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- James Outram & John Murray Gibbon 1
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Early Canada Books
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54162
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of two hardcover books. Contains 1 copy of 'The Glittering Mountains of Canada' (1925), with inserted notes typed by Nicholas Morant pertaining to Jimmy Simpson, book signed by Edward Feuz; 1 copy of 'The Queen's Highway' (1887), annotated by Nicholas Morant and containing a travel ag…
- Date Range
- 1887
- 1925
- Reference Code
- M300 / III / D / 5 / 50 to 51
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Sous-Fonds
- M300
- Sub-Series
- M300 / III / D / 5 : Personal Interest and Gifts
- Accession Number
- 7784
- Reference Code
- M300 / III / D / 5 / 50 to 51
- Responsibility
- Produced by J. Monroe Thorington & Stuart Cumberland
- Date Range
- 1887
- 1925
- Physical Description
- 2 Textual records: books
- Scope & Content
- File consists of two hardcover books. Contains 1 copy of 'The Glittering Mountains of Canada' (1925), with inserted notes typed by Nicholas Morant pertaining to Jimmy Simpson, book signed by Edward Feuz; 1 copy of 'The Queen's Highway' (1887), annotated by Nicholas Morant and containing a travel agent's business card, ca. 1900.
- Storage Range
- In file box M300 / III / D / 5 / 50 to M300 / III / D / 5 / 51.
- Name Access
- Simpson, Jimmy
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- 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, such as adhesives, must be covered with an acid-free paper barrier to protect adjacent items. Damaged bindings on these items may need additional packaging to prevent further damage while being moved.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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Locomotive 314 Framed Print
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54227
- Part Of
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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Mollie Morant papers
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of notebook, 1890-1900; ration books, 2 items; address books, 2 items; passport; colour photograph of Mollie, 1963. Notebook, titled "Mollie's little book" by Nick Morant, contains writings, poetry, sketches, newsclippings
- Date Range
- 1890-[ca.1970]
- Reference Code
- M300 / D / 66, 67
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- III.C. Personal and family records : Francis and Mollie Morant
- Reference Code
- M300 / D / 66, 67
- Date Range
- 1890-[ca.1970]
- Physical Description
- 3.5 cm of textual records. -- 1 photograph : print
- Scope & Content
- File consists of notebook, 1890-1900; ration books, 2 items; address books, 2 items; passport; colour photograph of Mollie, 1963. Notebook, titled "Mollie's little book" by Nick Morant, contains writings, poetry, sketches, newsclippings
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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Nature, Geology and Knot-Tying Books
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54156
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 4 published books. Contains 1 copy of 'The Curiosities of Natural History' by Frank Buckland (1891) with handwritten message inside, 'From C. French [?] to R. French [?]' ; 1 copy of 'Birds of Canada's Mountain Parks' by Edmond Cloutier (1950), with handwritten note cards between p…
- Date Range
- 1891
- [ca. 1905 to ca. 1915]
- ca. 1929
- 1950
- Reference Code
- M300 / III / D / 5 / 38 to 41
- 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 / III / D / 5 : Personal Interest and Gifts
- Accession Number
- 7784
- Reference Code
- M300 / III / D / 5 / 38 to 41
- Responsibility
- Frank Buckland , Edmond Cloutier , E.M. Kindle
- Date Range
- 1891
- [ca. 1905 to ca. 1915]
- ca. 1929
- 1950
- Physical Description
- 4 Textual records: books
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 4 published books. Contains 1 copy of 'The Curiosities of Natural History' by Frank Buckland (1891) with handwritten message inside, 'From C. French [?] to R. French [?]' ; 1 copy of 'Birds of Canada's Mountain Parks' by Edmond Cloutier (1950), with handwritten note cards between pages 70 and 71; 1 copy of 'The Geological Story of Jasper National Park Canada' by E.M. Kindle (n.d., originally published 1929) with charts attached inside; and 1 copy of 'Book of Knots' with attached mail order book, with redone cover annotated by Nicholas Morant.
- Storage Range
- In file box M300 / III / D / 5 / 38 to M300 / III / D / 5 / 45
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Jasper National Park
- 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 in this file 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
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Old legal letters of mother's : [Mollie Morant papers]
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of correspondence re estate of W. A. Wylde, 1953; medical insurance pay stubs, 1964-1966; note signed by H. S. Alexander Esq., March 10, 1902]
- Date Range
- 1902-1966
- Reference Code
- M300 / D / 68
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- III.C. Personal and family records : Francis and Mollie Morant
- Reference Code
- M300 / D / 68
- Date Range
- 1902-1966
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of correspondence re estate of W. A. Wylde, 1953; medical insurance pay stubs, 1964-1966; note signed by H. S. Alexander Esq., March 10, 1902]
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Photographs, collected
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of photographs pertaining to the Connaught Tunnel, mountain scenery, Banff area people and buildings. Includes views along the Canadian Pacific Railway by R. H. Trueman, Trueman and Caple and A. B. Thom. Also includes some photographs by Nick Morant
- Date Range
- [ca.1890-ca.1972]
- Reference Code
- V500 / E / 6, 7 (PA, NA)
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- III.D. Personal and family records : collected material
- Reference Code
- V500 / E / 6, 7 (PA, NA)
- Date Range
- [ca.1890-ca.1972]
- Physical Description
- 36 photographs : prints, negatives
- Scope & Content
- File consists of photographs pertaining to the Connaught Tunnel, mountain scenery, Banff area people and buildings. Includes views along the Canadian Pacific Railway by R. H. Trueman, Trueman and Caple and A. B. Thom. Also includes some photographs by Nick Morant
- Related Material
- Portions of this file are related by provenance to the A. B. Thom fonds (V13) and the R. H. Trueman fonds (V528)
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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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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Railway timetables
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions21623
- 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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Signed Canadian Texts
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54161
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 2 hardcover books. Contains 1 copy of 'In the Heart of the Canadian Rockies' by Jim Outram (1905), signed by 'Merritt A. Farren' ; 1 copy of 'Canadian Mosaic' by John Murray Gibbon (1938) with a personal note to Nicholas Morant written by the author and attached clippings.
- Date Range
- 1905
- 1938
- Reference Code
- M300 / III / D / 5 / 48 to 49
- 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 / III / D / 5 : Personal Interest and Gifts
- Accession Number
- 7784
- Reference Code
- M300 / III / D / 5 / 48 to 49
- Responsibility
- James Outram & John Murray Gibbon
- Date Range
- 1905
- 1938
- Physical Description
- 2 Textual Records: books
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 2 hardcover books. Contains 1 copy of 'In the Heart of the Canadian Rockies' by Jim Outram (1905), signed by 'Merritt A. Farren' ; 1 copy of 'Canadian Mosaic' by John Murray Gibbon (1938) with a personal note to Nicholas Morant written by the author and attached clippings.
- Storage Range
- In file box M300 / III / D / 5 / 48 to M300 / III / D / 5 / 49
- Name Access
- Gibbon, John Murray
- Subject Access
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- 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 in this file with risky materials attached to the surface, 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
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