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Nicholas Morant fonds

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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

Category: Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel; Transportation

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 and Catharine Whyte fonds

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of papers, photographs and sound recordings of Peter and Catharine Whyte and the papers and photographs of their respective families. Consists of three sous-fonds: V683, S37 and M36. M36 and S37 consists of three series. Series I: Peter and Catharine Whyte, Series II: Robb and Morse …

Date Range: 1856-1980

Reference Code: M36 / S37 / V683

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Drawing; Motion picture; Film; Photograph; Album; Ambrotype; Cased photograph; Daguerreotype; Negative; Photograph print; Postcard; Tintype; Transparency; Sound recording; Cassette; Reel to reel; Textual record; Plan; Poster; Private record; Published record

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Sous-Fonds: TBD

Accession Number: 3069 and various

Reference Code: M36 / S37 / V683

GMD: Drawing; Motion picture; Film; Photograph; Album; Ambrotype; Cased photograph; Daguerreotype; Negative; Photograph print; Postcard; Tintype; Transparency; Sound recording; Cassette; Reel to reel; Textual record; Plan; Poster; Private record; Published record

Other Title Info: Also known as the Whyte family fonds

Date Range: 1856-1980

Physical Description: 25 m of textual records. -- ca.46,000 photographs : prints, albums, postcards, cased photographs, transparencies, negatives. -- 178 sound recordings : audio tape reels, audio tape cassettes. -- 6 motion pictures (and film strips)

History / Biographical: Peter and Catharine Whyte were artists, photographers, outdoor enthusiasts, travelers, philanthropists and cultural workers at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Peter Whyte, 1905-1966, was born at Banff in 1905 to pioneer merchant Dave White and Annie (Curren) White. He was an accomplished skier and ski jumper and one of the region's first native-born painters with an intimate knowledge of the mountains and was an active photographer from ca.1920 until the 1950s. Peter Whyte studied art at the Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, 1923-1924, and at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Boston, 1925, where he met Catharine Robb. Catharine Robb Whyte, 1906-1979, was born in 1906 at Concord, Massachusetts and grew up amongst the wealth and creativity of the Robb and Morse families. She studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Boston, 1925-1929.; Following their marriage in 1930, the Whytes pursued a life of painting, photography, hiking, skiing and travelling. Their log home and studio in Banff became a focal point for their artist friends, Stoney Indians and local pioneers. Catharine shared Pete's involvement in skiing and hiking organizations and together they managed Skoki Lodge from 1932-1934. In following years, the Whytes travelled extensively. During the Second World War, Peter served in the reserve army, with the Royal Canadian Air Force as a photographer and, briefly, as an official war artist. Catharine continued to paint and maintain their home and, when possible, accompanied Pete to his military postings. In civilian life, Pete resumed his art career, explored new photographic techniques and sculpted.; Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, the Whytes formulated plans for a foundation to preserve the art and history of the Canadian Rockies. Plans for a building to house an archives, public library and gallery were in preparation when Pete died in 1966. The Peter Whyte Foundation was named in his honour. Catharine immersed herself in the development of what is now the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, in the cultural community, painting, outdoor activity, travel and work with the Stoney First Nations. She became a more active photographer, recording her travels and outdoor pursuits. She served in an official capacity with numerous cultural and charitable organizations, was a patron to individuals studying art and music, and supported numerous causes relating to the Stoney First Nations. Catharine also supported causes related to multiculturalism, regional culture and recreation, and cancer research. Despite her modesty and often anonymous patronage of causes, Catharine was recognized with numerous awards and honours, including the Order of Canada in 1978. She died in Banff in 1979.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of papers, photographs and sound recordings of Peter and Catharine Whyte and the papers and photographs of their respective families. Consists of three sous-fonds: V683, S37 and M36. M36 and S37 consists of three series. Series I: Peter and Catharine Whyte, Series II: Robb and Morse families, Series III: White and Curren families. Within Series I, there are four Sub-series: Series: A. Catharine Robb Whyte papers; B. Peter Whyte papers; C. Peter and Catharine Whyte papers accessioned after 2017; D. Peter and Catharine Whyte sound recordings.

