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Interviews, conversations, proceedings

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Interviewees, sources and subjects of this sub-series include: James White Saga, John B.H. Dunphy, Murray and Frances (James) Adaskin, Gray Campbell family, Vern Castella, Dorothy Whyte, Jimmy Simpson, Belmore Browne, music, Carl Rungius, George Encil, Edward Feuz, Rudolf Aemmer, Walter Feuz, Basil…

Date Range: 1950 - 1975

Reference Code: S37 / 1 - 40

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: I.D. Peter and Catharine Whyte sound recordings series

Sous-Fonds: S37

Accession Number: 3069

Reference Code: S37 / 1 - 40

Date Range: 1950 - 1975

Physical Description: 40 sound recordings.

Scope & Content: Interviewees, sources and subjects of this sub-series include: James White Saga, John B.H. Dunphy, Murray and Frances (James) Adaskin, Gray Campbell family, Vern Castella, Dorothy Whyte, Jimmy Simpson, Belmore Browne, music, Carl Rungius, George Encil, Edward Feuz, Rudolf Aemmer, Walter Feuz, Basil Gardom, Ethel Fulcher, Ethel James Knyvett Estcourt Howard, Tim Hutch, George Paris, Bill Potts, Howard Sibbald, Jack Warren, Gilbert M. Atkin, Ike Brooks, Banff Springs Hotel, John "Dad" Barnett, Robert George Brett, Canadian Pacific Railway employees, Cave and Basin, curling rinks, Davmmond Galletly, Ralph Connor Memorial United Church, ski jumping, snowshoeing, tobogganning, Waverly Hotel. Mrs. Davderson, Arlene Voorbies, poetry, Catharine Whyte, Peter Whyte, Tom Javanaugh, Mr. Neilson, Eau Claire Lumber Company, Ben Holbrow, Bill Legarde, bears, fishing, Indigenous history, Highwood Valley, hunting, Lake O'Hara region, Monkman family, George Pocaterra, George K.K. Link, Doris Burditt, Ruth Gorman, Robb family, Lawren Harris, J. E. H. MacDonald, Shale Splitters Club, Nick Morant, Christian Hasler, Billy Mackenzie, Mount Ogden, Sherbrooke Lake, Jon Whyte, Castle family, Mount Cline, J. Norman Collie, Mount Columbia, Crag and Canyon, Hector Crawler, Douglas Lakes, Mount Forbes, glaciers, hunting, Lake Louise, moose, mountaineering, Martin Nordegg, Nordegg region, James Outram, Ross Peecock, Bill Peyto, Silver City, Joe Smith, Skoki Lodge, Earl Spencer, Spray Lakes, trail-making, Nigel Vavsour, Waterfowl Lake, Edward Whymper, Tom Wilson, Peter Whyte, Billy Wolfe, Fred Stiles, buses, fish hatchery, Estelle Painter, Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, Grizzly bears, Fern Brewster, Jack Brewster, John Murray Gibbon, Pearl Moore, Philip A. Moore, music, Jean Stewart, Stoney First Nations, William Twin, Tom Wilson, Yoho Valley, Mary Vaux, glaciers, George Vaux, Vaux family, C. M. Walker, Indigenous burial grounds, Kananaskis region, Ribbon Creek, trails, Wilkinson Pass, Sam Ward, Cis Ward, Indigenous pits on Tunnel Mountain, dwellings, Dr. Leechman, Hiriam Smith, Tunnel Mountain Drive, Silver City, Erling Strom, Billie Simpson, Mary Simpson, Norman Tabuteau, Flossie Currie, Tilly Moffatt, Moffatt Dairy, Edmee Reid, Dell Brewster, Norman Curard, Charlie Phillips, Joe Louis, Ezra Charles, Hoot Gibson, films and film making, Sydney and Doris Vallance, Walter Perren, Gilbert and Frances Roddy.

Finding Aid: Inventory available in computer database form; select M36INV. More detailed inventory is available in printed form. Reference copies and printed summaries are available for some recordings.

Related Material: Constitutes Sub-series 1 of I.D., Peter and Catharine Whyte sound recordings.

Title Source: Title based on recordings.

Processing Status: Processed

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Conversations with Stoney Nakoda First Nations and Banff Indian Days recordings

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Interviewees, sources and subjects in this sub-series include: Banff Indian Days, Paul Amos, Bill Peyto, David Bearspaw, Johnny Bearspaw, Paul Francis, Noah Goat, Frank Kaquitts, Tom McCullough, Tom Kaquitts, Jon Whyte, Billy MacKenzie, George McLean (Chief Walking Buffalo), Peter Whyte, Indigenous…

Date Range: 1950 - 1973

Reference Code: S37 / 57 - 83

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: I.D. Peter and Catharine Whyte sound recordings series

Sous-Fonds: S37

Accession Number: 3069

Reference Code: S37 / 57 - 83

Date Range: 1950 - 1973

Physical Description: 27 sound recordings.

