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Nicholas Morant fonds

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Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Scope & Content
The Nicholas Morant fonds consists of Morant's freelance work from his early days with the Winnipeg Free Press to his retirement from the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1981. It is national in scope and also includes some international material. The fonds is comprised of three series: I. Photograp…
Date Range
1892-1995, predominant 1920-1981
Reference Code
M300 / S20 / V500
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Album
Drawing
Film
Government record
Map
Blueprint
Negative
Photograph
Photograph print
Postcard
Poster
Private record
Recording disc
Scrapbook
Sound recording
Textual record
Transparency
Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
M300 / S20 / V500
Sous-Fonds
M300 / S20 / V500
Accession Number
122, 182, 1273, 1460, 1612, 1685, 2175, 2265, 2631, 2703, 5117, 7438, 7784, 7672, 7914, 2023.01
Reference Code
M300 / S20 / V500
GMD
Album
Drawing
Film
Government record
Map
Blueprint
Negative
Photograph
Photograph print
Postcard
Poster
Private record
Recording disc
Scrapbook
Sound recording
Textual record
Transparency
Responsibility
Nicholas Morant, Canadian Pacific, various
Date Range
1892-1995, predominant 1920-1981
Physical Description
ca.50,775 photographs: ca.23,795 negatives, ca.18,456 transparencies, ca.8524 prints. -- 11 photograph albums. -- 125 sound recordings
History / Biographical
Nicholas Everard Morant, 1910-1999, was a professional photographer based at Banff, Alberta, Canada. He was a Canadian commercial photographer of international repute and Canada's premier railway photographer of the 20th century.
Morant was born at Kamloops, British Columbia, the son of Francis and Mollie Morant. After attending the University School at Victoria, Morant served as Special Photographer to the CPR from 1929 to 1935 and again from 1944 to 1981. From 1935 to 1939, he was a cameraman for the Winnipeg Free Press, and from 1940 to 1944 worked with the Wartime Information Branch of the federal government (later to be known as the National Film Board Stills Division).
Morant had a prolific career as a freelance commercial, portrait, magazine, landscape and documentary photographer. His work appeared in numerous books and magazines, including Time, Life, Liberty, Saturday Evening Post, (Toronto) Star Weekly, Northern Sportsman, Reader's Digest, Country Guide, The Standard, National Home Monthly, Canadian Photography, Outdoor Canada, National Geographic, the Globe & Mail, Winnipeg Tribune, New York Daily News, and the two Canadian Pacific Railway magazines, The Spanner and Rail News.
Two wartime images were featured on postage stamps, while three landscape views appeared on Canadian $10, $50 and $100 bills. His images were also used for corporate annual reports, postcards, brochures, calendars and advertisements. From the 1950s to 1980s Morant gave public slide shows of his work, two of the most popular being "A Talk Without Words" and "The World At Your Feet".
Morant married Ivy May "Willie" Young in 1936 when he was a photographer with the Winnipeg Free Press. Beginning in 1929, and until the end of her life, Morant's travelling and working companion was his wife, "Willie," 1910-1986.
Scope & Content
The Nicholas Morant fonds consists of Morant's freelance work from his early days with the Winnipeg Free Press to his retirement from the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1981. It is national in scope and also includes some international material. The fonds is comprised of three series: I. Photography; II. Professional records; III. Personal and family records.