Name Access: Whyte, Peter; Whyte, Catharine

Subject Access: Arts; Communications; Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; First nations; Sports, recreation and leisure

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; sous-fonds, series and file description for textual; sub-series and group description for photographs; item description, subject/proper name index, and summaries for sound recordings; reference copies for sound recordings

Creator: Whyte, Peter; Whyte, Catharine

Category: Arts; Communications; Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; First nations; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Exhibition and gallery files

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 5 files of catalogues, correspondence and bulletins

Date Range: 1957-1993

Reference Code: M300 / C2 / 73 to 77

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 / 73 to 77

Date Range: 1957-1993

Physical Description: 12 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 5 files of catalogues, correspondence and bulletins

Title Source: Title based on contents of files. File titles assigned during monetary appraisal

Content Details: LIST OF FILES (V500 / C2 / 73 to 77) :; * Museum of Fine Arts, Boston bulletin 1957 (M300/C2/73); * Ellis Memorial Antiques Show catalogue 1960 (M300/C2/74); * Metropolitan Museum of Art Catalogues 1977-1993, 6 issues (M300/C2/75); * Smithsonian Institute catalogues 1990, 2 issues (M300/C2/76); * Smithsonian Institution catalogue 1993 (M300/C2/77)

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Personal files

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 4 files of correspondence and articles

Date Range: 1972-1981

Reference Code: M300 / C2 / 78 to 81

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 / 78 to 81

Date Range: 1972-1981

Physical Description: 5 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 4 files of correspondence and articles

Title Source: Title based on contents of files. File titles assigned during monetary appraisal

Content Details: LIST OF CONTENTS (V500 / C2 / 78 to 81) :; * Fuimas, 1971-1972, file contain memoirs by Howden. Includes letter to Morant from the author (V500/C2/78); * Lost and found correspondence, 1978 (V500/C2/79); * Retirement correspondence, [ca.1980], includes 15 prints (V500/C2/80); * Articles on Morant, 1981-1988, articles written about Morant in "Western Living", "Rail News" and "VIA Directions" (V500/C2/81)

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Photography print material

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of catalogues, equipment guides and handbooks, price lists

Date Range: 1912-1987

Reference Code: M300 / C2 / 38 to 58

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 / 38 to 58

Date Range: 1912-1987

Physical Description: ca.30 cm of print material and textual records

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of catalogues, equipment guides and handbooks, price lists

Title Source: Title based on contents of files. File titles assigned during monetary appraisal

Content Details: CONTENTS OF SUB-SERIES (M300 / C2 / 38 to 58) :; * Linhof catalogues (M300/C2/38); * Leica catalogues (M300/C2/39); * Camera literature (Pentax, Mamiyas, Leica, Linhof) (M300/C2/40); * Old Kodak Literature (M300/C2/41); * Texture screens, Calumet catalogue, camera equipment catalogue (M300/C2/42); * Braun Flash, Kindermann list, Munshaw list 1966 (M300/C2/43); * Kodak condensed price list 1951 (M300/C2/44); * Photography of H. Armstrong Roberts (stock photography catalogue) (M300/C2/45); * General Motors photographic division 1957 (M300/C2/46); * Zone VI Studios catalogues, 1982-1987, 8 items (M300/C2/47); * Instruction book - Kodak film tank (August 1912) (M300/C2/48); * Kodak reference handbook, 3 Kodak photographic handbooks (for material supplementing the Kodak handbooks) (M300/C2/49,50,51); * Child's Guide to Photo Chemistry pamphlet (M300/C2/52); * Kodak Book of Formulas (1938) (M300/C2/53); * Kodak Professional Products catalogue (1983-84) (M300/C2/54); * McBain Camera (Edmonton) price catalogue (1981) (M300/C2/55); * PhotoLec (Vancouver) stock & price catalogue 1956, 1958, 1959 (M300/C2/56,57); * Comstock stock photo agency information, photographs (M300/C2/58)

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Photography records

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Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 4 files pertaining to film-making

Date Range: 1976-1989

Reference Code: M300 / C2 / 33 to 37

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 / 33 to 37

Date Range: 1976-1989

Physical Description: 8 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 4 files pertaining to film-making

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series. File titles assigned during monetary appraisal