Scope & Content: Interviewees, sources and subjects in this sub-series include: Banff Indian Days, Paul Amos, Bill Peyto, David Bearspaw, Johnny Bearspaw, Paul Francis, Noah Goat, Frank Kaquitts, Tom McCullough, Tom Kaquitts, Jon Whyte, Billy MacKenzie, George McLean (Chief Walking Buffalo), Peter Whyte, Indigenous camp at Nordegg, Dorothy Whyte, Moral Rearmament, Flora McLean, Jacob Two Youngman, Hanson Bearspaw, Joe Kaquitts, Tom Simeon, Bill McLean and Percy Wildward. Includes numerous native songs and stories, many recorded at Banff Indian Days camps.

Access Restrictions: Reproduction of certain native recordings must be approved by the Head Archivist.

Finding Aid: Inventory available in computer database form; select M36INV. More detailed inventory is available in printed form. Reference copies and printed summaries are available for some recordings.

Related Material: Constitutes Sub-series 4 of I.D., Peter and Catharine Whyte sound recordings.

Title Source: Title based on recordings.

Processing Status: Processed

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Hut and clubhouse registers. -- 1909-1994.

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of registers placed and maintained in ACC huts and clubhouses. Includes registers for: A. O. Wheeler Hut, Abbot Pass Hut, Banff Clubhouse, Balfour Pass Hut, Bow (Glacier) Hut, Canmore Clubhouse, Elizabeth Parker Hut, Fairy Meadows Hut, Fay Hut, Fryatt Hut, Glacier Circle Hut, G…

Date Range: [190?]

Reference Code: M200 / I.C.1.

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: M200 / V14 / S6

Series: I.C.1.

Sous-Fonds: M200

Accession Number: 1040; 1299; 2141; 2376; 3160; 3296; 3298; 3382; 3560; 3757; 3970; 5114; 5200; 5215; 5330; 5462; 5463; 5538; 5591; 5631; 5635; 6376; 6457; 6465; 6470; 6623; 6766

Reference Code: M200 / I.C.1.

Date Range: [190?]

Physical Description: 90+ textual records.

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of registers placed and maintained in ACC huts and clubhouses. Includes registers for: A. O. Wheeler Hut, Abbot Pass Hut, Banff Clubhouse, Balfour Pass Hut, Bow (Glacier) Hut, Canmore Clubhouse, Elizabeth Parker Hut, Fairy Meadows Hut, Fay Hut, Fryatt Hut, Glacier Circle Hut, Graham Cooper Bivouac Hut, Great Cairn Hut, Memorial Hut, Mount Robson Hut, Mount Seymour Cabin, Neil Colgan Hut, Peter and Catharine Whyte Hut (Peyto Hut), R. C. Hind Hut, Ralph Forster Hut, Sapphire Col Hut, Saskatchewan Glacier Hut, Seaver Cabin, Scott Duncan Hut, Stanley Mitchell Hut, Vermilion Cabin and Wates-Gibson Memorial Hut.

Language: English

Finding Aid: Inventory available in this database; select Alpine Club of Canada - inventory from list

Related Material: Forms Sub-series I.C.1. Hut and clubhouse registers of the Alpine Club of Canada fonds. Other records pertaining to huts and clubhouses are found in Series I.A. Administrative records, sub-series 1 to 3. Registers for government cabins can be found in the Parks Canada fonds (M317).

Title Source: Title based on material.

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Railway timetables

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 5 files of Canadian Pacific and VIA rail timetables

Date Range: 1892-1992

Reference Code: M300 / C2 / 1 to 7

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Series: II.C. Professional records : topical files

Reference Code: M300 / C2 / 1 to 7

Date Range: 1892-1992

Physical Description: 5 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 5 files of Canadian Pacific and VIA rail timetables

Title Source: Title based on contents of files. File titles assigned during monetary appraisal

Content Details: LIST OF FILES (M300 / C2 / 1 to 7) :; * Canadian Pacific annotated timetable 1892 (M300/C2/1); * Canadian Pacific Railway, Eastern Region timetable 1968 (M300/C2/2); * VIA system timetables 1980-1987, 13 items (M300/C2/3,4,5); * VIA Western Canada services, 1986, 1986, 1987 (M300/C2/6); * CP Rail West timetable 1987 (M300/C2/7)

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Railway publications

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 18 files of publications, including Spanner and Rail News; also papers pertaining to publications

Date Range: 1969-1994

Reference Code: M300 / C2 / 8 to 24

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Series: II.C. Professional records : topical files

Reference Code: M300 / C2 / 8 to 24

Date Range: 1969-1994

Physical Description: ca.30 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 18 files of publications, including Spanner and Rail News; also papers pertaining to publications

Title Source: Title based on contents of files. File titles assigned during monetary appraisal

