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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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P. R. Lockie Collection
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- Part Of
- Percival R Lockie fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of photographic greeting cards featuring mountain views of the Rockies, Selkirks and Coast Range taken and inscribed by Lockie; and 9 photographs of Lockie at Powell River and Willingdon Beach, Lockie with friends, and views of Lockie's Table in British Columbia.
- Date Range
- 1941-1964
- Reference Code
- V111
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Percival R Lockie fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- V111
- Sous-Fonds
- V111
- Accession Number
- 7740
- 2021.30
- Reference Code
- V111
- Date Range
- 1941-1964
- Physical Description
- 35 photographs : b&w and col. ; 28 x 21.5 cm or smaller
- History / Biographical
- Percival Robert Lockie (known as P. R. or just Lockie), 14 August, 1900 - 8 March, 1976, was born in St. Helens, England and moved to B.C. with his family in 1909. His father, Robert, was already in Canada when Percy (as he’s listed on the Immigration form) came with his mother Ethel and sisters Elizabeth, Kathleen, and Janet on the Empress of Ireland. The ship departed from Liverpool and arrived in Quebec on 25 June with a final destination listed as Vancouver. He worked in Vancouver as a draftsperson for Dominion Engineering until at least 1921 before moving to Powell River. Upon arrival to Powell River he worked a wide variety of labour jobs, as well as various odd jobs like lifeguarding and as a tap dance teacher. His main occupation in town was as a draftsperson for the Powell River Company's pulp and paper mill until 1965. His work for the mill included measuring the snow pack at the head of Powell Lake, north of the town site, each May and September, which he did for over 30 years. Measurements were taken from half-way up a mountain at the north-east of Powell Lake, which Lockie and B. Stenberg are accredited with summiting first in 1952. Over the course of his life he climbed the mountain at least 75 times. While locally known as Lockie’s Table for most of his life, the mountain was officially unnamed. In the mid-1990s Powell River community members requested the B.C. Geographical Naming Office officially recognize the name Lockie’s Table, which they did in April 1997. According to the Naming Office, the name Lockie’s Table is affixed to the flat table-like plateau on the peak of the mountain, while the rest of the mass remains unnamed. He joined the B.C. Mountaineering Association in the 1920s and travelled, climbed, and photographed throughout the interior and northern B.C. area, mainly the Selkirk and Coastal Mountain ranges. He also spent time hiking in and around Banff National Park and both the B.C. and Alberta sides of the Rocky Mountains; Lake O'Hara was one of his favorite places and features prominently in his photographs.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of photographic greeting cards featuring mountain views of the Rockies, Selkirks and Coast Range taken and inscribed by Lockie; and 9 photographs of Lockie at Powell River and Willingdon Beach, Lockie with friends, and views of Lockie's Table in British Columbia.
- Name Access
- Lockie, Percival R,
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Banff National Park
- Selkirks
- Assiniboine
- Lake O'Hara
- Powell River
- Language
- Language is English
- Related Material
- Accession record, The Powell River Peak (community newspaper) May 29, 1997 pp.13. Paper copy in accession binder.
- Printed documents included with photographs
- Creator
- Lockie, P. R.