Content Details: LIST OF FILES (M300 / C2 / 33 to 37) :; * Silver Streak records, 1976, includes script, correspondence, call sheets, locations, photographs (M300/C2/33,34); * Superman, 1977, includes correspondence and shooting list (M300/C2/35); * Beaver Valley dope document, 1982, pertains to shooting locations (M300/C2/36); * CBC / BBC correspondence, 1985, 1990 (M300/C2/37)

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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 publications

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 18 files of publications, including Spanner and Rail News; also papers pertaining to publications

Date Range: 1969-1994

Reference Code: M300 / C2 / 8 to 24

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 / 8 to 24

Date Range: 1969-1994

Physical Description: ca.30 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 18 files of publications, including Spanner and Rail News; also papers pertaining to publications

Title Source: Title based on contents of files. File titles assigned during monetary appraisal

Content Details: LIST OF FILES (M300 / C2 / 8 to ) :; * Spanner stories (1969) (M300/C2/8); * Spanner dope sheets 1971-2 (M300/C2/9); * Spanner stories (1975) (M300/C2/10); * Spanner stories (1976) (M300/C2/11); * Rail News stories (1977) (M300/C2/12); * Rail News stories (1978) (M300/C2/13); * Rail News stories (1979) (M300/C2/14); * Rail News stories (1980, 1981) (M300/C2/15); * Rail News stories (1982) (M300/C2/16); * Rail News "Sons of Martha" (M300/C2/17); * "Sons of Martha", Harry McLean (M300/C2/18,19); * Rail News - 4 files of stories (M300/C2/20,21); * Spanner / Rail News correspondence, 1969-1980 (M300/C2/22); * Canadian Railway Scenes - calendars 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994 (M300/C2/23); * Canadian Railway Scenes - greeting cards (4 different Morant photographs) (M300/C2/24)

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Railway timetables

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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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Topical files, numbered – group A

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of topical files pertaining the railways and the Canadian Pacific Railway, 45 files

Date Range: [ca.1930-ca.1980]

Reference Code: M300 / C1 / 1 to 48

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 / C1 / 1 to 48

Date Range: [ca.1930-ca.1980]

Physical Description: ca.50 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of topical files pertaining the railways and the Canadian Pacific Railway, 45 files

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series. Most file titles are an abbreviated version of Morant's original title. Some file titles were supplied at the time of monetary appraisal

Content Details: LIST OF FILES (M300 / C1) :; A1 : early photographs of the Canadian Pacific Railway (M300/C1/1); A2 : CPR Times, biographical sketch (M300/C1/2); A3 : Royal Tour 1939 (M300/C1/3); A4 : early CPR cards and menus and old timetables (M300/C1/4); A4a : early CPR and Canadian National Railway timetables (M300/C1/5); A5 : last CPR passenger timecard and first Via Rail timetable, 1977 (M300/C1/6); A6 : early CPR hotel brochures that include Morant photographs (M300/C1/7); A7 : Alaska cruise mementos (M300/C1/8); A8 : Empress of Canada and Empress of England menu cards, 1967 (M300/C1/9); A10 : information on narrow gauge locomotive wreck, Canadian Pacific Railway, near Cathedral Mountain, Yoho (M300/C1/10); A11 : Connaught and Spiral Tunnels (M300/C1/11); A12 : early blueprint of Stony Creek Bridge near Glacier, BC (M300/C1/12); A13 : the Lethbridge viaduct, Alberta (M300/C1/13); A14 : early line diversions at Field and Revelstoke, BC (M300/C1/14); A15 : underground rivers in the Glacier, BC area (M300/C1/15); A16 : early railway advertising brochures (M300/C1/16,17,18); A16a early across Canada CP brochures re Canadian Pacific Railway (M300/C1/19); A17 : Edison movie Company 1910 films (M300/C1/20); A18 : Railroading and the supernatural (M300/C1/21); A19 : "The Big Railway", a British publication using Morant photographs (M300/C1/22); A21 : CP Telegraph blanks and stationery (M300/C1/23); A22 : information on air brakes re the Big Hill at Field, BC (M300/C1/24); A23 : early CPR passes (M300/C1/25); A24 : CP Centennial 1981 (M300/C1/26); A25 : CPR hotel menu cards (M300/C1/27,28); A26 : Centennial CP special issue (M300/C1/29); A27 : photograph by R. H. Trueman (M300/C1/30); A28 : CP Centennial picnic album (M300/C1/31); A29 : report on the origin of the Palliser Hotel chandeliers (M300/C1/32); A30 : the wreck of a day-liner on Calgary-Edmonton branch line (M300/C1/33); A31 : brochures from the Canadian Rockies (M300/C1/34); A32 : CP hotel brochures from the eastern region (M300/C1/35); A33 : CP hotel brochures from the western region (M300/C1/36); A34 : early brochures re Alaska (M300/C1/37); A35 : CP Airlines brochures (M300/C1/38); A36 : early ski brochures and Trail Rider of the Canadian Rockies bulletins (M300/C1/39); A38 : Jack Peach on mountain railroading (M300/C1/40); A39 : agricultural research at the Strathmore CP farm (M300/C1/41); A39a : Jack Peach discussing silk trains (M300/C1/42); A40 : technical data re cataracts and Gimbel Clinic (M300/C1/43); A41 : reproduction of "Rogers Pass Herald", 1981 (M300/C1/44); A42 : early government brochure on the Icefield Highway (M300/C1/45); A43 : early VIA Rail memorabilia (M300/C1/46); A44 : Canadian Pacific Railway poster of a steam locomotive featuring original gouache artwork by Peter Ewart (M300/C1/47); A45 : Old Chateau Frontenac luncheon menu card, 1956 (M300/C1/48)