I. Photography series consists of: A. Negatives and transparencies, B. Transparencies, C. Prints, D. Other photographs. II. Professional records series consists of: A. Working records, B. Career records, C. Topical files. III. Personal and family records series consists of: A. Nick and Willie Morant, B. Nick Morant funeral and memorial, C. Francis and Mollie Morant, D. Collected material
Notes
Full summary of sub-sub-series levels: I / A : 1) Darkroom Files [ a) Negative Albums b) Black/White Series I and II c) Colour Series I and II d) Leica Negs ] 2) GD Files I / B : 1) Presentations [ a) Topical Files b) Thematic Files ] 2) General Files 3) Other I / C : 1) Print Files I / D : 1) Exhibition and Display Prints 2) Photographs used by John Garden 3) Other Photographs II / A : 1) Log Books 2) Notebooks II / B : 1) Career Binders [ a) Postcards b) Brochures and Advertising c) clippings and articles d) Calendar Photographs ] 2) Scrapbooks [ a) Content 1933 - 1946 b) Content 1940 - 1980 ] II / C : 1) Numbered / Titled Files [ a) Group A b) Group B c) Group C d) Group D e) Group H f) Group P g) Group R ] 2) Other Topical Files [ a) Railway; i) Timetables ii) Publications iii) Other b) Photography; i) Textual Records ii) Print Material c) Travel d) Exhibitions and Galleries e)Personal f) Other ] 3) Postcards, Greeting Cards and Ephemera Collection 4) Published Images and Text 5) Professional Photography 6) Promotional Items, Awards and Correspondence 7) Presentation and Interview Materials III / A : 1) Correspondence 2) Personal Papers [ a) Personal Records b) Notes and Notebooks c) Lists and Card Files d) Awards and Retirement ] 3) Personal Photographs 4) House Records [ a) Construction b) Household Records ] 5) Business, Financial and Legal Papers 6) Interviews, Reminiscences Personal Recordings 7) Other Records (Signs, Cartoons, Drawings, etc.) 8) Personal Correspondence and Notes 9) Travel Documents and Maps III / B : 1) Nick Morant Funeral, Memorial and Estate III / C : 1) Mollie Morant Papers 2) Other Family Papers III / D : 1) Sound Recordings 2) Biographical Material 3) Other Papers and Photographs [ a) Burton Wheatley Family b) Other ] 4) Personal and Family Photography 5) Personal Interest and Gifts
Name Access
Morant, Nicholas
Subject Access
Environment
Exploration, discovery and travel
Transportation
Geographic Access
Alberta
Banff
British Columbia
Peru
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Canada
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Newfoundland and Labrador
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Access Restrictions
Some restriction/s on access
Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
Language
Language is English
Finding Aid
Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline
series and file description
electronic and online finding aids
Creator
Morant, Nicholas
Category
Environment
Exploration, discovery and travel
Transportation
Biographical Source Notes
Brock Silversides; We Live in a Postcard: Banff Family Histories (Banff: Banff History Book Committee, 2005)
Title Source
Title based on contents of fonds
Processing Status
Processed / Unprocessed
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Archives General File Collection
Scope & Content
Harvey was a driver for Brewster Transport Co., Banff, Alberta. -- Views pertain to Brewster touring cars and Harvey home at Chateau Lake Louise (Ralphine Locke's birthplace). -- Gift of Ralph Harvey, 1971, and loan for copy from Ralphine Locke, 1999.
Date Range
[ca.1918, ca.1925]
Reference Code
V8 / accn. 1266 / accn. 7230
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
  2 images  
Part Of
Archives General File Collection
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
M8 / V8 / S8
Series
V8 1266 / 7230
Sous-Fonds
V8
Accession Number
1266, 7230
Reference Code
V8 / accn. 1266 / accn. 7230
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Date Range
[ca.1918, ca.1925]
Physical Description
-- 4 photographs : prints, copy negative.
Scope & Content
Harvey was a driver for Brewster Transport Co., Banff, Alberta. -- Views pertain to Brewster touring cars and Harvey home at Chateau Lake Louise (Ralphine Locke's birthplace). -- Gift of Ralph Harvey, 1971, and loan for copy from Ralphine Locke, 1999.
Name Access
Harvey, Ralph
Language
English
Related Material
Negative for print of Ralph Harvey driving Brewster bus can be found in V272 / NA - 1.
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Images
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Banff Trip Photographs

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Part Of
Archives General File Collection
Scope & Content
File consists of 3 b&w panoramic prints and 25 photograph postcards and 4 printed postcards. Images are of Banff National Park and area.
