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Letter from CPR (1895) re: Death of Burton Wheatley

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: Item is a three-page typed document on yellow tissue paper released by the Canadian Pacific Railway's Solicitor Office in 1895. Pertains to the death of Burton Wheatley, CPR Engineer, in 1894 at Field Hill, B.C. and provides a statement waiving CPR's liability in Wheatley's death. spaces on last pa…

Date Range: 1895

Reference Code: M300 / III / D3 / A / 76 (O.S.)

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Corporate record

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: M300

Sub-Series: M300 / III / D: Personal and Family Records : Collected Material

Accession Number: 182

Reference Code: M300 / III / D3 / A / 76 (O.S.)

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Corporate record

Responsibility: Canadian Pacific Railway

Date Range: 1895

Physical Description: 1 Textual Record (3 pages): tissue paper; non-annotated

History / Biographical: Burton Wheatley was an engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway company, who died during a railway accident in 1894 which occurred at Field Hill, B.C. The Wheatley family were related to Ivy "Willie" Morant (1910-1986), wife of photographer Nicholas Morant.

Scope & Content: Item is a three-page typed document on yellow tissue paper released by the Canadian Pacific Railway's Solicitor Office in 1895. Pertains to the death of Burton Wheatley, CPR Engineer, in 1894 at Field Hill, B.C. and provides a statement waiving CPR's liability in Wheatley's death. spaces on last page of the document to write the date and witness signatures have not been filled in (likely a copy of a completed form).

Notes: Item was previously numbered as M27/3/O.S./"H" and is entered into database twice; more recently updated as item in Nicholas Morant fonds

Name Access: Wheatley, Burton

Subject Access: Wheatley family; Wheatley, Burton; Canadian Pacific Railway; Canadian Pacific; Engineer; Death

Geographic Access: Canada; British Columbia

Reproduction Restrictions: Reference use only; no reproduction

Language: English

Conservation: Must be stored flat in mylar sheets

Creator: Nicholas Morant

Biographical Source Notes: http://www.archivesalberta.org/findingaids/whyte/Morant/M300-III%20inv.pdf

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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57-134. Assiniboine series, 1961

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: Mount Assiniboine BC and area. Views include riders, fishing, lodge, Erling Strom and Willie Morant 57-134-A. Assiniboine 1960 - CP dupes Assiniboine Lodge neg L.S. horizontals. 57-134-B. Erling Strom with saw 57-134-C. Assiniboine CP neg horiz, L.S. larches with-without rider (Erling Strom) 57-13…

Date Range: 1960-1962

Reference Code: V500 / A3 / 57-134

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Negative

1 image

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Series: I.A. Photography : negatives and transparencies / 1.b. Darkroom files : black/white II

Sous-Fonds: V500

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V500 / A3 / 57-134

GMD: Negative

Date Range: 1960-1962

Physical Description: 24 photographs (23 negatives, 1 transparency)

Scope & Content: Mount Assiniboine BC and area. Views include riders, fishing, lodge, Erling Strom and Willie Morant; 57-134-A. Assiniboine 1960 - CP dupes Assiniboine Lodge neg L.S. horizontals.; 57-134-B. Erling Strom with saw; 57-134-C. Assiniboine CP neg horiz, L.S. larches with-without rider (Erling Strom); 57-134-D. Mount Assiniboine from pass with larches - some with rider; 57-134-E. Mt. Assiniboine with Willie Morant, Imperial Oil Co. calendar 1963; 57-134-F. Fishing, Mt. Assiniboine, with rider 1962; 57-134-G. Assiniboine from distance, no riders; 57-134-H. L.S. Assiniboine panoramics, with rider; 57-134-K. Mt. Assiniboine, larches and rider 1962, Erling Strom V-H

Notes: NM notes: This series in color - see Z-563

Geographic Access: British Columbia

Language: NA

Title Source: original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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57-249. Totems, Stanley Park, 1967

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: Vancouver BC

Date Range: 1967-1969

Reference Code: V500 / A3 / 57-249

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: I.A. Photography : negatives and transparencies / 1.b. Darkroom files : black/white II

Reference Code: V500 / A3 / 57-249

Date Range: 1967-1969

Physical Description: 4 photographs : negatives, film, b/w

Scope & Content: Vancouver BC

Geographic Access: British Columbia

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57-262. Pusher service photos, Beavermouth, 1967, Rogers depot, 1976-7 on

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: Canadian Pacific Railway pusher locomotives, Glacier National Park BC

Date Range: 1967-1977

Reference Code: V500 / A3 / 57-262

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: I.A. Photography : negatives and transparencies / 1.b. Darkroom files : black/white II

Reference Code: V500 / A3 / 57-262

Date Range: 1967-1977

Physical Description: 5 photographs : negatives, film, b/w

Scope & Content: Canadian Pacific Railway pusher locomotives, Glacier National Park BC

Notes: NM notes: "Beaver Turn" pushers on Stoney Creek 1967; 1976-77 pusher depot at Rogers BC; see also GD Box 141 for further Rogers photos

Geographic Access: British Columbia

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Indigenous farmlands nr Lytton BC (Bennett buggy, old wheels etc)

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Date Range: [between 1930 and 1980]

Reference Code: V500 / A2 / M-26

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V500

Series: I.A. Photography : negatives and transparencies / 1.b. Darkroom files : black/white I

