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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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Peter Spear fonds
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- Part Of
- Peter Spear fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds include three sous-fonds related to the 1982 Canadian Mount Everest Expedition : M562 - Textual; V787 - Visual; S56 - Sound M562 contains five series: A. Expedition Planning and Logistics; B. General; C. Correspondence; D. Periodicals; E. Newspaper Clippings; F. Posters V787 contains four s…
- Date Range
- 1981 - 1986
- Reference Code
- M562 / V787 / S56
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Transparency
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Textual record
- Diary
- Organization record
- Poster
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Peter Spear fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M562 / V787 / S56
- Sous-Fonds
- M562 / V787 / S56
- Accession Number
- 2017.8655
- Reference Code
- M562 / V787 / S56
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Transparency
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Textual record
- Diary
- Organization record
- Poster
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- 1981 - 1986
- Physical Description
- 96 cm of textual records
- 1150 photographs: 11 prints; b&w, 22 prints; colour, 2 oversize prints ; colour, 32 negatives; b&w, 1080 transparencies; colour ; 3 transparencies; b&w
- 36 audio cassettes
- History / Biographical
- Peter Spear (April 1, 1940 - ) was a teacher, administrator, mountain ski patroller at the Lake Louise Ski Area, member of the Canadian Ski Patrol System, and base camp manager for the 1982 Canadian Mount Everest Expedition based out of Calgary, Alberta.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds include three sous-fonds related to the 1982 Canadian Mount Everest Expedition : M562 - Textual; V787 - Visual; S56 - Sound M562 contains five series: A. Expedition Planning and Logistics; B. General; C. Correspondence; D. Periodicals; E. Newspaper Clippings; F. Posters V787 contains four series: A. Photographs; B. Oversize Photographs; C. Transparencies; D. Negatives S56 contains 34 audio cassettes
- Notes
- There are artefacts in the heritage collection associated with this fonds - flags, shirts, logos, pins, business cards, luggage tags etc.
- Name Access
- Spear, Peter
- Everest '82
- Subject Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Avalanches
- Calgary
- Camps
- Canada
- Climbing
- Clothing and dress
- Columbia Icefield
- Communications
- Conferences and conventions
- Daily routines
- Education
- Winter Sports
- Helicopters
- India
- Legal and Financial
- Mountaineering
- Mountaineers
- Newspaper clippings
- Organizations
- Portraits
- Public events
- Shopping lists
- Sports
- Transportation
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Bangkok
- Thailand
- Kathmandu
- England
- London
- Nepal
- Access Restrictions
- Some personal mailing addresses in M562/C - Correspondence
- Language
- English
- Location (Copy)
- Copy of Peter Spear's diary in case file
- Related Material
- John Amatt fonds
- Creator
- Peter Spear
- Title Source
- Title based on contents
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Moraine Lake, Gold Train, Mt. Athabasca, CPR Trains Oversize Prints
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 3 oversized prints (16 x 20 inches) and two slightly larger posters / prints, colour, taken by Nicholas Morant. Content pertains to views of Moraine Lake in the summer, a cargo train turning a corner (possibly in the early morning), Mt. Athabasca, a CPR Diesel-Electric Locomotive a…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1960 - ca. 1980]
- Reference Code
- V500 / II / C / 5 / PA - 44 to 48 O.S.
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Poster
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Sous-Fonds
- V500
- Sub-Series
- V500 / II / C / 5 : Professional Photography
- Accession Number
- 7784
- Reference Code
- V500 / II / C / 5 / PA - 44 to 48 O.S.
- Responsibility
- Nicholas Morant, Canadian Pacific
- Date Range
- [ca. 1960 - ca. 1980]
- Physical Description
- 3 Posters: prints; colour
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 3 oversized prints (16 x 20 inches) and two slightly larger posters / prints, colour, taken by Nicholas Morant. Content pertains to views of Moraine Lake in the summer, a cargo train turning a corner (possibly in the early morning), Mt. Athabasca, a CPR Diesel-Electric Locomotive at Jackfish Curve (Lake Superior), and a CPR train front view.
- Notes
- First three items were originally stored together in a poster tube, labelled: "16 x 20 MORAINE GOLD TRAIN MT. ATHABASCA" Shipping label: "CP Rail MR. N. Morant P.O. Box 1288 Banff, Alberta c/o Station Agent Banff, Alta." Canadian Pacific Label: "Value Label CP Rail E 46 - 22 - 24" Other items were unlabelled, stored loose.