Date Range
ca. 1915 - 1940
Reference Code
V8 / 2014.8301
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Textual record
Part Of
Archives General File Collection
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M8
V8
S8
Series
V8 / 2014.8301
Sous-Fonds
V8
Accession Number
2014.8301
Reference Code
V8 / 2014.8301
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Textual record
Date Range
ca. 1915 - 1940
Physical Description
28 photographs : b&w and col. ; 7 x 18 or smaller and 2 post cards : col.
Scope & Content
File consists of 3 b&w panoramic prints and 25 photograph postcards and 4 printed postcards. Images are of Banff National Park and area.
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Banff National Park
Language
English
Category
Exploration and travel
Tourism
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Archives General File Collection
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of a photograph album pertaining to unidentified pack trip to the Red Deer Valley, Big Horn Creek, Molar, Ptarmigan Pass and Deception Pass and Ya-Ha-Tinda areas of Alberta with guides "Tex Vernon Wood, and Bert "Red" Johnson - the two other people on the trip may be A.O. Wheeler and…
Date Range
[ca.1915]
Reference Code
V8 / accn 2190 / PD
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Album
Photograph print
Part Of
Archives General File Collection
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
V8
Sous-Fonds
V8
Accession Number
2190
Reference Code
V8 / accn 2190 / PD
GMD
Photograph
Album
Photograph print
Date Range
[ca.1915]
Physical Description
1 photograph album (62 prints)
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of a photograph album pertaining to unidentified pack trip to the Red Deer Valley, Big Horn Creek, Molar, Ptarmigan Pass and Deception Pass and Ya-Ha-Tinda areas of Alberta with guides "Tex Vernon Wood, and Bert "Red" Johnson - the two other people on the trip may be A.O. Wheeler and his second wife and former hostess and secretary of the Alpine Club of Canada Banff chapter, Emmaline Savatard.
Name Access
Pack trip album
Subject Access
Exploration, discovery and travel
Pack trips
Ya-Ha-Tinda Ranch
Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access
Public domain (other restrictions may apply)
Language
Language is English
Finding Aid
Finding aids and reference tools: basic description
Creator
Possibly A.O. Wheeler and Emmeline Savatard
Category
Exploration, discovery and travel
Title Source
Title based on contents of fonds
Processing Status
Processed
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"Light and Shadow' by W.R. Macaskill

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Nicholas Morant fonds
Scope & Content
Black and white large framed print, titled 'Light and Shadow', of 2 sailing ships by photographer W.R. Macaskill; signed copy (no date)
Date Range
[ca. 1920 - ca. 1940]
Reference Code
V500 / III / D / 4 / PC - 6 O.S.
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
M300 / V500 / S20
Sous-Fonds
V500
Sub-Series
V500 / III / D / 4 : Personal and Family Photography
Accession Number
7784
Reference Code
V500 / III / D / 4 / PC - 6 O.S.
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Responsibility
Nicholas Morant
Date Range
[ca. 1920 - ca. 1940]
Physical Description
1 Framed Photograph: print; b&w
History / Biographical
W.R. Macaskill (1886 - 1956) was a Canadian photographer from Nova Scotia, famous for his images of schooners and other ships in the coastal Maritimes region of Canada. Macaskill was especially well known for his photographs of the Bluenose schooner.
Scope & Content
Black and white large framed print, titled 'Light and Shadow', of 2 sailing ships by photographer W.R. Macaskill; signed copy (no date)
Name Access
Macaskill, W. R.
Subject Access
Boating
Ship
Photography
Sailing
Geographic Access
Canada
Nova Scotia
Access Restrictions
This item is not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of its identified owner(s).
Reproduction Restrictions
This item is not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of its identified owner(s).
Language
English
Conservation
Item must be stored flat to prevent strain on the frame.
Creator
W.R. Macaskill
Biographical Source Notes
https://novascotia.ca/archives/macaskill/essay.asp?Language=English
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Locomotive 314 Framed Print

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Nicholas Morant fonds
Scope & Content
1 later copy of a [ca. 1890 - ca. 1900] (?) photograph depicting historic 'Locomotive #314', with attached page of historic information on back of the frame. Image shows woman in a white dress and hat posing inside the train with 2 men standing in front.
