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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
- 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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1723 Copy of ‘A Life of Mahomet’ Possibly Morant’s (?) and Japanese Stamp Collection
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 2 books; one 18th century, one 20th century stamp book. Includes 1723 copy of ‘A Life of Mahomet’ by Humphrey Prideaux; missing front/back covers, replaced with plain brown paper covers. Handwritten title ‘Mahomet’ written on front cover and side binding in different handwritings; …
- Date Range
- 1723
- [ca. 1900 - ca. 1920]
- [ca. 1920 - ca. 1940]
- [ca. 1940 - ca. 1960]
- Reference Code
- M300 / III / D / 5 / 91 and 95
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M300 / V500 / S20
- Sous-Fonds
- M300
- Sub-Series
- M300 / III / D / 5 : Personal Interest and Gifts
- Accession Number
- Unknown
- Reference Code
- M300 / III / D / 5 / 91 and 95
- Responsibility
- Nicholas Morant (?), Nicholas Morant
- Date Range
- 1723
- [ca. 1900 - ca. 1920]
- [ca. 1920 - ca. 1940]
- [ca. 1940 - ca. 1960]
- Physical Description
- 2 books (1 published, 1 stamp book)
- History / Biographical
- Humphrey Prideaux (1648-1724) was born in Cornwall and eventually became a Doctor of Divinity. Prideaux was an author of multiple textual works pertaining to faith and particularly Christianity. He was the Dean of Norwich from 1702 until his death in 1724.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 2 books; one 18th century, one 20th century stamp book. Includes 1723 copy of ‘A Life of Mahomet’ by Humphrey Prideaux; missing front/back covers, replaced with plain brown paper covers. Handwritten title ‘Mahomet’ written on front cover and side binding in different handwritings; front believed to be by Nicholas Morant (?), side unknown. Also includes book of Japanese stamps collected by Nicholas Morant; many not dated, various designs and sizes, annotated on covers with Nicholas Morant's personal ink stamp.
- Storage Range
- In file box M300 / III / D / 5 / 75 to M300 / III / D / 5 / 91
- Geographic Access
- England
- Japan
- Canada
- Access Restrictions
- Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified owner(s).
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Items in this file are not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of their identified owner(s).
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- 'Mahomet' book must be stored with protective barrier to prevent further damage (i.e. acid-free paper).
- Biographical Source Notes
- https://www.ccel.org/ccel/prideaux
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Career binders
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- S-s-series consists of files created by Nick Morant about his career. The files combine items in various formats that were created by, pertain to, or were of interest to Nick Morant, or that incorporate Morant images. Files include textual items, photographic prints, brochures, postcards, clippin…
- Date Range
- [ca.1940-ca.1995], predominant ca.1950-ca.1980
- Reference Code
- M300 / B1 / 1 to 21
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- II.B. Professional records : career records
- Reference Code
- M300 / B1 / 1 to 21
- Date Range
- [ca.1940-ca.1995], predominant ca.1950-ca.1980
- Physical Description
- 21 textual records (21 v. : ca.60 cm)
- Scope & Content
- S-s-series consists of files created by Nick Morant about his career. The files combine items in various formats that were created by, pertain to, or were of interest to Nick Morant, or that incorporate Morant images. Files include textual items, photographic prints, brochures, postcards, clippings and other print material items. Files were originally in volume form and stored in binders
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of sub-series
- Content Details
- LIST OF ITEMS (M300 / B1) :
- * #1, #2. Files contain ca.170 photo-mechanically printed postcards, ca.1950-ca.1965.
- * #3, #4. Files contain hotel and travel brochures, ca.1950-ca.1965
- * #5, #6. Files contain brochures, advertisements, postcards and calendars, ca.1965, ca.1976
- * #7. File contains brochures and annual reports, ca.1960-ca.1975
- * #8. File contains press clippings and biographical information, [ca.1940-ca.1980?]