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Topical files, numbered – group B

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions21659

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of topical files pertaining to Nick Morant, including articles, calendars, letters, notebook; also to a variety of other topics. Consists of 13 files

Date Range: [ca.1930-ca.1980]

Reference Code: M300 / C1 / 49 to 61

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 / C1 / 49 to 61

Date Range: [ca.1930-ca.1980]

Physical Description: ca.15 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of topical files pertaining to Nick Morant, including articles, calendars, letters, notebook; also to a variety of other topics. Consists of 13 files

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series. Most file titles are an abbreviated version of Morant's original title. Some file titles were supplied at the time of monetary appraisal

Content Details: LIST OF FILES (M300 / C1 / 49 to 61) :; B5 : Old English composition exercise book, Nick Morant, University School, 1928 (M300/C1/49); B9 : Old letters . . . Lowell Thomas, exchange of government letters, exchange of Readers Digest art ed, etc (M300/C1/50); B10 : "Winnipeg Free Press" calendar (M300/C1/51); B11 : articles about Nicholas Morant (M300/C1/52); B11a : two issues of "Liberty Magazine" that contain an article about Nicholas Morant (M300/C1/53); B12 : Crest Collection (M300/C1/54); B14 : miscellaneous material (M300/C1/55); B15 : Redcliff Automobile Manufacturing plant (M300/C1/56); B16 : CP Empress ship passenger list 1911 (M300/C1/57); B17 : issue of "Canadian Photography" with biography of Morant (M300/C1/58); B18 : issue of "Studio Light" with biography of Morant (M300/C1/59); B19 : lecture and music schedule (M300/C1/60); B20 : issue of "Western Living" with biography of Morant (M300/C1/61)

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Topical files, numbered – group C

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions21660

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 12 topical files on a wide variety of topics. Includes files of clippings, newspapers, articles, newspaper columns by Nick Morant, and other material

Date Range: [ca.1930-ca.1980]

Reference Code: M300 / C1 / 62 to 73

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 / C1 / 62 to 73

Date Range: [ca.1930-ca.1980]

Physical Description: 10 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 12 topical files on a wide variety of topics. Includes files of clippings, newspapers, articles, newspaper columns by Nick Morant, and other material

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series. Most file titles are an abbreviated version of Morant's original title. Some file titles were supplied at the time of monetary appraisal

