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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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Correspondence
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- Part Of
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 2 cm of textual records, 21.5 x 28 cm or smaller. File pertains to Jean's correspondence with a variety of different people at different stages of her life. File includes a combination of handwritten and typed correspondence between Jean and the following people and organizations: …
- Date Range
- 1927-2000
- 1927-1928
- 1938-1939
- 1959
- 1964-1965
- 1970
- 1983
- 1999-2000
- Reference Code
- M573 / II / 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Newspaper clipping
- Private record
- Published record
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M573 / V797 / S60
- Series
- M573 / II : Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings
- Sous-Fonds
- M573
- Accession Number
- 2019.111
- Reference Code
- M573 / II / 1
- Date Range
- 1927-2000
- 1927-1928
- 1938-1939
- 1959
- 1964-1965
- 1970
- 1983
- 1999-2000
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records (21.5 x 28 cm or smaller)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 2 cm of textual records, 21.5 x 28 cm or smaller. File pertains to Jean's correspondence with a variety of different people at different stages of her life. File includes a combination of handwritten and typed correspondence between Jean and the following people and organizations:
- T. Ross Paden, pastor for the Bryn Mwar Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota (1927-1928).
- Jean and Jack's wedding announcement from June 18, 1938.
- John Murray Gibbon (Secretary-Treasurer of Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies);
- Former students and friends/audience members from talks that Jean delivered.
- Dr. Hiebert and related poems and newspaper clipping.
- Faculty of Education at the University of Manitoba (Jean presented at a conference in 1970).
- Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada (2000).
- Sarah Canham (regarding Jean's participation in "The Ma Pampo Story").
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Professional and Personal Life
- Travel
- Weddings
- Geographic Access
- Winnipeg
- Manitoba
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Holiday cards sent to Norman Luxton
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of Christmas, birthday and Father's Day cards sent to Norman Luxton. Includes Christmas cards from D[onald] "Dan" H. Bain, Eleanor Luxton, Karen Williamsen[?], Red Cathcart and "Pete"; an undated birthday card from Eleanor; and two Father's Day cards from Eleanor [ca.1950-1960?]. Card…
- Date Range
- [ca.1940-1960]
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / A / 362
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Photograph
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / I / A : Collected material
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / A / 362
- Date Range
- [ca.1940-1960]
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of Christmas, birthday and Father's Day cards sent to Norman Luxton. Includes Christmas cards from D[onald] "Dan" H. Bain, Eleanor Luxton, Karen Williamsen[?], Red Cathcart and "Pete"; an undated birthday card from Eleanor; and two Father's Day cards from Eleanor [ca.1950-1960?]. Card from D. H. Bain has photograph printed on front and personal letter on back.
- Notes
- Card from Donald H. Bain signed with nickname, "Dan"
- Material Details
- Christmas card from "Pete" has small brown feather attached to front on bottom left corner
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Correspondence
- Holidays
- Hunting
- Sports
- Birthday
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Manitoba
- Delta Marsh
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Luxton family publications
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of published works written by members of the Luxton family. File includes copies of psalm book "The Harvest of Sunshine" by George [Nasmith] Luxton, "The Golden Link" address by Eleanor Luxton, copies of an Indigenous psalm translated by Norman Luxton, early copies of the Crag and Can…
- Date Range
- 1872
- 1874
- 1905-1906
- 1908
- 1932
- 1956
- 1960
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / D / 28
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / III / D : Other material
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / D / 28
- Date Range
- 1872
- 1874
- 1905-1906
- 1908
- 1932
- 1956
- 1960
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of published works written by members of the Luxton family. File includes copies of psalm book "The Harvest of Sunshine" by George [Nasmith] Luxton, "The Golden Link" address by Eleanor Luxton, copies of an Indigenous psalm translated by Norman Luxton, early copies of the Crag and Canyon [1905-1908], "The Climber" magazine [1906], and an original copy [1872] and reprinted publication [1874] of the Manitoba Free Press.