- * #9. File contains clippings, articles, watercolours by Cy Harris of Banff (2 items), family snapshots, small panoramas, and family obituaries, ca.1930-ca.1980
- * #10. File contains clippings, articles, small panoramas, CPR ticket stubs and obituaries of family and friends, ca.1930-ca.1980
- * #11. File contains clippings, articles, photographs and writings by Morant, ca.1930-ca.1980
- * #12. File contains clippings and articles from "The Spanner" magazine, ca.1930-ca.1980
- * #13. File contains clippings and articles, photographs and writings by Morant, and clippings pertaining to Canadian Pacific Railway, ca.1930-ca.1980
- * #14. File contains clippings and articles, and photographs and writings by Morant, ca.1930-ca.1980
- * #15. File contains clippings, articles and brochures pertaining to CP Travel in British Columbia, Ontario, Atlantic Canada, Alaska, Quebec, Peru, ca.1920-ca.1980
- * #16. File contains annual reports, clippings and postcards re Canadian Pacific Railway, ca.1920-ca.1980
- * #17. File contains clippings, articles, discussion of slide lectures, ca.1940-ca.1995
- * #18. File contains articles and clippings pertaining to environmental concerns, Banff, mountains and development, Canadian Pacific Railway, ca.1950-ca.1995
- * #19. File contains clippings and articles pertaining to the Canadian Pacific Railway, ca.1930-ca.1980
- * #20. File contains clippings pertaining to natives, 1950s, and Canadian Pacific Railway, ca.1955
- * [un-numbered]. File contains photographs, b/w and col, possibly for calendars,1930-ca.1980. Includes 56 prints re the Canadian Pacific Railway trains and rail lines; also postcards (2), calendar prints (2), brochure (1)t
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Cassette Interviews and VHS Recordings
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 7 cassette tapes and 10 VHS tapes re: Nicholas Morant and the Canadian Pacific Railway. Includes 6 cassette tapes with recorded 1986/1987 interviews with Nicholas Morant; 1 cassette recording of steam locomotive sounds used for a Revelstoke Museum exhibit on Nicholas Morant; and 10…
- Date Range
- 1986
- 1987
- [ca. 1990 - ca. 1995]
- 1990
- 1991
- 1992
- 1993
- 1999
- Reference Code
- S20 / III / A6 / 1 to 17
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Cassette
- Film
- Video
- Sound recording
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Sous-Fonds
- S20
- Sub-Series
- S20 / III / A : Nick and Willie Morant
- Accession Number
- Unknown
- Reference Code
- S20 / III / A6 / 1 to 17
- Responsibility
- Canadian Pacific, Edgar Rozon (?)
- Date Range
- 1986
- 1987
- [ca. 1990 - ca. 1995]
- 1990
- 1991
- 1992
- 1993
- 1999
- Physical Description
- 17 sound and video recordings: cassettes, VHS
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 7 cassette tapes and 10 VHS tapes re: Nicholas Morant and the Canadian Pacific Railway. Includes 6 cassette tapes with recorded 1986/1987 interviews with Nicholas Morant; 1 cassette recording of steam locomotive sounds used for a Revelstoke Museum exhibit on Nicholas Morant; and 10 VHS tapes containing various content, including footage of Nick Morant receiving the Order of Canada in 1990, TV and film features on Nicholas Morant and TV news broadcasts discussing CP Rail and/or Nicholas Morant.
- Notes
- Originally stored in box for mandarin oranges, accompanied by business card for J.C. Edgar Rozon.
- Name Access
- Morant, Nicholas
- Subject Access
- Biographical
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific
- Photography
- Interview
- Biography
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Reference use only; no reproduction
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- Individual item titles (original):
- S20/III/A6/1: CP Rail Video News 12 JANUARY 1991
- S20/III/A6/2: Copy of Nick Morant - CBC TV Segment Jan 18 1990
- S20/III/A6/3: Winston Link: Trains that Passed in the Night: Broadcast TV Ontario Nov. 19 /92 10:30 pm
- S20/III/A6/4: End of the Line CFCN-TV News Aired: February 5, 1990
- S20/III/A6/5: Investiture: Order of Canada Railroader U.S. Transcontinental Railroad
- S20/III/A6/6: CPR - Still Life: The Story of Nicholas Morant (5:30)
- S20/III/A6/7: "Canadian Profiles" featuring Bert Coughlin Produced by Humber College Recorded in 1993
- S20/III/A6/8: Riding the Rails in the Rockies: The Best Years (Cam Cathcart) Rocky Mountaineer
- S20/III/A6/9: Jan. 18 /90 Thu. N. Morant CBC - 6 Srigley
- S20/III/A6/10: Order of Canada Awards - Rideau Hall - October 24, 1990
- S20/III/A6/11: Nick Morant Tape 1 1986 Interviews
- S20/III/A6/12: Nick Morant Tape 2 cont.'d 1986 1986 interviews continued
- S20/III/A6/13: Nick Morant tape #3 1986 Interviews N. Morant
- S20/III/A6/14: Nick Morant Tape #4 1987 Interviews
- S20/III/A6/15: Nick Morant Tape #5 1987 1987 Interviews
- S20/III/A6/16: Nick Morant Tape #6 1987 Interviews
- S20/III/A6/17: CPR Sounds. Nick Morant Steam Locos [On front of cassette:] "NICHOLAS MORANT DEDICATION OF RVELSTOKE [sic] MUSEUM - STEAM LOCO SOUNDS - EDITED TO 9 mins."