Content Details: LIST OF FILES (M300 / C2 / 8 to ) :; * Spanner stories (1969) (M300/C2/8); * Spanner dope sheets 1971-2 (M300/C2/9); * Spanner stories (1975) (M300/C2/10); * Spanner stories (1976) (M300/C2/11); * Rail News stories (1977) (M300/C2/12); * Rail News stories (1978) (M300/C2/13); * Rail News stories (1979) (M300/C2/14); * Rail News stories (1980, 1981) (M300/C2/15); * Rail News stories (1982) (M300/C2/16); * Rail News "Sons of Martha" (M300/C2/17); * "Sons of Martha", Harry McLean (M300/C2/18,19); * Rail News - 4 files of stories (M300/C2/20,21); * Spanner / Rail News correspondence, 1969-1980 (M300/C2/22); * Canadian Railway Scenes - calendars 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994 (M300/C2/23); * Canadian Railway Scenes - greeting cards (4 different Morant photographs) (M300/C2/24)

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Travel files

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 13 files pertaining to world travel destinations

Date Range: [ca.1940-ca.1985?]

Reference Code: M300 / C2 / 59 to 72

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Series: II.C. Professional records : topical files

Reference Code: M300 / C2 / 59 to 72

Date Range: [ca.1940-ca.1985?]

Physical Description: ca.20 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 13 files pertaining to world travel destinations

Title Source: Title based on contents of files. File titles assigned during monetary appraisal

Content Details: LIST OF FILES (V500 / C2 / 59 to 72) :; * Canada, Arctic (M300/C2/59,60); * New Brunswick, Nova Scotia (M300/C2/61); * Alaska, Australia (M300/C2/62); * Mexico (M300/C2/63); * South America, Peru, Mexico (M300/C2/64); * Peru (M300/C2/65); * West Indies, Central America, Pacific Ocean, South sea islands, Hawaii (M300/C2/66); * Europe, British Isles, near East, western Europe, Switzerland, Soviet Union, Spain and Portugal (M300/C2/67); * Rome, Italy, France, CP Trail Riders map, England (M300/C2/68); * Asia, Vietnam, south-east Asia, Asian continent, China, Japan (M300/C2/69); * Africa (M300/C2/70); * North America, United States assorted maps, New York City, Los Angeles, vacationlands in U.S.A. (M300/C2/71); * Old road maps (M300/C2/72)

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Exhibition and gallery files

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 5 files of catalogues, correspondence and bulletins

Date Range: 1957-1993

Reference Code: M300 / C2 / 73 to 77

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Series: II.C. Professional records : topical files

Reference Code: M300 / C2 / 73 to 77

Date Range: 1957-1993

Physical Description: 12 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 5 files of catalogues, correspondence and bulletins

Title Source: Title based on contents of files. File titles assigned during monetary appraisal

Content Details: LIST OF FILES (V500 / C2 / 73 to 77) :; * Museum of Fine Arts, Boston bulletin 1957 (M300/C2/73); * Ellis Memorial Antiques Show catalogue 1960 (M300/C2/74); * Metropolitan Museum of Art Catalogues 1977-1993, 6 issues (M300/C2/75); * Smithsonian Institute catalogues 1990, 2 issues (M300/C2/76); * Smithsonian Institution catalogue 1993 (M300/C2/77)

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Photography print material

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of catalogues, equipment guides and handbooks, price lists

Date Range: 1912-1987

Reference Code: M300 / C2 / 38 to 58

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Series: II.C. Professional records : topical files

Reference Code: M300 / C2 / 38 to 58

Date Range: 1912-1987

Physical Description: ca.30 cm of print material and textual records

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of catalogues, equipment guides and handbooks, price lists

Title Source: Title based on contents of files. File titles assigned during monetary appraisal

Content Details: CONTENTS OF SUB-SERIES (M300 / C2 / 38 to 58) :; * Linhof catalogues (M300/C2/38); * Leica catalogues (M300/C2/39); * Camera literature (Pentax, Mamiyas, Leica, Linhof) (M300/C2/40); * Old Kodak Literature (M300/C2/41); * Texture screens, Calumet catalogue, camera equipment catalogue (M300/C2/42); * Braun Flash, Kindermann list, Munshaw list 1966 (M300/C2/43); * Kodak condensed price list 1951 (M300/C2/44); * Photography of H. Armstrong Roberts (stock photography catalogue) (M300/C2/45); * General Motors photographic division 1957 (M300/C2/46); * Zone VI Studios catalogues, 1982-1987, 8 items (M300/C2/47); * Instruction book - Kodak film tank (August 1912) (M300/C2/48); * Kodak reference handbook, 3 Kodak photographic handbooks (for material supplementing the Kodak handbooks) (M300/C2/49,50,51); * Child's Guide to Photo Chemistry pamphlet (M300/C2/52); * Kodak Book of Formulas (1938) (M300/C2/53); * Kodak Professional Products catalogue (1983-84) (M300/C2/54); * McBain Camera (Edmonton) price catalogue (1981) (M300/C2/55); * PhotoLec (Vancouver) stock & price catalogue 1956, 1958, 1959 (M300/C2/56,57); * Comstock stock photo agency information, photographs (M300/C2/58)

