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Bill Peyto fonds
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- Part Of
- Bill Peyto fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of papers pertaining to Peyto's Boer War service, photography and personal matters and photographs produced and collected by Peyto. Includes resolution of the American Alpine Club commending Peyto for his aid in the rescue of Margaret Stone on July 24, 1921 from Eon Mountain. Mrs. S…
- Date Range
- 1900-1941
- Reference Code
- M41 / V497
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Framed print
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Private record
- Part Of
- Bill Peyto fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 41
- V 497
- Sous-Fonds
- M 41
- V 497
- Accession Number
- 6, 266, 7747 (docs)
- Reference Code
- M41 / V497
- Date Range
- 1900-1941
- Physical Description
- 264 photographs : prints, negatives. -- 2 photograph albums (ca.35 prints). -- 3 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- Ebenezer William (Bill) Peyto, 1868-1943, was a guide, outfitter, prospector and national park warden at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Peyto was prominent among the early trail guides of the Rockies, beginning a colourful career ca.1893. He led a number of mountaineers into climbing regions until ca.1910. Peyto served in both the Boer and First World Wars, worked a talc mine on the edge of Banff National Park and was a national park warden for over twenty years, retiring in 1937. Peyto Lake, Peyto Glacier, Peyto Peak and Trapper Peak were named in his honour.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of papers pertaining to Peyto's Boer War service, photography and personal matters and photographs produced and collected by Peyto. Includes resolution of the American Alpine Club commending Peyto for his aid in the rescue of Margaret Stone on July 24, 1921 from Eon Mountain. Mrs. Stone was stranded after the accidental death of Dr. W. E. Stone on July 17, 1921. Photographs pertain to Bill Peyto, clients and trips in the Rocky Mountains; also Banff townsite views and events, wildlife and scenic views, ca.1900-ca.1940. Includes large framed portrait of Bill Peyto.
- Name Access
- Peyto, Bill
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Photographs are in the public domain (other restrictions may apply)
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: basic description
- Creator
- Peyto, Bill
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds and accession records
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Later Nicholas Morant Portrait (ca. 1980's)
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- 1 large colour print of Nicholas Morant as an old man posing next to large tree in a plaid jacket, likely taken by his wife Ivy 'Willie' Morant, set on canvas-like material.
- Date Range
- [ca. 1980 - ca. 1985]
- Reference Code
- V500 / III / D / 4 / PC - 11 O.S.
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Framed 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 - 11 O.S.
- Responsibility
- Nicholas Morant
- Date Range
- [ca. 1980 - ca. 1985]
- Physical Description
- 1 Framed Photograph: print; colour
- Scope & Content
- 1 large colour print of Nicholas Morant as an old man posing next to large tree in a plaid jacket, likely taken by his wife Ivy 'Willie' Morant, set on canvas-like material.
- Notes
- Small unframed copy of same image is filed under V500 / III / D / 4 / PA - 15
- Name Access
- Morant, Nicholas
- Subject Access
- Portrait
- Tree
- Photography
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Ivy 'Willie" Morant (?)
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Train Photographs and Young Morant Portrait
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 5 framed photographic prints. Content pertains to various railway scenes: one image of a steam train taken close-up with black tape secured around the edges; one image of a train turning a corner with a mountain in the background, in a gold-painted frame with an engraved border des…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1925 - ca. 1928]
- [ca. 1930 - ca. 1940]
- 1938
- [ca. 1945 - ca. 1955]
- Reference Code
- V500 / III / D / 4 / PC - 1 to 5
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Framed print
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Sous-Fonds
- V500
- Sub-Series
- V500 / III / D / 4 : Personal and Family Photography
- Accession Number
- 7784
- Reference Code
- V500 / III / D / 4 / PC - 1 to 5
- Responsibility
- Nicholas Morant
- Date Range
- [ca. 1925 - ca. 1928]
- [ca. 1930 - ca. 1940]
- 1938
- [ca. 1945 - ca. 1955]
- Physical Description
- 5 Photographs: framed prints; b&w and colour
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 5 framed photographic prints. Content pertains to various railway scenes: one image of a steam train taken close-up with black tape secured around the edges; one image of a train turning a corner with a mountain in the background, in a gold-painted frame with an engraved border design; and 2 steam-pressed photographs on cork bases (one depicting a b&w photograph taken by Nicholas Morant in 1938 of a train at a set of signal lights with a forest, mountains and lake in the background, and one depicting a colour image of a train travelling through a rocky pass in the early morning (?) with a body of water on its left). Also consists of one b&w portrait of Nicholas Morant as a teenager, dressed formally, with a grey metal frame and raised 'bubble-shaped' glass front.
- Notes
- Item V500 / III / D / 4 / PC - 3 is very similar to a photograph by Ivy 'Willie' Morant (print labelled and stored as V500 / I / C1 / 6 / PA - 28 ).
- Name Access
- Morant, Nicholas
- Subject Access
- Trains
- Portrait
- Mountains
- Landscapes
- Lake
- Canadian Pacific
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- British Columbia
- 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 stored with protective packaging (i.e. acid-free paper) between them to protect them from physical damage.
- Creator
- Nicholas Morant
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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