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Canadian Pacific Landscape Posters
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54183
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 24 large printed posters, colour. Content pertains to promotional tourism imagery produced by Nicholas Morant, depicting various Canadian landscapes and sights. Most of posters depict regions in or close to the Rocky Mountains, with additional images featuring areas in Nova Scotia …
- Date Range
- [ca. 1940 - ca. 1960]
- Reference Code
- V500 / II / C / 6 / PA - 14 to 37 O.S.
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Poster
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Sous-Fonds
- V500
- Sub-Series
- V500 / II / C / 6 : Promotional Items, Awards and Correspondence
- Accession Number
- 7784
- Reference Code
- V500 / II / C / 6 / PA - 14 to 37 O.S.
- GMD
- Poster
- Textual record
- Responsibility
- Nicholas Morant , Canadian Pacific
- Date Range
- [ca. 1940 - ca. 1960]
- Physical Description
- Posters: paper; colour
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 24 large printed posters, colour. Content pertains to promotional tourism imagery produced by Nicholas Morant, depicting various Canadian landscapes and sights. Most of posters depict regions in or close to the Rocky Mountains, with additional images featuring areas in Nova Scotia and Quebec and some which do not mention locations in their titles.
- Notes
- Items originally stored together in large poster tube, labelled : "Montreal Quebec - 8 I '63 Canada Postage 15 [cents]" "Mr. Nick Morant, P.O. Box 1288, Banff, Alberta. Department of Publc Relations Canadian Pacific Railway Company Windsor Station - Montreal 3, Quebec" "OLD CP VIEWS - Kodaks - " "CP Airline Plane / Chateau Frontenac / Sulphur Mt. Skyline View / Evangeline Church / Kick. Horse - Mt. Field / Kick Horse Canyon with Train / Empress Hotel / BS Hotel from Sulphur Mt. / Quebec Windmills / Yoho Valley Hi-Line Trail / Peggy's Cove / Thompson River View / Moraine Lake Scenic / Icefields / Yoho Valley / Lake Louise / Lake O'Hara / 'Canadian' Stoney Cr. / Freight nr. Lake Louise / Empress of Britain (painting)"
- Storage Range
- In oversize storage as V500 / II / C / 6 / PA - 14 O.S. to V500 / II / C / 6 / PA - 37 O.S.
- Subject Access
- tourism
- Advertising
- Canadian Pacific
- Travel
- Landscapes
- Trains
- Mountains
- Scenery
- Empress Hotel
- Hotels
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Yoho National Park
- Quebec
- Nova Scotia
- Lake Louise
- Moraine Lake
- Access Restrictions
- Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Items in this file are not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Nicholas Morant
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Letter from CPR (1895) re: Death of Burton Wheatley
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54319
- 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.)
- 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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Miscellaneous Texts with Personal Notes, Liberty Magazine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54165
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 5 published books and 1 magazine. Content includes 1 copy of 'Rails in the Canadian Rockies' with a note to 'Nick and Willie' Morant written by author Adolf Hungry Wolf; 1 copy of 'Virden Days: Memories of No. 19 E.F.T.S. R.C.A.F. 1941-1944' with an attached letter to Mollie Morant…
- Date Range
- 1945
- 1946
- 1977
- 1979
- 1987
- 1988
- Reference Code
- M300 / II / C / 4 / 7 to 12
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Sous-Fonds
- M300
- Sub-Series
- M300 / II / C / 4 : Published Images and Text
- Accession Number
- 7784
- Reference Code
- M300 / II / C / 4 / 7 to 12
- Responsibility
- Produced by Adolf Hungry Wolf, D.M. Bain, Erling Strom
- Date Range
- 1945
- 1946
- 1977
- 1979
- 1987
- 1988
- Physical Description
- 6 Textual records: 5 books, 1 magazine
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 5 published books and 1 magazine. Content includes 1 copy of 'Rails in the Canadian Rockies' with a note to 'Nick and Willie' Morant written by author Adolf Hungry Wolf; 1 copy of 'Virden Days: Memories of No. 19 E.F.T.S. R.C.A.F. 1941-1944' with an attached letter to Mollie Morant, dated 1946; 1 copy of 'Canadian Pacific Air Lines: Its History and Aircraft' with note from the author D.M. Bain to Nicholas Morant; 1 copy of Liberty Magazine signed by Mollie Morant with a biographical article on Nicholas Morant inside (pg. 18-19); 1 copy of '1988 Audubon Nature Yearbook' annotated by Nicholas Morant, with a typed letter to Nicholas Morant from the Yearbook's editor attached at the back; 1 copy of 'Pioneers on Skis' signed by author Erling Strom with Calgary Herald clipping and notes by Morant.