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Photography records

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 4 files pertaining to film-making

Date Range: 1976-1989

Reference Code: M300 / C2 / 33 to 37

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Series: II.C. Professional records : topical files

Reference Code: M300 / C2 / 33 to 37

Date Range: 1976-1989

Physical Description: 8 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 4 files pertaining to film-making

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series. File titles assigned during monetary appraisal

Content Details: LIST OF FILES (M300 / C2 / 33 to 37) :; * Silver Streak records, 1976, includes script, correspondence, call sheets, locations, photographs (M300/C2/33,34); * Superman, 1977, includes correspondence and shooting list (M300/C2/35); * Beaver Valley dope document, 1982, pertains to shooting locations (M300/C2/36); * CBC / BBC correspondence, 1985, 1990 (M300/C2/37)

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Personal files

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 4 files of correspondence and articles

Date Range: 1972-1981

Reference Code: M300 / C2 / 78 to 81

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Series: II.C. Professional records : topical files

Reference Code: M300 / C2 / 78 to 81

Date Range: 1972-1981

Physical Description: 5 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 4 files of correspondence and articles

Title Source: Title based on contents of files. File titles assigned during monetary appraisal

Content Details: LIST OF CONTENTS (V500 / C2 / 78 to 81) :; * Fuimas, 1971-1972, file contain memoirs by Howden. Includes letter to Morant from the author (V500/C2/78); * Lost and found correspondence, 1978 (V500/C2/79); * Retirement correspondence, [ca.1980], includes 15 prints (V500/C2/80); * Articles on Morant, 1981-1988, articles written about Morant in "Western Living", "Rail News" and "VIA Directions" (V500/C2/81)

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Topical files, numbered – group A

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of topical files pertaining the railways and the Canadian Pacific Railway, 45 files

Date Range: [ca.1930-ca.1980]

Reference Code: M300 / C1 / 1 to 48

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Series: II.C. Professional records : topical files

Reference Code: M300 / C1 / 1 to 48

Date Range: [ca.1930-ca.1980]

Physical Description: ca.50 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of topical files pertaining the railways and the Canadian Pacific Railway, 45 files

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series. Most file titles are an abbreviated version of Morant's original title. Some file titles were supplied at the time of monetary appraisal

Content Details: LIST OF FILES (M300 / C1) :; A1 : early photographs of the Canadian Pacific Railway (M300/C1/1); A2 : CPR Times, biographical sketch (M300/C1/2); A3 : Royal Tour 1939 (M300/C1/3); A4 : early CPR cards and menus and old timetables (M300/C1/4); A4a : early CPR and Canadian National Railway timetables (M300/C1/5); A5 : last CPR passenger timecard and first Via Rail timetable, 1977 (M300/C1/6); A6 : early CPR hotel brochures that include Morant photographs (M300/C1/7); A7 : Alaska cruise mementos (M300/C1/8); A8 : Empress of Canada and Empress of England menu cards, 1967 (M300/C1/9); A10 : information on narrow gauge locomotive wreck, Canadian Pacific Railway, near Cathedral Mountain, Yoho (M300/C1/10); A11 : Connaught and Spiral Tunnels (M300/C1/11); A12 : early blueprint of Stony Creek Bridge near Glacier, BC (M300/C1/12); A13 : the Lethbridge viaduct, Alberta (M300/C1/13); A14 : early line diversions at Field and Revelstoke, BC (M300/C1/14); A15 : underground rivers in the Glacier, BC area (M300/C1/15); A16 : early railway advertising brochures (M300/C1/16,17,18); A16a early across Canada CP brochures re Canadian Pacific Railway (M300/C1/19); A17 : Edison movie Company 1910 films (M300/C1/20); A18 : Railroading and the supernatural (M300/C1/21); A19 : "The Big Railway", a British publication using Morant photographs (M300/C1/22); A21 : CP Telegraph blanks and stationery (M300/C1/23); A22 : information on air brakes re the Big Hill at Field, BC (M300/C1/24); A23 : early CPR passes (M300/C1/25); A24 : CP Centennial 1981 (M300/C1/26); A25 : CPR hotel menu cards (M300/C1/27,28); A26 : Centennial CP special issue (M300/C1/29); A27 : photograph by R. H. Trueman (M300/C1/30); A28 : CP Centennial picnic album (M300/C1/31); A29 : report on the origin of the Palliser Hotel chandeliers (M300/C1/32); A30 : the wreck of a day-liner on Calgary-Edmonton branch line (M300/C1/33); A31 : brochures from the Canadian Rockies (M300/C1/34); A32 : CP hotel brochures from the eastern region (M300/C1/35); A33 : CP hotel brochures from the western region (M300/C1/36); A34 : early brochures re Alaska (M300/C1/37); A35 : CP Airlines brochures (M300/C1/38); A36 : early ski brochures and Trail Rider of the Canadian Rockies bulletins (M300/C1/39); A38 : Jack Peach on mountain railroading (M300/C1/40); A39 : agricultural research at the Strathmore CP farm (M300/C1/41); A39a : Jack Peach discussing silk trains (M300/C1/42); A40 : technical data re cataracts and Gimbel Clinic (M300/C1/43); A41 : reproduction of "Rogers Pass Herald", 1981 (M300/C1/44); A42 : early government brochure on the Icefield Highway (M300/C1/45); A43 : early VIA Rail memorabilia (M300/C1/46); A44 : Canadian Pacific Railway poster of a steam locomotive featuring original gouache artwork by Peter Ewart (M300/C1/47); A45 : Old Chateau Frontenac luncheon menu card, 1956 (M300/C1/48)