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Coal (Roberts Bank), Alyth Yard Controls, Palliser Square Apts, Palliser Tower
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 209 negatives (colour, b&w) and 7 colour transparencies. Content pertains to coal exploration, mining and transportation; Alyth railway yards, Calgary; Palliser Square, Marathon Realty, Calgary, 1970; Mountain Creek bridge construction, BC, ca. 1982 (?)
- Date Range
- 1970
- [1970 - ca. 1982]
- Reference Code
- V500 / I / A7 / 11
- Description Level
- 4.2 / Sub-sub-sub series
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Transparency
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 4.2 / Sub-sub-sub series
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Sous-Fonds
- V500
- Sub-Series
- V500 / I / A : Photography: Negatives and Transparencies
- Accession Number
- 7438
- Reference Code
- V500 / I / A7 / 11
- Responsibility
- Produced by Nicholas Morant
- Date Range
- 1970
- [1970 - ca. 1982]
- Physical Description
- 216 Photographs: negatives and transparencies, colour and b&w
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 209 negatives (colour, b&w) and 7 colour transparencies. Content pertains to coal exploration, mining and transportation; Alyth railway yards, Calgary; Palliser Square, Marathon Realty, Calgary, 1970; Mountain Creek bridge construction, BC, ca. 1982 (?)
- Notes
- Related to file V500 / A7 / GD-3 Negatives and transparencies stored separately
- Subject Access
- Coal
- Mining
- Transportation
- Construction
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- 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
- Reference use only; no reproduction
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Nicholas Morant
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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Collected sound recordings (File 3 of 3)
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 8 record discs, 1 flexible audio tape and 2 audio film reels. Content pertains to a National Geographic documentary, musical broadcasts and other recorded music, recorded sound effects, and a musical record published in Banff. Records are individually titled (some by Nicholas Moran…
- Date Range
- 1969
- [ca. 1960 - ca. 1980]
- 1987
- Reference Code
- S20 / III / D1 / 64 to 74
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Recording disc
- Sound recording
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Sous-Fonds
- S20
- Sub-Series
- S20 / III / D : Personal and family records : collected material
- Accession Number
- 7784
- Reference Code
- S20 / III / D1 / 64 to 74
- Responsibility
- Nicholas Morant (copied recordings), National Geographic, CAPAC
- Date Range
- 1969
- [ca. 1960 - ca. 1980]
- 1987
- Physical Description
- 11 sound recordings: record discs, film reels, audio tape
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 8 record discs, 1 flexible audio tape and 2 audio film reels. Content pertains to a National Geographic documentary, musical broadcasts and other recorded music, recorded sound effects, and a musical record published in Banff. Records are individually titled (some by Nicholas Morant); full list of titles in "Content Details" section.
- Notes
- Some items have recordings on both sides: these have been given a single reference code separated into parts "a" and "b". Items S20/III/D1/64 to 69 originally stored in brown mailing envelope stamped "Dec. 18 1989". Addressed from "WILLIS A. McCALEB P.O. BOX 39 WALHONDING, OHIO 43843 U.S.A.", to "MR. NICHOLAS MORANT BOX 1288 BANFF, ALBERTA, CANADA T0L0C0"
- Name Access
- Teyte, Maggie
- Subject Access
- Banff
- Music
- tourism
- Travel
- Space exploration
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Reference use only; no reproduction
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- *** National Geographic - "Sounds of the Space Age: From Sputnik to Lunar Landing (S20/III/D1/64) *** Recordio Disc [labelled by Morant] (S20/III/D1/65a & 65b) - Side 1: "Now Here is the News..." - Side 2: "By the Sea..." *** Recordio Disc [labelled by Morant] (S20/III/D1/66a & 66b) - Side 1: "Sound Effects from ZZZ Melville" - Side 2: "Colbrook Symphony Pickups" *** "Play Outside to Inside", sides 1 and 2, dated Jan. 18, 1948 (S20/III/D1/67) *** "Play Outside to Inside", sides 3 and 4, dated Jan. 18, 1948 (S20/III/D1/68) *** BROADCAST electrically recorded disc S20/III/D1/69) - Side 1: "Ramona" Waltz (Vocal Refrain) - Side 2: "My Ohio Home" Slow Fox Trot (Vocal Refrain) *** "I M" [other side untitled] (S20/III/D1/70) *** Recordio Disc [labelled by Morant] (S20/III/D1/71) - Side 1: "Broadcast from Symphony Hall" - Side 2: "Colbrook Minstrels" *** "BANFF: COME OUTSIDE", CAPAC 1987 *** Music at Charlin: "Oh That Cello" (S20/III/D1/72) *** MAGGIE TEYTE French Contralto, Test Tape (S20/III/D1/73)
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- Processed
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of notes by Bruce Campbell re photographs loaned out and returned between 1996 and 2002, and list by David Morant, 1999
- Date Range
- 1999-2002
- Reference Code
- M300 / D / 65
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- III.B. Personal and family records : Nick Morant funeral, memorial and estate
- Reference Code
- M300 / D / 65
- Date Range
- 1999-2002
- Physical Description
- 2 textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of notes by Bruce Campbell re photographs loaned out and returned between 1996 and 2002, and list by David Morant, 1999
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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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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Nicholas Morant Order of Canada, Framed
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- Framed award, Order of Canada, given to Nicholas Morant in 1990; black and red text with printed emblem near top, in simple black / gold frame.