Sous-Fonds: V500

Reference Code: V500 / A2 / M-26

Parallel Title: M-26. Indian farmlands nr Lytton BC (Bennett buggy, old wheels etc)

Other Title Info: Parallel title is original title

Date Range: [between 1930 and 1980]

Physical Description: 15 photographs : negatives, film, b/w, 6x6 cm

Geographic Access: British Columbia

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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O-20. First Nation pictographs, Skaha Lake BC

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Date Range: [between 1930 and 1980]

Reference Code: V500 / A2 / O-20

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V500

Series: I.A. Photography : negatives and transparencies / 1.b. Darkroom files : black/white I

Sous-Fonds: V500

Reference Code: V500 / A2 / O-20

Parallel Title: O-20. Indian pictographs, Skaha Lake BC

Other Title Info: Parallel title is original title

Date Range: [between 1930 and 1980]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative, film, b/w

Geographic Access: British Columbia

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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P-103. Metchosin farm, before and after our possession

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 26 b&w negative photographs. Content pertains to shots of Metchosin Farm on Vancouver Island, BC (specific dates unknown).

Date Range: [between 1930 and 1980]

Reference Code: V500 / A2 / P-103

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: V500

Sub-Series: I.A. Photography : negatives and transparencies / 1.b. Darkroom files : black/white I

Accession Number: 7438

Reference Code: V500 / A2 / P-103

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Responsibility: Produced by Nicholas Morant

Date Range: [between 1930 and 1980]

Physical Description: 26 photographs : negatives, film, b/w, 6x6 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of 26 b&w negative photographs. Content pertains to shots of Metchosin Farm on Vancouver Island, BC (specific dates unknown).

Notes: NM note: Metchosin farm original state

Subject Access: Farmland; Metchosin Farm

Geographic Access: Canada; British Columbia

Language: English

Creator: Nicholas Morant

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Z-47. Hector Lake & Balfour Glacier (P)

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: Includes Willie Morant and Jimmy Simpson Jr.

Date Range: [between 1930 and 1980]

Reference Code: V500 / A5 / Z-47

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Negative

1 image

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Series: I.A. Photography : negatives and transparencies / 1.c. Darkroom files : colour II

Sous-Fonds: V500

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V500 / A5 / Z-47

GMD: Negative

Date Range: [between 1930 and 1980]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : transparency, col

Scope & Content: Includes Willie Morant and Jimmy Simpson Jr.

Notes: NM note: out for Lance Camp

Geographic Access: British Columbia

Processing Status: Processed

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Indigenous farmland

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Date Range: [between 1930 and 1980]

Reference Code: V500 / A5 / Z-57

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V500

Series: I.A. Photography : negatives and transparencies / 1.c. Darkroom files : colour II

Sous-Fonds: V500

Reference Code: V500 / A5 / Z-57

Parallel Title: Z-57. Fraser Canyon, Indian farmland

Other Title Info: Parallel title is original title

Date Range: [between 1930 and 1980]

Physical Description: 2 photographs (1 negative, 1 transparency) : col

Notes: NM note: old homestead BC

Geographic Access: British Columbia

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Margaret Teneese

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: Beadwork artist, Ktunaxa First Nation

Date Range: [between 1930 and 1980]

Reference Code: V500 / A5 / Z-67

Description Level: 5 / File

1 image

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V500

Series: I.A. Photography : negatives and transparencies / 1.c. Darkroom files : colour II

Sous-Fonds: V500

Reference Code: V500 / A5 / Z-67

Parallel Title: Z-67. Kootenay Indian woman on beads, Margaret Teneese

Other Title Info: Parallel title is original title

Date Range: [between 1930 and 1980]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : transparency, col

Scope & Content: Beadwork artist, Ktunaxa First Nation

Notes: Kootenay changed to Ktunaxa

Subject Access: Ktunaxa; First Nations; Indigenous Peoples

Geographic Access: British Columbia

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

Images

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Z-157. Emerald Lake, includes 10 dollar bill shot

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: Yoho National Park BC. Includes view with canoeists

Date Range: [between 1930 and 1980]

Reference Code: V500 / A5 / Z-157

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Negative

1 image

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Series: I.A. Photography : negatives and transparencies / 1.c. Darkroom files : colour II

Sous-Fonds: V500

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V500 / A5 / Z-157

GMD: Negative

Date Range: [between 1930 and 1980]

Physical Description: 3 photographs : transparencies, col

Scope & Content: Yoho National Park BC. Includes view with canoeists

Geographic Access: British Columbia

Language: NA

Title Source: original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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Z-563. Assiniboine series

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Date Range: [ca.1961]

Reference Code: V500 / A5 / Z-563

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Negative

2 images

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Series: I.A. Photography : negatives and transparencies / 1.c. Darkroom files : colour II

Sous-Fonds: V500

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V500 / A5 / Z-563

GMD: Negative

Date Range: [ca.1961]

Physical Description: 16 photographs (8 negatives, 8 transparencies) : col

Notes: NM notes: 1961; with Willie on grey horse; Assiniboine area, CP dupes (Z-563-A, B); Mount Assiniboine Lodge (Z-563-A. horiz); L.S. horses and riders, Erling Strom at sawhorse (Z-563-B); Mt. Assiniboine with Willie (Z-563-C); Mt. Assiniboine with cabin (Z-563-D vert); Assiniboine from distance, with rider (Z-563-E horiz, long shot)