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1723 Copy of ‘A Life of Mahomet’ Possibly Morant’s (?) and Japanese Stamp Collection

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 2 books; one 18th century, one 20th century stamp book. Includes 1723 copy of ‘A Life of Mahomet’ by Humphrey Prideaux; missing front/back covers, replaced with plain brown paper covers. Handwritten title ‘Mahomet’ written on front cover and side binding in different handwritings; …

Date Range: 1723; [ca. 1900 - ca. 1920]; [ca. 1920 - ca. 1940]; [ca. 1940 - ca. 1960]

Reference Code: M300 / III / D / 5 / 91 and 95

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M300 / V500 / S20

Sous-Fonds: M300

Sub-Series: M300 / III / D / 5 : Personal Interest and Gifts

Accession Number: Unknown

Reference Code: M300 / III / D / 5 / 91 and 95

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Published record

Responsibility: Nicholas Morant (?), Nicholas Morant

Date Range: 1723; [ca. 1900 - ca. 1920]; [ca. 1920 - ca. 1940]; [ca. 1940 - ca. 1960]

Physical Description: 2 books (1 published, 1 stamp book)

History / Biographical: Humphrey Prideaux (1648-1724) was born in Cornwall and eventually became a Doctor of Divinity. Prideaux was an author of multiple textual works pertaining to faith and particularly Christianity. He was the Dean of Norwich from 1702 until his death in 1724.

Scope & Content: File consists of 2 books; one 18th century, one 20th century stamp book. Includes 1723 copy of ‘A Life of Mahomet’ by Humphrey Prideaux; missing front/back covers, replaced with plain brown paper covers. Handwritten title ‘Mahomet’ written on front cover and side binding in different handwritings; front believed to be by Nicholas Morant (?), side unknown. Also includes book of Japanese stamps collected by Nicholas Morant; many not dated, various designs and sizes, annotated on covers with Nicholas Morant's personal ink stamp.

Storage Range: In file box M300 / III / D / 5 / 75 to M300 / III / D / 5 / 91

Subject Access: Religion; Biography; Stamps; Postage

Geographic Access: England; Japan; Canada

Access Restrictions: Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified owner(s).

Reproduction Restrictions: Items in this file are not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of their identified owner(s).

Language: English

Conservation: 'Mahomet' book must be stored with protective barrier to prevent further damage (i.e. acid-free paper).

Creator: Humphrey Prideaux, Nicholas Morant

Biographical Source Notes: https://www.ccel.org/ccel/prideaux

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Assorted Professional Photographs and Images of Nicholas Morant (Multiple Creators)

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 49 b&w prints, various sizes, pertaining to a wide range of topics and dates. Contains professional photographs of Nicholas Morant at various ages, some of him working; picture of Nicholas Morant by Ivy Morant (1949) in a Beefeater costume, posing for a cover photograph for Christm…

Date Range: [ca. 1930 - ca. 1940]; [ca. 1940 - ca. 1944]; 1949; [ca. 1950 - ca. 1960]; 1964; ca. 1979; [ca. 1980]

Reference Code: V500 / II / C / 5 / PA - 600 to 648

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

8 images

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 - 600 to 648

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Responsibility: Produced by Nicholas Morant, Ivy 'Willie' Morant, Laird Brown and Ace Williams

Date Range: [ca. 1930 - ca. 1940]; [ca. 1940 - ca. 1944]; 1949; [ca. 1950 - ca. 1960]; 1964; ca. 1979; [ca. 1980]

Physical Description: 49 Photographs: prints; b&w

Scope & Content: File consists of 49 b&w prints, various sizes, pertaining to a wide range of topics and dates. Contains professional photographs of Nicholas Morant at various ages, some of him working; picture of Nicholas Morant by Ivy Morant (1949) in a Beefeater costume, posing for a cover photograph for Christmas dinner menus at Empress Hotel, 1949; pictures by unknown photographer(s) of Nicholas Morant taking WWII action shots, and other photographs by Morant of soldiers; other miscellaneous photographs by Nicholas Morant of balance beam performers, factory workers, staged promotional images, etc.

Storage Range: In file box V500 / II / C / 5 / PA - 326 to V500 / II / C / 5 / PA - 648

Name Access: Morant, Nicholas; Morant, Ivy

Subject Access: Empress Hotel; WWII; Performance

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; British Columbia

Access Restrictions: Photographic prints in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.

Reproduction Restrictions: Photographic prints in this file are not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.

Language: English

Conservation: Prints with ink or other risky materials attached need to be stored in mylar to protect adjacent prints. File must be stored in appropriate conditions.