- Biographical Source Notes
- Accession record, The Powell River Peak (community newspaper) May 29, 1997 pp.13
- British Columbia Mountaineering Club volunteer correspondence
- B.C. Geographical Names website, Lockie's Table
- Ancestry.ca, 1921 Census of Canada
- Ancestry.ca, Canadian Passenger Lists 1865-1935
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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William Royle fonds
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- Part Of
- William Royle fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of photographs, published booklets and film reels which belonged to William Royle. Content pertains to the Banff Boy Scouts: local events, including Banff Winter Carnival, Banff Indian Days and Banff's Centennial Parade in 1967; hiking, camping, skiing and other recreational activiti…
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-1930]
- 1959-1960
- [ca.1960-1970]
- 1978
- Reference Code
- M587 / V808
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Published record
- Film
- Part Of
- William Royle fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M587
- V808
- Sous-Fonds
- M587
- V808
- Accession Number
- 2021.29
- Reference Code
- M587 / V808
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-1930]
- 1959-1960
- [ca.1960-1970]
- 1978
- Physical Description
- ca.348 photographs (204 b&w and col. prints, 144 col. transparencies) -- 0.5 cm of textual records -- 7 film reels
- History / Biographical
- William "Bill" Royle (1905-1980) moved to Banff from Lethbridge in 1952 with his mother (Mary Elizabeth) and two young sons (Bernard and Walter), following the death of his wife. William started the business Banff Plumbing and Heating Ltd., which he operated until his death. William and his brother, John J. Royle, were also involved with a laundromat business in Banff. From its inception in 1953, William also worked as director and president of the Banff Park Savings and Credit Union (now Bow Valley Credit Union). In his spare time, William volunteered with the Banff Boy Scouts, as well as St. Mary's Church in Banff, the Seniors' Society and the Alberta Council of the Aging. William's son, Bernard, tragically passed away in a plane crash in 1969 while searching for new heliskiing routes in British Columbia with his friend, John Gow, who survived.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of photographs, published booklets and film reels which belonged to William Royle. Content pertains to the Banff Boy Scouts: local events, including Banff Winter Carnival, Banff Indian Days and Banff's Centennial Parade in 1967; hiking, camping, skiing and other recreational activities; Bernard Royle and friends; the Banff High School curling team; natural views and wildlife in Alberta and British Columbia; and other related subjects. Includes three visual series: I - Prints ; II - Motion pictures ; III - Transparencies. Series I includes five sub-series: A - Boy Scouts [includes o.s. items] ; B - Banff Indian Days ; C - Banff Winter Carnival ; D - St. Mary's Baptist Church ; E - Misc.
- Name Access
- Royle, William
- Royle, Walter
- Royle, Bernard
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Events
- Community events
- Sports
- Recreation
- Curling
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Banff Indian Days
- Cultural pluralism
- Scouting
- Boy Scouts of Canada
- Churches
- Religions
- Wildlife
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- British Columbia
- Revelstoke
- Canmore
- Language
- English
- Biographical Source Notes
- https://time.com/5912476/heliski-survival-1969/
- Information provided by Walter Royle
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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35mm returns from Miller to be refiled
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- Transparencies returned from Miller Services, Toronto (photographic agency). Views were among Morant's most marketable work. They are related to those in file V500 / B3 / 55b : "To show J. G" [John Garden]
- Date Range
- [between 1940 and 1980], predominant 1959-1971
- Reference Code
- V500 / B3 / 56
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V500
- Series
- I.B. Photography : transparencies : 2. General files
- Sous-Fonds
- V500
- Reference Code
- V500 / B3 / 56
- Other Title Info
- Parallel title is original title
- Date Range
- [between 1940 and 1980], predominant 1959-1971
- Physical Description
- 108 photographs : transparencies, 35mm
- Scope & Content
- Transparencies returned from Miller Services, Toronto (photographic agency). Views were among Morant's most marketable work. They are related to those in file V500 / B3 / 55b : "To show J. G" [John Garden]
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Nova Scotia
- Saskatchewan
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- File consists of :
- Banff National Park AB views, including autumn colours in the Bow Valley, trees, Vermilion Lakes, Mount Rundle including winter scenes, Fairholme Ranch building, teepees at Banff Indian Days, Bow Peak, Bow Lake, Lake Louise, Willie Morant at Peyto Lake, passenger train near Castle Mountain;
- Glacier National Park BC views including snowshed in Rogers Pass, Mount Sir Donald, Moberly Peak
- Mount Assiniboine
- Other, including: harvesting, grain elevators and prairie landscapes; moose, woodpacker, flowers; Roberts Bank Kaiser coal operations; Peace River area; coastal British Columbia; Nova Scotia lighthouses, fishing boats, seascapes, shrine
- Processing Status
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57-134. Assiniboine series, 1961
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- Mount Assiniboine BC and area. Views include riders, fishing, lodge, Erling Strom and Willie Morant 57-134-A. Assiniboine 1960 - CP dupes Assiniboine Lodge neg L.S. horizontals. 57-134-B. Erling Strom with saw 57-134-C. Assiniboine CP neg horiz, L.S. larches with-without rider (Erling Strom) 57-13…
- Date Range
- 1960-1962
- Reference Code
- V500 / A3 / 57-134
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Series
- I.A. Photography : negatives and transparencies / 1.b. Darkroom files : black/white II
- Sous-Fonds
- V500
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V500 / A3 / 57-134
- GMD
- Negative
- Date Range
- 1960-1962
- Physical Description
- 24 photographs (23 negatives, 1 transparency)
- Scope & Content
- Mount Assiniboine BC and area. Views include riders, fishing, lodge, Erling Strom and Willie Morant
- 57-134-A. Assiniboine 1960 - CP dupes Assiniboine Lodge neg L.S. horizontals.