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Topical files, numbered – group B

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of topical files pertaining to Nick Morant, including articles, calendars, letters, notebook; also to a variety of other topics. Consists of 13 files

Date Range: [ca.1930-ca.1980]

Reference Code: M300 / C1 / 49 to 61

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Series: II.C. Professional records : topical files

Reference Code: M300 / C1 / 49 to 61

Date Range: [ca.1930-ca.1980]

Physical Description: ca.15 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of topical files pertaining to Nick Morant, including articles, calendars, letters, notebook; also to a variety of other topics. Consists of 13 files

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series. Most file titles are an abbreviated version of Morant's original title. Some file titles were supplied at the time of monetary appraisal

Content Details: LIST OF FILES (M300 / C1 / 49 to 61) :; B5 : Old English composition exercise book, Nick Morant, University School, 1928 (M300/C1/49); B9 : Old letters . . . Lowell Thomas, exchange of government letters, exchange of Readers Digest art ed, etc (M300/C1/50); B10 : "Winnipeg Free Press" calendar (M300/C1/51); B11 : articles about Nicholas Morant (M300/C1/52); B11a : two issues of "Liberty Magazine" that contain an article about Nicholas Morant (M300/C1/53); B12 : Crest Collection (M300/C1/54); B14 : miscellaneous material (M300/C1/55); B15 : Redcliff Automobile Manufacturing plant (M300/C1/56); B16 : CP Empress ship passenger list 1911 (M300/C1/57); B17 : issue of "Canadian Photography" with biography of Morant (M300/C1/58); B18 : issue of "Studio Light" with biography of Morant (M300/C1/59); B19 : lecture and music schedule (M300/C1/60); B20 : issue of "Western Living" with biography of Morant (M300/C1/61)

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Topical files, numbered – group C

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 12 topical files on a wide variety of topics. Includes files of clippings, newspapers, articles, newspaper columns by Nick Morant, and other material

Date Range: [ca.1930-ca.1980]

Reference Code: M300 / C1 / 62 to 73

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: M300

Series: II.C. Professional records : topical files

Sous-Fonds: M300

Reference Code: M300 / C1 / 62 to 73

Date Range: [ca.1930-ca.1980]

Physical Description: 10 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 12 topical files on a wide variety of topics. Includes files of clippings, newspapers, articles, newspaper columns by Nick Morant, and other material

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series. Most file titles are an abbreviated version of Morant's original title. Some file titles were supplied at the time of monetary appraisal

Content Details: LIST OF FILES (M300 / C1 / 62 to 73); C1 : clippings re grizzly attack (M300/C1/62); C2 Saturday Snapshots : "Saturday Snapshots" was Nicholas Morant's column in the "Winnipeg Free Press" (M300/C1/63); C3 : clippings from "Courier" (M300/C1/64); C4 : early clippings (M300/C1/65); C5 : early newspapers (M300/C1/66); C6 : "Morley First Nation Millionaires" re income from gas reserves (M300/C1/67); C7 : destruction of Challenger space shuttle (M300/C1/68); C9 : Royal Scot locomotive (M300/C1/69); C10 : the Grand Staircase of the Manitoba Legislature (M300/C1/70); C11 : "Kamloops Views" (M300/C1/71); C12 : early railway copies (M300/C1/72); C13 : article on Canadian farewell to Crump (M300/C1/73)

Processing Status: Processed

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Topical files, numbered – group D

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 14 topical files on a variety of topics. Files include drawings, brochures, clippings, newspapers, articles, viewbooks, items containing photographs by Nick Morant, and other material

Date Range: [ca.1930-ca.1980]

Reference Code: M300 / C1 / 74 to 87

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Series: II.C. Professional records : topical files

Reference Code: M300 / C1 / 74 to 87

Date Range: [ca.1930-ca.1980]

Physical Description: ca.15 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 14 topical files on a variety of topics. Files include drawings, brochures, clippings, newspapers, articles, viewbooks, items containing photographs by Nick Morant, and other material

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series. Most file titles are an abbreviated version of Morant's original title. Some file titles were supplied at the time of monetary appraisal