- Subject Access
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Train
- Travel
- tourism
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Ontario
- Lake Superior
- Jackfish Curve
- Moraine Lake
- 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 mylar barriers to prevent surface damage.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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National Dream Tunnel Shot
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 2 duplicate poster-sized b&w prints depicting a train entering a tunnel. Content pertains to image produced by Nicholas Morant for 1973 television series 'The National Dream' re: the Canadian Pacific Railway.
- Date Range
- [1973]
- Reference Code
- V500 / II / C / 5 / PA - 42 to 43 O.S.
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph print
- Photograph
- Poster
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Sous-Fonds
- V500
- Sub-Series
- V500 / II / C / 5 : Professional Photography
- Accession Number
- 7784
- Reference Code
- V500 / II / C / 5 / PA - 42 to 43 O.S.
- Responsibility
- Nicholas Morant
- Date Range
- [1973]
- Physical Description
- 2 Photographs : poster prints ; b&w
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 2 duplicate poster-sized b&w prints depicting a train entering a tunnel. Content pertains to image produced by Nicholas Morant for 1973 television series 'The National Dream' re: the Canadian Pacific Railway.
- Notes
- Posters originally packaged separately in large poster tubes, both labelled 'National Dream Tunnel Shot'. 1 mailed to Nicholas Morant from 'Jean Taillon, Manager, Photographic Services, Corporate Communications and Public Affairs, CP Rail, Montreal Quebec'. 1 mailed to Morant from 'Arnold Harrington, Manager, Photographic Services, Corporate Communications and Public Affairs, CP Rail, Montreal Quebec'; value label ‘E 46-33-78'. Both sent to Morant while he was living in Banff, Alberta; one PO Box 1288 (Jean Taillon copy), one sent to ‘C/O Station Agent’ (no dates).
- Storage Range
- In oversize storage as V500 / II / C / 5 / PA - 42 O.S. to V500 / II / C / 5 / PA - 43 O.S.
- Subject Access
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Trains
- Travel
- Television
- National Dream
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Quebec
- 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 are stored in protective mylar sheets to prevent surface damage from contact with other items.
- Creator
- Nicholas Morant
- Title Source
- Title provided by content creator
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Dorothy Wardle fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 1 album comprised of 69 black and white photographs, 17.5 x 11 cm or smaller. File pertains to various family trips and outings with family and friends (including Carl Rungius), primarily in the 1940s. File documents Wardle family trips to Wolfe Island (Ontario), the Seigniory Club…
- Date Range
- 1939-1951
- 1939
- 1944
- 1945-1950
- 1948
- 1951
- Reference Code
- V75 / I / PD - 3
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph print
- Poster
- Part Of
- Dorothy Wardle fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M521 / V75
- Series
- V75 / I : Wardle Family, c.1912-1971
- Sous-Fonds
- V75
- Accession Number
- 7504
- Reference Code
- V75 / I / PD - 3
- Date Range
- 1939-1951
- 1939
- 1944
- 1945-1950
- 1948
- 1951
- Physical Description
- 1 album (69 photographs : b&w ; 17.5 x 11 cm or smaller)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 1 album comprised of 69 black and white photographs, 17.5 x 11 cm or smaller. File pertains to various family trips and outings with family and friends (including Carl Rungius), primarily in the 1940s. File documents Wardle family trips to Wolfe Island (Ontario), the Seigniory Club in Montebello (Quebec), Banff-Windermere, Assiniboine, Takakkaw Falls, Yoho National Park, Mount Wardle, Bull Creek Ranch (High River), Collins Bay (Ontario), Ghost River, Lake Louise, Kingston (Ontario), and Washington, D.C., Atlantic City, and New York (USA). Includes photographs of family and friends, landmarks and scenery, picnics, James Wardle in front of the sign for Mt. Wardle, and Carl Rungius (1948-1950).
- Notes
- Album was a gift from Dorothy to her mother, Leette, for her birthday. It is signed: "To Mother for her birthday, May 24, 1951. With love from Dorie."
- Album is also labelled "Volume II: Trips, Family, Friends."
- V75 / I / PD - 2 is Volume I. Both albums were given to Leette from Dorothy as a birthday present on May 24, 1951.
- Album is green with "Photo Album" written in gold on the front, it is bound with a green tassel.
- Name Access
- Wardle, Dorothy
- Wardle, James M.
- Rungius, Carl
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Travel
- Picnics and picnicking
- Skiing
- Scenery
- Beach
- Holidays
- Horseback riding
- Leisure
- Mountain
- Personal and Family Life
- Geographic Access
- Banff National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Windermere
- Lake Louise
- United States of America
- New York
- Assiniboine
- Ghost River
- Quebec
- Ontario
- Canada
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- V75 / I / PD - 2
- Creator
- Wardle, Dorothy
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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