Content Details: LIST OF FILES (M300 / C1 / 62 to 73); C1 : clippings re grizzly attack (M300/C1/62); C2 Saturday Snapshots : "Saturday Snapshots" was Nicholas Morant's column in the "Winnipeg Free Press" (M300/C1/63); C3 : clippings from "Courier" (M300/C1/64); C4 : early clippings (M300/C1/65); C5 : early newspapers (M300/C1/66); C6 : "Morley First Nation Millionaires" re income from gas reserves (M300/C1/67); C7 : destruction of Challenger space shuttle (M300/C1/68); C9 : Royal Scot locomotive (M300/C1/69); C10 : the Grand Staircase of the Manitoba Legislature (M300/C1/70); C11 : "Kamloops Views" (M300/C1/71); C12 : early railway copies (M300/C1/72); C13 : article on Canadian farewell to Crump (M300/C1/73)

Processing Status: Processed

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Topical files, numbered – group D

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions21661

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 14 topical files on a variety of topics. Files include drawings, brochures, clippings, newspapers, articles, viewbooks, items containing photographs by Nick Morant, and other material

Date Range: [ca.1930-ca.1980]

Reference Code: M300 / C1 / 74 to 87

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 / C1 / 74 to 87

Date Range: [ca.1930-ca.1980]

Physical Description: ca.15 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 14 topical files on a variety of topics. Files include drawings, brochures, clippings, newspapers, articles, viewbooks, items containing photographs by Nick Morant, and other material

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series. Most file titles are an abbreviated version of Morant's original title. Some file titles were supplied at the time of monetary appraisal

Content Details: LIST OF FILES (M300 / C1 / 74 to 87 ) :; D1 : High class printing of European brochures (M300/C1/74); D2 : Harmon viewbooks, some with Morant photographs (M300/C1/75); D4 : Swiss mountain locomotive drawings (M300/C1/76); D5 : "Confederation and Canadian Pacific" brochure, 1927 (M300/C1/77); D6 : "Waggon Road to North" re Caribou road (M300/C1/78); D7 : Great CP Exhibition (M300/C1/79); D8 : Canadian Pacific Railway Community Train brochures (M300/C1/80); D9 : biographical material on Carl Rungius (M300/C1/81); D10 : illuminated address to Morant, 1937 (M300/C1/82); D11 : Winnipeg calendar, 1936, with photographs by Morant (M300/C1/83); D12 : Wapta Lake Bungalow Camp (M300/C1/84); D13 : miscellaneous clippings (M300/C1/85); D14 : proof sheets of "Reader's Digest" covers by Morant (M300/C1/86); D15 : "Walhachin Story" (M300/C1/87)

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Topical files, numbered – group H

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions21662

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 7 topical files on a variety of topics. Files include notes, articles and biographic information

Date Range: [ca.1930-ca.1980]

Reference Code: M300 / C1 / 88 to 94

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 / C1 / 88 to 94

Date Range: [ca.1930-ca.1980]

Physical Description: 5 cm of textual records (7 files)

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 7 topical files on a variety of topics. Files include notes, articles and biographic information

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series. Most file titles are an abbreviated version of Morant's original title. Some file titles were supplied at the time of monetary appraisal

Content Details: LIST OF FILES (M300 / C1 / 88 to 94) :; H1 : notes from an early RNWMP ledger re Fort Steele (M300/C1/88); H2 : early radio literature (M300/C1/89); H3 : pertain to Martin Itjen of Skagway, Alaska (M300/C1/90); H4 : Joe Smith, the "Castle Mountain hermit" (M300/C1/91); H5 : biographical information on Jim Brewster (M300/C1/92); H6 : articles on 1950 flood from the "Winnipeg Free Press" (M300/C1/93); H7 : head-on collision at Hinton, 1986 (M300/C1/94)

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Topical files, numbered – group P

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions21663

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 7 topical files on a variety of topics. Files include photographs, Christmas cards, story and other material

Date Range: [ca.1930-ca.1980]

Reference Code: M300 / C1 / 95 to 101

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 / C1 / 95 to 101

Date Range: [ca.1930-ca.1980]

Physical Description: 10 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 7 topical files on a variety of topics. Files include photographs, Christmas cards, story and other material

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series. Most file titles are an abbreviated version of Morant's original title. Some file titles were supplied at the time of monetary appraisal