Content Details: LIST OF FILES (M300 / C1 / 74 to 87 ) :; D1 : High class printing of European brochures (M300/C1/74); D2 : Harmon viewbooks, some with Morant photographs (M300/C1/75); D4 : Swiss mountain locomotive drawings (M300/C1/76); D5 : "Confederation and Canadian Pacific" brochure, 1927 (M300/C1/77); D6 : "Waggon Road to North" re Caribou road (M300/C1/78); D7 : Great CP Exhibition (M300/C1/79); D8 : Canadian Pacific Railway Community Train brochures (M300/C1/80); D9 : biographical material on Carl Rungius (M300/C1/81); D10 : illuminated address to Morant, 1937 (M300/C1/82); D11 : Winnipeg calendar, 1936, with photographs by Morant (M300/C1/83); D12 : Wapta Lake Bungalow Camp (M300/C1/84); D13 : miscellaneous clippings (M300/C1/85); D14 : proof sheets of "Reader's Digest" covers by Morant (M300/C1/86); D15 : "Walhachin Story" (M300/C1/87)

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Topical files, numbered – group H

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 7 topical files on a variety of topics. Files include notes, articles and biographic information

Date Range: [ca.1930-ca.1980]

Reference Code: M300 / C1 / 88 to 94

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Series: II.C. Professional records : topical files

Reference Code: M300 / C1 / 88 to 94

Date Range: [ca.1930-ca.1980]

Physical Description: 5 cm of textual records (7 files)

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 7 topical files on a variety of topics. Files include notes, articles and biographic information

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series. Most file titles are an abbreviated version of Morant's original title. Some file titles were supplied at the time of monetary appraisal

Content Details: LIST OF FILES (M300 / C1 / 88 to 94) :; H1 : notes from an early RNWMP ledger re Fort Steele (M300/C1/88); H2 : early radio literature (M300/C1/89); H3 : pertain to Martin Itjen of Skagway, Alaska (M300/C1/90); H4 : Joe Smith, the "Castle Mountain hermit" (M300/C1/91); H5 : biographical information on Jim Brewster (M300/C1/92); H6 : articles on 1950 flood from the "Winnipeg Free Press" (M300/C1/93); H7 : head-on collision at Hinton, 1986 (M300/C1/94)

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Topical files, numbered – group P

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 7 topical files on a variety of topics. Files include photographs, Christmas cards, story and other material

Date Range: [ca.1930-ca.1980]

Reference Code: M300 / C1 / 95 to 101

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Series: II.C. Professional records : topical files

Reference Code: M300 / C1 / 95 to 101

Date Range: [ca.1930-ca.1980]

Physical Description: 10 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 7 topical files on a variety of topics. Files include photographs, Christmas cards, story and other material

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series. Most file titles are an abbreviated version of Morant's original title. Some file titles were supplied at the time of monetary appraisal

Content Details: LIST OF FILES (M300 / C1 / 95 to 101) :; P4 : George Ross photographic collection (M300/C1/95); P5 : George Ross photographic collection (M300/C1/96); P12 : Charles & Mrs : Woods (M300/C1/97); P15 : Clarence Tillenius Christmas cards (M300/C1/98); P16 : BC government donation receipt form re Morant's father's Democrat [buggy] (M300/C1/99); P17 : railway view known as "Morant curve" (M300/C1/100); P18 : Crippen murder story (M300/C1/101)

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Topical files, numbered – group R

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 28 topical files on a variety of formats and topics, including railways and personalitites

Date Range: [ca.1930-ca.1980]

Reference Code: M300 / C1 / 102 to 129

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: M300

Series: II.C. Professional records : topical files

Sous-Fonds: M300

Reference Code: M300 / C1 / 102 to 129

Date Range: [ca.1930-ca.1980]

Physical Description: ca.35 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 28 topical files on a variety of formats and topics, including railways and personalitites

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series. Most file titles are an abbreviated version of Morant's original title. Some file titles were supplied at the time of monetary appraisal

Content Details: LIST OF FILES (M300 / C1 / 102 to 129) :; R2 : plans for Swiss houses (M300/C1/102); R4 : information on early typewriters (M300/C1/103); R5 : scripts and correspondence for Greenland TV commercial assignment (M300/C1/104); R6 : parts catalogue for a Judson gas engine (M300/C1/105); R7 : 5900 Selkirk locomotives (M300/C1/106); R8 : early reference re CP hotels (M300/C1/107); R9 : "Strom's Wrangler" (M300/C1/108); R10 : clippings re Bankhead and Silver City (M300/C1/109); R11 : Rocky Mountain surveys by Mankin (M300/C1/110); R12 : information re Glacier avalanche (M300/C1/111); R13 : early advertising letters (M300/C1/112); R14 : historic pullman cars (M300/C1/113); R15 : Regina music box (M300/C1/114); R16 : reference material re Banff (M300/C1/115); R19 : sternwheelers in British Columbia (M300/C1/116); R20 : Connaught Tunnel (M300/C1/117); R21 : Connaught Tunnel (M300/C1/118); R22 : Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance (M300/C1/119); R23 : Peter and Catherine Whyte (M300/C1/120); R25 : clipping re history of Associated Screen News (M300/C1/121); R26 : Langdon Kihn - celebrated Indigenous painter (M300/C1/122); R28 : photogravures by Nicholas Morant from "Star Weekly" (M300/C1/123); R29 : Tiffany glass (M300/C1/124); R30 : issue of "VIA Destinations" with story on Morant (M300/C1/125); R31 : Railroading and the supernatural series by Morant (M300/C1/126); R32 : the White Pass & Yukon Railway (M300/C1/127); R33 : biography of Grey Owl (M300/C1/128); R34 : article on Peter and Catharine Whyte (M300/C1/129)