Date Range
[ca. 1890 - ca. 1900] [ca. 1940 - ca. 1960]
Reference Code
V500 / III / D / 4 / PC - 7 O.S.
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
M300 / V500 / S20
Sous-Fonds
V500
Sub-Series
V500 / III / D / 4 : Personal and Family Photography
Accession Number
7784
Reference Code
V500 / III / D / 4 / PC - 7 O.S.
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Responsibility
Nicholas Morant
Date Range
[ca. 1890 - ca. 1900] [ca. 1940 - ca. 1960]
Physical Description
1 Framed Photograph: print; b&w
Scope & Content
1 later copy of a [ca. 1890 - ca. 1900] (?) photograph depicting historic 'Locomotive #314', with attached page of historic information on back of the frame. Image shows woman in a white dress and hat posing inside the train with 2 men standing in front.
Notes
'Locomotive #314' print believed to be a later reprint of a turn-of-the-century original photograph; given dates are estimations based on characteristics of photograph's frame and its attached information.
Subject Access
Train
History
Geographic Access
Canada
Access Restrictions
This item is not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of its identified owner(s).
Reproduction Restrictions
This item is not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of its identified owner(s).
Language
English
Creator
Canadian Pacific Railway (?)
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Princess May Shipwreck Framed Print

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Nicholas Morant fonds
Scope & Content
1 framed print, signed and annotated by W.H. Case (presumably the creator of the photograph), depicting shipwrecked S.S. Princess May, 1910 (Canadian Pacific envelope attached to the back, contains 2 news clippings about the Princess May ship and one page detailing the cargo weights, measurements, …
Date Range
1910
Reference Code
V500 / III / D / 4 / PC - 8 O.S.
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Textual record
Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
M300 / V500 / S20
Sous-Fonds
V500
Sub-Series
V500 / III / D / 4 : Personal and Family Photography
Accession Number
7784
Reference Code
V500 / III / D / 4 / PC - 8 O.S.
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Textual record
Responsibility
Nicholas Morant
Date Range
1910
Physical Description
1 Framed Photograph: print; b&w
Scope & Content
1 framed print, signed and annotated by W.H. Case (presumably the creator of the photograph), depicting shipwrecked S.S. Princess May, 1910 (Canadian Pacific envelope attached to the back, contains 2 news clippings about the Princess May ship and one page detailing the cargo weights, measurements, etc. of the same ship).
Notes
Print annotated with the following: "C.P.R. CO. S.S. PRINCESS MAY, WRECKED, ON SENTINEL IS. ALASKA. AUG. 5. 1910." "W.H. CASE 433"
Name Access
Case, W.H.
Subject Access
Ship
Shipwreck
Sailing
Geographic Access
United States of America
Alaska
Access Restrictions
This item is not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of its identified owner(s).
Reproduction Restrictions
This item is not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of its identified owner(s).
Language
English
Creator
W.H. Case
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Indoor Group Photo at Banff Winter Carnival

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Part Of
Archives General File Collection
Scope & Content
12.5" x 16" silver gelatin print depicting a community gathering at the Banff Winter Carnival.
Date Range
[ca.1910 to ca. 1940]
Reference Code
V8 /2019.37/PA-1
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Part Of
Archives General File Collection
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
M8 / V8 / S8
Sous-Fonds
V8
Accession Number
2019.37
Reference Code
V8 /2019.37/PA-1
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Date Range
[ca.1910 to ca. 1940]
Physical Description
Photographs: 1 print; b&w
History / Biographical
Image is from the Banff Winter Carnival, date unknown. Many of the figures are named by the donor on an accompanying photocopy of the print.
Scope & Content
12.5" x 16" silver gelatin print depicting a community gathering at the Banff Winter Carnival.
Notes
In addition to those named in the name access, there is also a figure identified on the photocopy as Mrs. Ferguson (first name unknown).