- Storage Range
- In file box M300 / II / C / 4 / 7 to M300 / II / C / 4 / 12
- Name Access
- Strom, Erling
- Subject Access
- Canadian Pacific
- Travel
- Skiing
- Calgary Herald
- Airplane
- WWII
- Biography
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Calgary
- Access Restrictions
- Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Items in this file are not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Items with risky materials attached, such as adhesives, must be covered with an acid-free paper barrier to protect adjacent items.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
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Prints from Banff Springs Hotel Displays
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54184
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 2 printed poster advertisements (with photographs by Nicholas Morant) used by Canadian Pacific for tourism promotion. Content pertains to Lake Louise and Banff Springs Hotel, with a lone horse rider depicted in the foreground of each image. Both posters have large text at the botto…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1950 to ca. 1970]
- Reference Code
- V500 / II / C / 6 / PA - 38 to 39 O.S.
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Poster
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Sous-Fonds
- V500
- Sub-Series
- V500 / II / C / 6 : Promotional Items, Awards and Correspondence
- Accession Number
- 7784
- Reference Code
- V500 / II / C / 6 / PA - 38 to 39 O.S.
- GMD
- Poster
- Textual record
- Responsibility
- Nicholas Morant , Canadian Pacific
- Date Range
- [ca. 1950 to ca. 1970]
- Physical Description
- 2 Posters: colour
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 2 printed poster advertisements (with photographs by Nicholas Morant) used by Canadian Pacific for tourism promotion. Content pertains to Lake Louise and Banff Springs Hotel, with a lone horse rider depicted in the foreground of each image. Both posters have large text at the bottom which reads the place name depicted and 'Canadian Pacific'.
- Notes
- Posters were originally stored together, rolled, inside a tube labelled: "CPR POSTERS REPRO'S OLD ONES". Tube also has attached note: "Banff Springs Hotel - Rider / LAKE LOUISE with lone rider / oldtime CPR Poster Reproductions". Tube also has separate mailing address label, with following text: "Canadian Pacific / Mr, Nicholas Morant, / Banff, Alberta. / O.C.S. / Public Relations and Advertising / Windsor Station, Montreal 101, Quebec".
- Storage Range
- In oversize storage.
- Subject Access
- Hotels
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Lake
- Canadian Pacific
- Travel
- tourism
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Lake Louise
- Banff
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Access Restrictions
- Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Items in this file are not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Items must be kept flat and stored in appropriate conditions with similar materials.
- Creator
- Nicholas Morant
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
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Willie Morant's Letter Collection, Notes for John Garden Book, News Clipping
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54318
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 17 cards and letters, 5 pages of handwritten notes and one newspaper clipping. Content pertains to collection of personal notes/correspondence kept by Willie Morant, including letters from friends and anniversary cards sent between herself and husband Nicholas Morant on their 46th …
- Date Range
- [ca. 1975 - ca. 1990]
- 1982
- 1984
- 1990
- [ca. 1990]
- Reference Code
- M300 / I / D2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Private record
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Sous-Fonds
- M300
- Sub-Series
- M300 / I / D2 : Photographs used by John Garden
- Accession Number
- 7784
- Reference Code
- M300 / I / D2
- Responsibility
- Produced by Nicholas Morant
- Date Range
- [ca. 1975 - ca. 1990]
- 1982
- 1984
- 1990
- [ca. 1990]
- Physical Description
- 23 Textual records: cards/personal letters, handwritten notes, newspaper clipping
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 17 cards and letters, 5 pages of handwritten notes and one newspaper clipping. Content pertains to collection of personal notes/correspondence kept by Willie Morant, including letters from friends and anniversary cards sent between herself and husband Nicholas Morant on their 46th and 48th wedding anniversaries (1982 and 1984); inventory lists and notes in pen by Nicholas Morant, keeping track of photographs to be used in one of John Garden's books, "Nicholas Morant's Canadian Pacific" (1991) or "Nicholas Morant's Canada" (1998), with illustrations drawn by Morant on one of the pages; clipping of news article (December 1990) discussing Thomas Tyron's art book jacket, with message possibly written by Jon Whyte (?) at top.
- Notes
- Envelopes which originally held Willie's cards/notes collection and Nicholas Morant's handwritten notes are stored in folder behind their respective items. Items
- Name Access
- Garden, John F.
- Tyron, Thomas
- Morant, Ivy
- Morant, Nicholas
- Subject Access
- Anniversary
- Canadian Pacific
- Photography
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Reference use only; no reproduction
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Nicholas Morant
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
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