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Postcards, greeting cards and ephemera collection

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of postcards, greeting cards and ephemera collected by Nick Morant. Ephemera includes notes and lists, ration cards, blank notecards and stationery, cigarette cards, attendance cards, photographs, clippings, labels, silk samples, curiosities,$1 and 25 cent bills, other publishe…

Date Range: ca.1900-[ca.1990]

Reference Code: M300 / C3 / 1 to 104

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: M300

Series: II.C. Professional records : topical files

Sous-Fonds: M300

Reference Code: M300 / C3 / 1 to 104

Date Range: ca.1900-[ca.1990]

Physical Description: ca.50 cm of print material

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of postcards, greeting cards and ephemera collected by Nick Morant. Ephemera includes notes and lists, ration cards, blank notecards and stationery, cigarette cards, attendance cards, photographs, clippings, labels, silk samples, curiosities,$1 and 25 cent bills, other published items; Material is mainly in files numbered 1 to 102 by Morant (missing: #10, 29, 44, 45, 53, 88). Also includes one un-numbered file and 10 cm of postcards not in files

Title Source: Title based on contents of s-s-series

Content Details: LIST OF FILES (M300/C3 / 1 to 104) :; 1. Old time cards: C.P. steamers, B.C.C.S., Great Lakes, lakes boats (.5 cm); 2. Gowen Sutton miniatures: Vancouver Hotel, Vancouver City; 3. Old time cards: Old C.P.R. hotels: Banff Springs, Digby Pines, Empress Hotel, Chateau Frontenac, Sicamous Hotel - see also 78 (.5 cm); 4. Old time cards: Lake Superior, Fort William, Ontario (.5 cm); 5. Old time cards: Vancouver, Totems at Duncan, Siwash Rock, Toronto Union, Nova Scotia ships, Montreal, Malahat Drive (.5 cm); 6. Old time cards: Kamloops, Train along Main Street - see also 17, P-4 (.5 cm); 7. Byron Harmon: 20 pack set (1 cm); 8. Prairies: harvesting with tractor engines, old time cowboy, Canmore Opera House (1900) (.5 cm); 9. Old London cards: circa 1900 (.5 cm); 11. Old time cards: Coronation, violets, Xmas pc, etc., totems at Duncan (.5 cm); 12. Old U.S.:. R.R. pc's (.5 cm); 13. Swiss art (1 cm); 14. The travelling salesman: the typical travelling salesman of the early 1920s ....one Harry Spencer; 15. Sample of Mourning writing paper: circa 1900 (1 cm); 16. Insects; 17. Old time cards: railroad scenes (1.5 cm); 18. British Museum: locomotive exhibits (.5 cm); 19. Peru postcards (.5 cm); 20. Peruvian art (.5 cm); 21. Cats (.5 cm); 22. Swedish flower designs: to keep (1 cm); 23. Oriental cards; 24. U.S. postcards: Desert, Oregon, etc. (.5 cm); 25. Tennant postcards; 26. Christmas cards: European designs (.5 cm); 27. Xmas cards: Dwart's (2 cm); 28. Yoho Slide: Slide at Yoho, B.C., Aug. 9, 1925 re Seth Partridge Story - see 57-323 contains later accident (.5 cm); 30. Christmas cards: bird house, Swiss R.R.; 31. World War II: ration cards, ARP (.5 cm); 32. Description of Christ: old religious tract; 33. Old cigarette cards: 1945? (.5 cm); 34. Old time Xmas "gift" card; 35. Old time school attendance card: old time (1890 or earlier) card given to schoolboy for "good attendance"; 36. Indigenous letter; 37. Old "dry goods" advertising: Silk samples; 38. "Shin-Plaster": 25 cent bill; 39. Micro-filmed bible: 1977; 40. RR historic: free meal check given out by Stewards on dining cars to passengers whose train had been delayed in transit. I was travelling to pass over Canadian National tracks from Raith, Ontario, to Winnipeg, due to derailment of freight ahead of us; 41. Nick's gall bladder; 42. Old time aviation postcard; 43. British postcards (.5 cm); 46. Some very old letters (1890?): no information available; 47. Canoe etching by Palenske (.5 cm); 48. Animals etc.: Mr. ? (.5 cm); 49. Christmas transparencies: personal (.5 cm); 50. Old time photofinishing: envelopes; 51. Peter Whtye Christmas cards (1.5 cm); 52. Beil Xmas cards (1.5 cm); 54. Art gallery postcards (1 cm); 55. Mexican art cards (1 cm); 56. Art cards; 57. Marine art cards; 58. Medical advertising cards: Nick Morant illustrations (.5 cm); 59. Rail roading cards (1 cm); 60. Xmas cards: from Bob Reck, Miriam Ellis, Hugh MacLennan, Soulsby's, Mrs. Joe Daem, miniature (.5 cm); 61. Baggage stickers: Alaska, Peru; 62. Third Dimension: "moving picture" cards for kids 1965; 63. Christmas cards on silk: from German Embassy (.5 cm); 64. Greenland (silk) postcard; 65. Postcards: Taillon vaults, Quebec City (.5 cm); 66. Christmas cards (1 cm); 67. Cowboy (unidentified): Kamloops B.C. origin; 68. Silverware reference materiel: also on rugs (.5 cm); 69. Humourous photo: men raising statue; 70. Tim ffrench photo: etc.; 71. Postcards: sternwheelers, S.S. Klondike, U.S. ship in Iowa - see also R- 19; 72. Morant coat of arms: "Resurgam" I will rise again - negative filed P-69; 73. Postcards: old CPR locomotive at Golden Mill; 74. References to Wylde: portraits in house (.5 cm); 75. Wlyde - Morant family history references from "Burke's Peerage" etc. - see also 72, 74, 44, P-6, B-3, B-4, P-1; 76. Postcards 1914-20: John Bull war card 1916, Thanksgiving & Hallow'en, "Telescope" card; 77. R.R. Christmas cards: Fogg - Sawatsky, Morant (.5 cm); 78. Historic RR cards: Rocky Mountain area, Harmon printings, circa 1980 - see also 15; 79. Old Banff postcards: see also 78. (1 cm); 80. C.P. stone bridges; 81. Fascimile original: Life magazine 1883; 82. Maude Lewis: Nova Scotian "primitive" artist; 83. Extra: social security cards; 84. Walter Phillips pictures: reference materiel relative to Phillips' pictures in this house; 85. Frank Lloyd Wright: historic article concerning Banff Pavilion 1913; 86. Exhibition listing of C.P.R. posters in Montreal collection; 87. R.C.M.P. "Crime indexing" information sheets 1965 (1 cm); 89. "Notes from Willie" "Snapshots" from Willie's albums: stained glass window info, list of antiques; 90. Old train orders: VIA #1 into Wpg, June 20, 1987 - see also 91 (.5 cm); 91. Old train orders: 1988 - see also 90 (.5 cm); 92. CPR Pavilion: Wembley Exhibition 1925, Dunc McMurray collection (1 cm); 93. Spiral Tunnel: "Mineview"; 94. Daem miniature Christmas cards: Mrs. Mary Daem of Revelstoke B.C. 1970's - see also 60; 95. Thimbles: historic references; 96. Man on velocipide with dog: U.S. origin likely Pacific N.W. location (logging RR?); 97. Oldtime airmail stickers: Wartime era TCA stickers, Canadian Pacific airlines airmail stickers "Airmail Arrow" stickers (.5 cm); 98. Postcards: old time Calgary street scenes; 99. Postcard: old Empress Rose Gardens; 100. Old company envelope; 101. "Last of the dollar bills" : 2 new ones in successive numbering!; 102. "Hungry Wolf"; [103]. Some "nice" cards (.5 cm); [104.] [Other postcards] (6 cm)

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Canadian and western history research papers : Research

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of research notes relating to western Canadian history.

Date Range: [1869-1970]

Reference Code: LUX / II / B4 - 269 to 278

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Series: II.B.4. Professional : historical research

Sous-Fonds: II. Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds

Reference Code: LUX / II / B4 - 269 to 278

Date Range: [1869-1970]

Physical Description: 15 cm textual material

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of research notes relating to western Canadian history.

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series

Content Details: LIST OF FILES (LUX / II / B4 - 269 to 278 ) : * 9 research notebooks, Canadian and western history research * 1 research notebook * 9 articles: "Fort Owen - A Chronology"; "Ukrainians in Canada"; "Esterhazy - Saskatchewan's Fifty-Year Old Magyar Settlement"; "Pioneer Spirit: Kaposvar The Oldest Hungarian Colony, 1886-1926"; Comment on "Pioneer Spirit"; "Steinbach: The First Mennonite Settlement in Western Canada"; "Icelanders in Canada"; "The Church and the Pioneering Life in Scandia"; "Across the Prairies Two Centures Ago." * 1 research notebook * 1 research notebook * 0.7 cm research notes * 1 research notebook * 0.3 cm collected correspondence re Buffalo Hunt [1910-1974] * 3.0 cm collected essays, correspondence and articles[1869-1955]

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