Name Access
Smith, Helen
Wignall, Christine
Styles, Shirley
Squires, Joe
Squires, Margaret
Wielie, Honey
Wielie, Hank
Steeves, Kay
Mazzilo, Shirley
Wavier, Lila
Smith, Harry
Black, Alma
Subject Access
Banff Winter Carnival
Community events
Geographic Access
Banff
Alberta
Canada
Language
English
Title Source
Title based on contents of item
Processing Status
Processed
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Archives General File Collection
Scope & Content
File consists of 2 back and white photographs of Cave and Basin
Date Range
1912
Reference Code
V8 / 2020.14
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Part Of
Archives General File Collection
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M8 / V8 / S8
Series
2020.14
Sous-Fonds
V8
Accession Number
2020.14
Reference Code
V8 / 2020.14
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Date Range
1912
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w ; 11.5 x 7.5 cm
Scope & Content
File consists of 2 back and white photographs of Cave and Basin
Geographic Access
Alberta
Banff National Park
Language
English
Title Source
Title based on contents
Processing Status
Processed
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Archives General File Collection
Scope & Content
File consists of one photograph album, comprising 108 photographs, 17.5 x 12.5 cm or smaller. Photographs pertain to community life, schooling, business, and religion in and around Morely from the late 1800s to the early 1940s. File also contains three loose pages, possibly from the same album, wit…
Date Range
1890-1942
Reference Code
V8 / 2014.8294
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Album
Photograph
Photograph print
Private record
  1 image     1 Electronic Resource  
Part Of
Archives General File Collection
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M8 / V8 / S8
Series
Accession number : 2014.8294
Sous-Fonds
V8
Accession Number
2014.8294
Reference Code
V8 / 2014.8294
GMD
Album
Photograph
Photograph print
Private record
Date Range
1890-1942
Physical Description
1 album (108 photographs : b&w ; 17.5 x 12.5 cm or smaller)
Scope & Content
File consists of one photograph album, comprising 108 photographs, 17.5 x 12.5 cm or smaller. Photographs pertain to community life, schooling, business, and religion in and around Morely from the late 1800s to the early 1940s. File also contains three loose pages, possibly from the same album, with a total of nine full-colour photographs of structures around Morely taken ca. 1970s.
Subject Access
Animals
Architecture
Banff Indian Days
Buildings and facilities
Children
Churches
Communities
First Nations
Forestry
Fur trade
Horses
Hunting
Indigenous Peoples
Portrait
Religions
Stoney
Stoney Nakoda
Geographic Access
Morley
Alberta
Canada
Access Restrictions
Sundance
Reproduction Restrictions
Sundance
Language
English
Conservation
Pages of photographs pertaining to sun dance not scanned.
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Electronic Resources

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Scope & Content
File consists of 1 composite photograph depicting lynx street. 5 small photographs placed together to make a panorama
Date Range
ca. 1940 - ca. 1960
Reference Code
V8 / 8125
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Part Of
Archives General File Collection
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M8 / V8 / S8
Series
8125
Sous-Fonds
V8
Accession Number
8125
Reference Code
V8 / 8125
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Date Range
ca. 1940 - ca. 1960
Physical Description
1 composite photograph : b&w
Scope & Content
File consists of 1 composite photograph depicting lynx street. 5 small photographs placed together to make a panorama
Geographic Access
Alberta
Banff National Park
Language
English
Title Source
Title based on contents
Processing Status
Processed
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Clifford and Elizabeth Whyte Family

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Part Of
Archives General File Collection
Scope & Content
File consists of 1 photograph of the Whyte Family, Including Clifford James and Elizabeth Jane Whyte family. Insert includes a photocopy of family history
Date Range
ca. 1910
Reference Code
V8 / 2014.8314 / 1
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph print
Photograph
Part Of
Archives General File Collection
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M8 / V8 / S8
Series
2014.8314
Sous-Fonds
V8
Accession Number
2014.8314
Reference Code
V8 / 2014.8314 / 1
GMD
Photograph print
Photograph
Date Range
ca. 1910
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 14 cm
Scope & Content
File consists of 1 photograph of the Whyte Family, Including Clifford James and Elizabeth Jane Whyte family. Insert includes a photocopy of family history
Name Access
Whyte, Clifford
Whyte, Elizabeth
Language
English
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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