Content Details: LIST OF FILES (M300 / C1 / 95 to 101) :; P4 : George Ross photographic collection (M300/C1/95); P5 : George Ross photographic collection (M300/C1/96); P12 : Charles & Mrs : Woods (M300/C1/97); P15 : Clarence Tillenius Christmas cards (M300/C1/98); P16 : BC government donation receipt form re Morant's father's Democrat [buggy] (M300/C1/99); P17 : railway view known as "Morant curve" (M300/C1/100); P18 : Crippen murder story (M300/C1/101)

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Topical files, numbered – group R

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions21664

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 28 topical files on a variety of formats and topics, including railways and personalitites

Date Range: [ca.1930-ca.1980]

Reference Code: M300 / C1 / 102 to 129

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 / C1 / 102 to 129

Date Range: [ca.1930-ca.1980]

Physical Description: ca.35 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 28 topical files on a variety of formats and topics, including railways and personalitites

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series. Most file titles are an abbreviated version of Morant's original title. Some file titles were supplied at the time of monetary appraisal

Content Details: LIST OF FILES (M300 / C1 / 102 to 129) :; R2 : plans for Swiss houses (M300/C1/102); R4 : information on early typewriters (M300/C1/103); R5 : scripts and correspondence for Greenland TV commercial assignment (M300/C1/104); R6 : parts catalogue for a Judson gas engine (M300/C1/105); R7 : 5900 Selkirk locomotives (M300/C1/106); R8 : early reference re CP hotels (M300/C1/107); R9 : "Strom's Wrangler" (M300/C1/108); R10 : clippings re Bankhead and Silver City (M300/C1/109); R11 : Rocky Mountain surveys by Mankin (M300/C1/110); R12 : information re Glacier avalanche (M300/C1/111); R13 : early advertising letters (M300/C1/112); R14 : historic pullman cars (M300/C1/113); R15 : Regina music box (M300/C1/114); R16 : reference material re Banff (M300/C1/115); R19 : sternwheelers in British Columbia (M300/C1/116); R20 : Connaught Tunnel (M300/C1/117); R21 : Connaught Tunnel (M300/C1/118); R22 : Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance (M300/C1/119); R23 : Peter and Catherine Whyte (M300/C1/120); R25 : clipping re history of Associated Screen News (M300/C1/121); R26 : Langdon Kihn - celebrated Indigenous painter (M300/C1/122); R28 : photogravures by Nicholas Morant from "Star Weekly" (M300/C1/123); R29 : Tiffany glass (M300/C1/124); R30 : issue of "VIA Destinations" with story on Morant (M300/C1/125); R31 : Railroading and the supernatural series by Morant (M300/C1/126); R32 : the White Pass & Yukon Railway (M300/C1/127); R33 : biography of Grey Owl (M300/C1/128); R34 : article on Peter and Catharine Whyte (M300/C1/129)

Processing Status: Processed

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Travel files

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions21626

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 13 files pertaining to world travel destinations

Date Range: [ca.1940-ca.1985?]

Reference Code: M300 / C2 / 59 to 72

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 / 59 to 72

Date Range: [ca.1940-ca.1985?]

Physical Description: ca.20 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 13 files pertaining to world travel destinations

Title Source: Title based on contents of files. File titles assigned during monetary appraisal

Content Details: LIST OF FILES (V500 / C2 / 59 to 72) :; * Canada, Arctic (M300/C2/59,60); * New Brunswick, Nova Scotia (M300/C2/61); * Alaska, Australia (M300/C2/62); * Mexico (M300/C2/63); * South America, Peru, Mexico (M300/C2/64); * Peru (M300/C2/65); * West Indies, Central America, Pacific Ocean, South sea islands, Hawaii (M300/C2/66); * Europe, British Isles, near East, western Europe, Switzerland, Soviet Union, Spain and Portugal (M300/C2/67); * Rome, Italy, France, CP Trail Riders map, England (M300/C2/68); * Asia, Vietnam, south-east Asia, Asian continent, China, Japan (M300/C2/69); * Africa (M300/C2/70); * North America, United States assorted maps, New York City, Los Angeles, vacationlands in U.S.A. (M300/C2/71); * Old road maps (M300/C2/72)

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