghost story of Woman in White' from Augustine MacDonald of North Sydney Date: June 1958 Format: sound recording Reference: Helen Creighton Nova Scotia Archives AR 5951

Oran Do Cheap Breatainn 14.07.2023 0:22

"Oran do Cheap Breatainn" music transcript Date: 27 May 1944 Format: textual record; sound recording Reference: Helen Creighton Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 Vol. 2803 no. 12

'Mi'kmaq Hymns' From Chief Dan Paul And Louise Manny Of Eel Ground 14.07.2023 0:29

'Mi'kmaq hymns' from Chief Dan Paul and Louise Manny of Eel Ground Date: August 1953 Format: sound recording Reference: Helen Creighton Nova Scotia Archives AR 5659

DartMyth: Stories From the Darkside - The Hiding of Catherine Thompson 01.06.2023 9:38

Did you know that Dartmouth has it's very own version of Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre"? Shannon recounts the story of Catherine Thompson.

DartMyth - Stories From the Darkside -The Curious Tale of Margaret Floyer 04.05.2023 14:56

Brook House was built in 1800 and demolished in 1935. It was built for and lived in by the mysterious Margaret Floyer. Who was she? Who was the Monsieur Danseville who lived with her?

DartMyth: Stories From the Darkside - Titanic 06.04.2023 54:50

Pat Teasdale from the Titanic Society of Atlantic Canada explores the Dartmouth-Halifax-Titanic story.

Dartmyth: Stories from the Darkside - Joseph Howe's Snuff Mull 05.01.2023 15:59

Dartmyth: Stories from the Darkside - Joseph Howe's Snuff Mull by Dartmouth Heritage Museum

Dartmyth: Stories from the Darkside - The Attempted Robbery of J.P. Mott 01.12.2022 8:32

Dartmyth: Stories from the Darkside - The Attempted Robbery of J.P. Mott by Dartmouth Heritage Museum

DartMyth: Stories From the Darkside - Mystery House 03.11.2022 14:26

DartMyth: Stories From the Darkside - Mystery House by Dartmouth Heritage Museum

DartMyth: Stories From the Darkside - Witches (feat. Clary Croft) 06.10.2022 41:48

DartMyth: Stories From the Darkside - Witches (feat. Clary Croft) by Dartmouth Heritage Museum

DartMyth: Stories from the Darkside - The Murder of Mary Russell 01.09.2022 7:26

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