- Date Range
- 1990
- Reference Code
- M300 / II / C / 6 / 69 O.S.
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Government record
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M300 / V500 / S20
- Sous-Fonds
- M300
- Sub-Series
- M300 / II / C / 6 : Promotional Items, Awards and Correspondence
- Accession Number
- 7784
- Reference Code
- M300 / II / C / 6 / 69 O.S.
- Responsibility
- Nicholas Morant
- Date Range
- 1990
- Physical Description
- 1 Framed Award: textual, Order of Canada
- Scope & Content
- Framed award, Order of Canada, given to Nicholas Morant in 1990; black and red text with printed emblem near top, in simple black / gold frame.
- Name Access
- Morant, Nicholas
- Subject Access
- Award
- Order of Canada
- Government of Canada
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Reproduction Restrictions
- This item is not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of its identified owner(s).
- Language
- English
- French
- Creator
- Government of Canada
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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Photography Receipts, Correspondence and Notes
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- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 1 postcard, 1 set of typed and annotated notes, 1 page with an attached card and newspaper clipping, and assorted memos, receipts and letters. Content pertains to correspondence between Nicholas and Ivy 'Willie' Morant and 'Clara A (?) K H' , correspondence between Nicholas and Ivy…
- Date Range
- 1935
- 1952
- 1957
- 1958
- 1961
- 1963
- 1965
- 1966
- 1967
- 1968
- 1979
- 1981 - 1985
- 1982
- 1987
- 1990
- Reference Code
- M300 / III / A / 8 / 1 to 41
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Postcard
- Textual record
- Private record
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Sous-Fonds
- M300
- Sub-Series
- M300 / III / A / 8 : Personal Correspondence and Notes
- Accession Number
- 7784
- Reference Code
- M300 / III / A / 8 / 1 to 41
- Responsibility
- Produced by Nicholas Morant
- Date Range
- 1935
- 1952
- 1957
- 1958
- 1961
- 1963
- 1965
- 1966
- 1967
- 1968
- 1979
- 1981 - 1985
- 1982
- 1987
- 1990
- Physical Description
- Textual: letters, invoices, postcard, notes
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 1 postcard, 1 set of typed and annotated notes, 1 page with an attached card and newspaper clipping, and assorted memos, receipts and letters. Content pertains to correspondence between Nicholas and Ivy 'Willie' Morant and 'Clara A (?) K H' , correspondence between Nicholas and Ivy 'Willie' Morant, a 1935 Winnipeg Free Press article with an image by Nicholas Morant, a small folder of Nicholas Morant's typed notes recounting an unfinished story, receipts and correspondence ranging from 1957 to 1990 sent by various photography and film companies to Nicholas Morant, and 1982 handwritten letter on back of colour image of 2 trains, titled "The Great Daily Race of the Broadway and Century" (postcard?), sender unknown.
- Notes
- Postcard was originally located inside book 'It's Me O Lord' by Rockwell Kent, reference code M300 / III / D / 5 / 36 Handwritten note on back of M300 / III / A / 8 / 41 is cut off / incomplete at bottom.
- Storage Range
- In file box M300 / III / A / 8 / 1 to M300 / III / A / 8 / 41.
- Name Access
- Morant, Ivy
- Subject Access
- Winnipeg Free Press
- Trains
- Photography
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Manitoba
- Winnipeg
- 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
- Any items with risky materials such as ink or adhesives attached must be covered with acid-free paper to protect adjacent items. Contents must be stored in appropriate conditions.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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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)
- Processing Status
- Processed
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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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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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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Date Range
- 1985-1992
- Reference Code
- M300 / D / 52
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- III.A. Personal and family records : Nick and Willie Morant
- Reference Code
- M300 / D / 52
- Date Range
- 1985-1992
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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Willie Morant's Letter Collection, Notes for John Garden Book, News Clipping
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- 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
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