- Subject Access
- Advertising
- Businesses
- Communications
- Crag and Canyon newspaper
- First Nations
- Newspaper
- Public events
- Public Speaking
- Publication
- Religions
- Music
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Calgary
- Manitoba
- Winnipeg
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Some items in file are fragile and may tear easily - handle with caution
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Newspaper clippings local news and history
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one page of song lyrics and 18 newspaper clippings published by the Calgary Herald, the Winnipeg Free Press and The Albertan [mostly 1961 and 1962]. Content pertains to the history of the Bow Valley and Calgary from the late 19th century and onwards; biographies for famous locals i…
- Date Range
- 1938
- [ca. 1960]
- 1961
- 1962
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E / 6
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Newspaper clipping
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / E : Travel and home records
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E / 6
- Responsibility
- Items published by the Calgary Herald, Winnipeg Free Press, and The Albertan
- Date Range
- 1938
- [ca. 1960]
- 1961
- 1962
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one page of song lyrics and 18 newspaper clippings published by the Calgary Herald, the Winnipeg Free Press and The Albertan [mostly 1961 and 1962]. Content pertains to the history of the Bow Valley and Calgary from the late 19th century and onwards; biographies for famous locals including John, George, and David McDougall, May Ross, Dr. R.G. Brett and others; wedding anniversaries, birthday announcements and obituary articles for friends of the Luxton family; the sale of Norman Luxton's gift shop in Banff; McDougall Day and the Calgary Stampede; the 75th anniversary of the Bank of Montreal; Chief Walking Buffalo; and other miscellaneous news.
- Name Access
- McDougall, David
- McDougall, George
- McDougall, John
- McDougall, Annie
- Chief Walking Buffalo
- Brett, Robert G.
- Shiels, Bob
- Burns, Pat
- Ross, May
- Drummond, Thomas Howard
- Collicutt, Frank
- Collicutt, Maggie
- Luxton, Eleanor
- Luxton, Georgina
- Luxton, Norman
- Parlby, Irene
- McKay, Grant
- Subject Access
- Anniversary
- Biography
- Businesses
- Calgary Herald
- Commerce and industry
- Community events
- Community life
- Events
- Family and personal life
- Genealogy
- History
- Hudson's Bay Company
- Immigration and homesteading
- Calgary Stampede
- Music
- Obituary
- Politics and government
- Travel
- Winnipeg Free Press
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Calgary
- Banff National Park
- Banff
- Manitoba
- Winnipeg
- Edmonton
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Metal paperclip has been removed from two items
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Oversized holiday greeting cards
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 10 oversized holiday greeting cards, including one from Annie Whitaker with personal message on the back, one from The Standard Shoe Store in Banff, 6 from Stovel Company Limited and two sent to Eleanor Luxton from "Bill". Cards include lithograph images and printed paper copies of…
- Date Range
- [1895-1910]
- [1925-1930]
- [1945-1960]
- 1946
- 1956
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / D / 21
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / III / D : Other material
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / D / 21
- Responsibility
- Art used in cards produced by Adrian Hill, Nicholas Hornyansky and Walter J. Phillips
- Date Range
- [1895-1910]
- [1925-1930]
- [1945-1960]
- 1946
- 1956
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 10 oversized holiday greeting cards, including one from Annie Whitaker with personal message on the back, one from The Standard Shoe Store in Banff, 6 from Stovel Company Limited and two sent to Eleanor Luxton from "Bill". Cards include lithograph images and printed paper copies of art depicting Shakespeare's house in Stratford-Upon-Avon, England; landscapes and scenic waterfront views; and holiday-themed art designs. Two items in file are accompanied by original mailing envelopes addressed to Eleanor Luxton, 1956.
