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Ron Duke fonds
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- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds is a commercial negative collection from more than 4000 professional jobs. Includes family, personal and school portraits, weddings, conventions and passport photographs; Banff School of Fine Arts classes, activities, productions, business and convention programs; photographs of government a…
- Date Range
- [ca.1900, ca.1930-ca.1975]
- Reference Code
- M175 / V180
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Postcard
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 175
- V 180
- Sous-Fonds
- M 175
- V 180
- Accession Number
- 168, 232, 1572, 1593, 1644, 1868, 2626, 3379, 5772
- Reference Code
- M175 / V180
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Postcard
- Private record
- Published record
- Responsibility
- Fonds includes primarily the private business records of Ron Duke, including the work of some predecessors. Images attributed to Bill Jamieson, working in the employ of George Noble, are V180 / II.A.i. through V180 / II.A.vi., and V180 / III.A.- 1 to 51.
- Date Range
- [ca.1900, ca.1930-ca.1975]
- Physical Description
- ca.40,000 photographs (ca.38,400 negatives, ca.800 prints, ca.800 transparencies). -- 1 photograph album. -- 3 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- Ronald Leslie Duke, 1912-1978, was a professional photographer at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Born in Calgary, Alberta, Duke was educated at Calgary, Banff and the University of Washington in Seattle, USA. After wartime service with the National Film Board of Canada, Ron Duke returned to Banff, where he worked in the photography business for the next thirty years. Here he formed a link in a business lineage of photographers, including George Noble, and was for a time an employee of Noble's corporate successors. After 1958, Duke worked closely with the Banff School of Fine Arts, photographing productions and providing documentary services. After sustaining considerable damage in a fire which destroyed Banff's Mount Royal Hotel in 1967, Ron Duke's business resumed and, in partnership with George Baracos, continued until retirement in 1975.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds is a commercial negative collection from more than 4000 professional jobs. Includes family, personal and school portraits, weddings, conventions and passport photographs; Banff School of Fine Arts classes, activities, productions, business and convention programs; photographs of government and private construction, commercial and industrial projects, Banff National Park; Banff community life, including Banff Winter Carnival, sports and recreation, Banff High School, Banff activities, places and events; personal and occupational photographs arising from Duke's interest in aeronautics, work with the Canadian Army, World War II, and involvement in the oil industry, 1930s; scenic and landscape photographs. Most pertain to Banff National Park; also Vancouver, British Columbia; Seattle, United States; Turner Valley, Alberta and Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.
- Textual records include job registers, 2 v.; samples of works orders, price lists, letters, equipment lists, invoices, receipts and technical information, mainly pertaining to business, some personal items; brochures, publications and postcards containing credited or attributed Ron Duke photographs.
- Name Access
- Duke, Ron
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Buildings and facilities
- Community life
- Commerce and industry
- Education
- Family and personal life
- 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: series and file description
- electronic finding aid
- Creator
- Duke, Ron
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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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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Business records series. -- [ca.1950-ca.1970]
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- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Scope & Content
- Textual records include job registers, 2 vol.; samples of works orders, price lists, letters, equipment lists, invoices, receipts and technical information, mainly pertaining to business, some personal items; brochures, publications and postcards containing credited or attributed Ron Duke photograp…
- Reference Code
- M175
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Series
- VII. Business records
- Reference Code
- M175
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records.
- Scope & Content
- Textual records include job registers, 2 vol.; samples of works orders, price lists, letters, equipment lists, invoices, receipts and technical information, mainly pertaining to business, some personal items; brochures, publications and postcards containing credited or attributed Ron Duke photographs
- Related Material
- Constitutes Series VII of the Ron Duke fonds
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of series
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Early material series. -- [ca.1934-ca.1950]
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- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of five sub-series: A. Aircraft prints, ca.1934, ca.160 prints; produced when Duke worked for the Boeing Company while studying aeronautical engineering in Seattle. B. Wartime work, ca.1940-ca.1945, ca.164 negatives; produced for the National Film Board of Canada. Pertains mainly t…
- Reference Code
- V180 / I
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Series
- I. Early material
- Reference Code
- V180 / I
- Physical Description
- ca.4100 photographs : negatives, prints
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of five sub-series:
- A. Aircraft prints, ca.1934, ca.160 prints; produced when Duke worked for the Boeing Company while studying aeronautical engineering in Seattle.
- B. Wartime work, ca.1940-ca.1945, ca.164 negatives; produced for the National Film Board of Canada. Pertains mainly to military and government operations, but also includes some personal and family material.
- C. Oil industry material, ca.1950, ca.360 items, mainly negatives; pertains to oil company operations in northern Alberta and northern Canada.
- D. Arranged groups, ca.1938-1951, ca.2360 negatives and prints. Consists of numerical groups, ca.1938-1948, ca.1200 negatives and ca.160 prints; and subject groups, 1949-1951, ca.800 negatives. Includes group and individual portraits, weddings, scenic and landscape views, wildlife, sports, activities, businesses, buildings and facilities, other material.