- 57-134-B. Erling Strom with saw
- 57-134-C. Assiniboine CP neg horiz, L.S. larches with-without rider (Erling Strom)
- 57-134-D. Mount Assiniboine from pass with larches - some with rider
- 57-134-E. Mt. Assiniboine with Willie Morant, Imperial Oil Co. calendar 1963
- 57-134-F. Fishing, Mt. Assiniboine, with rider 1962
- 57-134-G. Assiniboine from distance, no riders
- 57-134-H. L.S. Assiniboine panoramics, with rider
- 57-134-K. Mt. Assiniboine, larches and rider 1962, Erling Strom V-H
- Notes
- NM notes: This series in color - see Z-563
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia
- Language
- NA
- Title Source
- original title kept
- Processing Status
- Processed
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57-249. Totems, Stanley Park, 1967
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- Vancouver BC
- Date Range
- 1967-1969
- Reference Code
- V500 / A3 / 57-249
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.A. Photography : negatives and transparencies / 1.b. Darkroom files : black/white II
- Reference Code
- V500 / A3 / 57-249
- Date Range
- 1967-1969
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : negatives, film, b/w
- Scope & Content
- Vancouver BC
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia
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57-262. Pusher service photos, Beavermouth, 1967, Rogers depot, 1976-7 on
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- Canadian Pacific Railway pusher locomotives, Glacier National Park BC
- Date Range
- 1967-1977
- Reference Code
- V500 / A3 / 57-262
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.A. Photography : negatives and transparencies / 1.b. Darkroom files : black/white II
- Reference Code
- V500 / A3 / 57-262
- Date Range
- 1967-1977
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs : negatives, film, b/w
- Scope & Content
- Canadian Pacific Railway pusher locomotives, Glacier National Park BC
- Notes
- NM notes: "Beaver Turn" pushers on Stoney Creek 1967; 1976-77 pusher depot at Rogers BC; see also GD Box 141 for further Rogers photos
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia
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115. Cabin in the pines (Assiniboine)
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- At Mount Assiniboine
- Date Range
- [between 1930 and 1980]
- Reference Code
- V500 / A4 / 115
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Negative
2 images
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Series
- I.A. Photography : negatives and transparencies / 1.c. Darkroom files : colour I
- Sous-Fonds
- V500
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V500 / A4 / 115
- GMD
- Negative
- Date Range
- [between 1930 and 1980]
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs : transparencies, col, 7.5x10cm
- Scope & Content
- At Mount Assiniboine
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia
- Language
- NA
- Title Source
- original title kept
- Processing Status
- Processed
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375. Pack train, Og Pass
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- Mount Assiniboine BC area
- Date Range
- [between 1930 and 1980]
- Reference Code
- V500 / A4 / 375
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Series
- I.A. Photography : negatives and transparencies / 1.c. Darkroom files : colour I
- Sous-Fonds
- V500
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V500 / A4 / 375
- GMD
- Negative
- Date Range
- [between 1930 and 1980]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : negatives, film, col
- Scope & Content
- Mount Assiniboine BC area
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Language
- NA
- Title Source
- original title kept
- Processing Status
- Processed
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504. Cathedral Crag, Field Hill
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 3 colour transparency photographs. Content pertains to Cathedral Crag, Field Hill in Yoho National Park, BC
- Date Range
- [between 1930 and 1980]
- Reference Code
- V500 / A4 / 504
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Transparency
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Sous-Fonds
- V500
- Sub-Series
- I.A. Photography : negatives and transparencies / 1.c. Darkroom files : colour I
- Accession Number
- 7438
- Reference Code
- V500 / A4 / 504
- Responsibility
- Produced by Nicholas Morant
- Date Range
- [between 1930 and 1980]
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : transparencies, col, 6x6 cm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 3 colour transparency photographs. Content pertains to Cathedral Crag, Field Hill in Yoho National Park, BC
- Subject Access
- Yoho National Park
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- British Columbia
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Language
- N/A
- Creator
- Nicholas Morant
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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