- Name Access
- Luxton, Eleanor
- Whitaker, Annie
- Subject Access
- Art
- Artist
- Christmas
- Businesses
- Family and personal life
- Holidays
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Calgary
- Manitoba
- Winnipeg
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Annotated item stored in mylar to prevent possible ink transfer onto other archival materials
- Category
- Arts
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- Item signed by Annie Whitaker has maker's label attached to back, reads "John O'Groats Artcraft Made in England"
- Processing Status
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- Part Of
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 1 cm of textual records, 21.5 x 35 or smaller. File pertains to Jean's participation in and accounts of trail rides with the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies. File includes a magazine or newspaper clipping accounting Jean's talk that s…
- Date Range
- 1937-1945
- 1937
- 1938
- 1939
- 1940
- 1945
- Reference Code
- M573 / I / 18
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Newspaper clipping
- Private record
- Published record
- Textual record
4 images
- Part Of
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M573 / V797 / S60
- Series
- M573 / I : Personal Papers
- Sous-Fonds
- M573
- Accession Number
- 2019.111
- Reference Code
- M573 / I / 18
- Date Range
- 1937-1945
- 1937
- 1938
- 1939
- 1940
- 1945
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records (21.5 x 35 cm or smaller)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 1 cm of textual records, 21.5 x 35 or smaller. File pertains to Jean's participation in and accounts of trail rides with the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies. File includes a magazine or newspaper clipping accounting Jean's talk that she gave at the Royal Alexandra Hotel on January 18, 1938 and two copies of the invitation sent to attendees for the talk (one of them has a handwritten message on the back written by Jean); two copies of the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies Bulletin No. 48 (1937), which Jean is featured in and wrote an article for (the first woman to do so); related correspondence between John Murray Gibbon and Jean (1937-1939) regarding writing the article and participating in the trail rides; related correspondence with the Canadian Pacific Association responding to the talk Jean gave; typed notes of Jean's trail rides talk (two drafts, similar with slight changes); a typed poem entitled "The 1937 Trail Ride" written by Jean; and an essay entitled "Boots and Saddles" by Jean.
- Notes
- John Murray Gibbon was the Secretary-Treasurer for the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies during this time.
- Jean also wrote an article for the Sky Line Trail - see related material.
- Name Access
- Hembroff MacDonald, Jean
- Gibbon, John Murray
- Subject Access
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Lecture
- Public Speaking
- Mount Assiniboine
- Poetry
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Alberta
- Canada
- Winnipeg
- Manitoba
- Assiniboine
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- The Sky Line Trail, Vol. 6, No. 24 (October 1939).
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Travel scrapbook
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one travel scrapbook, with various materials including matchboxes, souvenir napkins, booklets and brochures, menus, advertisements, event programs, magazines, maps and travel guides, and one photograph. Content pertains to Eleanor Luxton's travels to the New York World Fair in 1939…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1935 - ca. 1940]
- 1939
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E / 4
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Scrapbook
- Textual record
- Published record
- Photograph
- Photograph print
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / E : Travel and home records
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E / 4
- Date Range
- [ca. 1935 - ca. 1940]
- 1939
- Physical Description
- 6 cm of textual records -- 1 photograph : b&w print ; 20 x 25 cm on matboard
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one travel scrapbook, with various materials including matchboxes, souvenir napkins, booklets and brochures, menus, advertisements, event programs, magazines, maps and travel guides, and one photograph. Content pertains to Eleanor Luxton's travels to the New York World Fair in 1939, as well as Winnipeg, Montreal, Chicago, Panama and Havana, Cuba around the same time period. Includes image of Eleanor [far right] sitting with three unidentified friends at Sloppy Joe's Bar in Havana.
- Material Details
- Scrapbook has no cover or bindings
- Name Access
- Luxton, Eleanor
- Subject Access
- Travel
- Tourism
- Family and personal life
- Events
- Advertising
- Businesses
- Music
- Arts
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Manitoba
- Winnipeg
- Quebec
- Montreal
- United States of America
- Panama
- Cuba
- Havana
- Access Restrictions
- Access to original copy may be restricted due to poor condition
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Materials held together with unbleached cotton string
- Use of original copy not recommended as there are many loose contents and small items which can be lost or misplaced in scrapbook. Once item has been digitized, access to original may be further restricted for preservation reasons
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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