- E. Other material, ca.1940-ca.1950, ca.1070 negatives and prints. Material pertains to construction at Norquay, 1946-1948, 50 prints and 36 negatives; animals, ca.1947, 14 prints; children's Christmas party, 1947, 22 prints and 13 negatives; and miscellaneous, ca.1940-ca.1950, 258 negatives and 30 prints
- Access Restrictions
- Access to negatives is by appointment only
- Finding Aid
- Arrangement outline and group-level inventory available for some sub-series
- Related Material
- Constitutes Series I of the Ron Duke fonds.
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- Title based on contents of series
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Banff School of Fine Arts and Banff School of Advanced Management photographs series. -- 1951-[ca.1969]
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- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Scope & Content
- Series includes: A. Banff School of Fine Arts, 1951-1956, 1958-1962, ca.2800 negatives and 46 prints. Includes classes in session, class and instructor group portraits, stage productions, buildings and grounds, exhibitions, events, art works. B. Banff School of Advanced Management, ca.1958-ca.196…
- Reference Code
- V180 / II
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Series
- II. Banff School of Fine Arts and Banff School of Advanced Management
- Reference Code
- V180 / II
- Responsibility
- Photographs in sub-series II.A. made prior to 1958 are attributed to Bill Jamieson, in the employ of George Noble. --
- Physical Description
- ca.2800 photographs : negatives, prints
- Scope & Content
- Series includes: A. Banff School of Fine Arts, 1951-1956, 1958-1962, ca.2800 negatives and 46 prints. Includes classes in session, class and instructor group portraits, stage productions, buildings and grounds, exhibitions, events, art works. B. Banff School of Advanced Management, ca.1958-ca.1969, ca.60 negatives; consists mainly of group shots of participants
- Subject Access
- Banff Centre
- Access Restrictions
- Access to negatives is by appointment only
- Finding Aid
- Arrangement outline and job-level inventory available
- Related Material
- Constitutes Series II of the Ron Duke fonds
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of series
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Commercial negatives series. -- 1952-1971
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- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of two sub-series: A. General commercial work, ca.1950-1971, ca.30,000 negatives. Includes a wide variety of portrait, events, commercial, project and convention photographs. Notable are photographs of Banff Winter Carnival and the Banff School of Fine Arts. B. Passport and citiz…
- Reference Code
- V180 / III
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Series
- III. Commercial negatives
- Reference Code
- V180 / III
- Responsibility
- A portion of the photographs in sub-series III.A. is attributed to Bill Jamieson, in the employ of George Noble (V180 / III.A.i. - 1 to 51). --
- Physical Description
- ca.32,000 photographs : negatives
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of two sub-series: A. General commercial work, ca.1950-1971, ca.30,000 negatives. Includes a wide variety of portrait, events, commercial, project and convention photographs. Notable are photographs of Banff Winter Carnival and the Banff School of Fine Arts. B. Passport and citizenship photographs, 1958-1959, 1966-1970, ca.2000 negatives
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
- Finding Aid
- Arrangement outline and job-level inventory available for sub-series A. List of names available for sub-series B
- Related Material
- Constitutes Series III of the Ron Duke fonds
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- Title based on contents of series
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R-107. Freight on prairie nr Broadview, Sask
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- Prairie scenes, Canadian Pacific Railway
- Date Range
- [between 1930 and 1980]
- Reference Code
- V500 / A2 / R-107
- 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 I
- Reference Code
- V500 / A2 / R-107
- Date Range
- [between 1930 and 1980]
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : negatives, film, b/w
- Scope & Content
- Prairie scenes, Canadian Pacific Railway
- Notes
- NM note: see also composite of whistle post 57-326
- Geographic Access
- Saskatchewan
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R-108. Upper Spiral Tunnel, men working with portable searchlight
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- Canadian Pacific Railway, Yoho National Park BC near Field
- Date Range
- [between 1930 and 1980]
- Reference Code
- V500 / A2 / R-108
- 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 I
- Reference Code
- V500 / A2 / R-108
- Date Range
- [between 1930 and 1980]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : negatives, film, b/w, 6x6 cm
- Scope & Content
- Canadian Pacific Railway, Yoho National Park BC near Field
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia
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R-109. Eastward freight entering Lower Spiral Tunnel, 1979
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- Canadian Pacific Railway, Yoho National Park BC near Field
- Date Range
- 1979
- Reference Code
- V500 / A2 / R-109
- 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 I
- Reference Code
- V500 / A2 / R-109
- Date Range
- 1979
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : negatives, film, b/w, colour
- Scope & Content
- Canadian Pacific Railway, Yoho National Park BC near Field
- Notes
- NM note: Spiral Tunnel west entrance, consecutively numbered locomotives, 1 hr apart
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia
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R-110. Undercutter passing thru tunnel along Field Hill
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- Canadian Pacific Railway, Yoho National Park BC near Field
- Date Range
- [between 1930 and 1980]
- Reference Code
- V500 / A2 / R-110
- 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 I
- Reference Code
- V500 / A2 / R-110
- Date Range
- [between 1930 and 1980]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative, film, b/w
- Scope & Content
- Canadian Pacific Railway, Yoho National Park BC near Field
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia
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