Creator: Nicholas Morant, Ivy 'Willie' Morant, Laird Brown, Ace Williams

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Train Photographs and Young Morant Portrait

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 5 framed photographic prints. Content pertains to various railway scenes: one image of a steam train taken close-up with black tape secured around the edges; one image of a train turning a corner with a mountain in the background, in a gold-painted frame with an engraved border des…

Date Range: [ca. 1925 - ca. 1928]; [ca. 1930 - ca. 1940]; 1938; [ca. 1945 - ca. 1955]

Reference Code: V500 / III / D / 4 / PC - 1 to 5

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Framed print

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: V500

Sub-Series: V500 / III / D / 4 : Personal and Family Photography

Accession Number: 7784

Reference Code: V500 / III / D / 4 / PC - 1 to 5

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Framed print

Responsibility: Nicholas Morant

Date Range: [ca. 1925 - ca. 1928]; [ca. 1930 - ca. 1940]; 1938; [ca. 1945 - ca. 1955]

Physical Description: 5 Photographs: framed prints; b&w and colour

Scope & Content: File consists of 5 framed photographic prints. Content pertains to various railway scenes: one image of a steam train taken close-up with black tape secured around the edges; one image of a train turning a corner with a mountain in the background, in a gold-painted frame with an engraved border design; and 2 steam-pressed photographs on cork bases (one depicting a b&w photograph taken by Nicholas Morant in 1938 of a train at a set of signal lights with a forest, mountains and lake in the background, and one depicting a colour image of a train travelling through a rocky pass in the early morning (?) with a body of water on its left). Also consists of one b&w portrait of Nicholas Morant as a teenager, dressed formally, with a grey metal frame and raised 'bubble-shaped' glass front.

Notes: Item V500 / III / D / 4 / PC - 3 is very similar to a photograph by Ivy 'Willie' Morant (print labelled and stored as V500 / I / C1 / 6 / PA - 28 ).

Name Access: Morant, Nicholas

Subject Access: Trains; Portrait; Mountains; Landscapes; Lake; Canadian Pacific

Geographic Access: Canada; Canadian Rocky Mountains; British Columbia

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 packaging (i.e. acid-free paper) between them to protect them from physical damage.

Creator: Nicholas Morant

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Travel Documents and Maps (File 2 of 2)

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 5 maps, 3 stamps, ca.12 blank CP labels, 10 CP "value labels",1 notepad, 11 travel release forms (5 annotated) and 1 travel folder. Content pertains to travel documents and maps used by Nicholas Morant during work trips with Canadian Pacific and possibly some personal travel. Inclu…

Date Range: 1930; 1946; 1947; [ca. 1950 - ca. 1975]; 1966; 1977; 1978

Reference Code: M300 / III / A9 / 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Map; Organization record; Textual record; Corporate record

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: V500

Sub-Series: V500 / I / A : Nick and WIllie Morant

Accession Number: 7784

Reference Code: M300 / III / A9 / 2

GMD: Map; Organization record; Textual record; Corporate record

Responsibility: Collected by Nicholas Morant; corporate records for Canadian Pacific owned by Canadian Pacific company

Date Range: 1930; 1946; 1947; [ca. 1950 - ca. 1975]; 1966; 1977; 1978

Physical Description: ca. 43 Textual records: maps, stamps, labels, notepad, small travel folder, release forms

Scope & Content: File consists of 5 maps, 3 stamps, ca.12 blank CP labels, 10 CP "value labels",1 notepad, 11 travel release forms (5 annotated) and 1 travel folder. Content pertains to travel documents and maps used by Nicholas Morant during work trips with Canadian Pacific and possibly some personal travel. Includes maps of Alberta, Banff National Park, Yoho National Park, Jasper National Park; professional supplies (travel forms, shipping labels); 14-cent Canadian stamps (from XI Commonwealth Games in 1978); notepad with 2 pages of notes written by Nicholas Morant; and small blue travel-sized folder with pockets with CP Transport label on front.

Notes: CP Rail labels, stamps, value labels, blue folder and notepad originally stored in plastic wrapping labelled "ENVELOPES PAPER STAMPS VALUE LABELS" Travel release forms were originally stored in blue/grey CP Rail mailing envelope labelled "RR Releases" (stored in separate folder in same box) 1966 map of Alberta (fold-out map) and 3 maps of national parks were originally stored in large blue/grey Canadian Pacific envelope labelled "MAPS - PARKS ALBERTA SASKATCHEWAN ONTARIO" Large map of Alberta formerly stored in unlabelled plastic yellow bag with red cloth border (removed for conservation purposes) Items in this file were part of an original set of ca. 75 items; excess duplicates, blank pages and envelopes, non-annotated maps not relevant to the Canadian Rockies, etc. were discarded.

Storage Range: In file box M300 / III / A9

Name Access: Morant, Nicholas

Subject Access: Banff National Park; Canadian Pacific Railway; Jasper National Park; National parks and reserves; Parks; Records; Rocky Mountains; Travel; Yoho National Park

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; British Columbia; Canadian Rocky Mountains

Reproduction Restrictions: Items in this file are not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.

Language: English; French

Creator: Canadian Government, Government of Alberta, Government of Ontario, Canadian Pacific, National Parks of Canada

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Willie Morant's Letter Collection, Notes for John Garden Book, News Clipping

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 17 cards and letters, 5 pages of handwritten notes and one newspaper clipping. Content pertains to collection of personal notes/correspondence kept by Willie Morant, including letters from friends and anniversary cards sent between herself and husband Nicholas Morant on their 46th …

Date Range: [ca. 1975 - ca. 1990]; 1982; 1984; 1990; [ca. 1990]

Reference Code: M300 / I / D2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Private record

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: M300

Sub-Series: M300 / I / D2 : Photographs used by John Garden

Accession Number: 7784

Reference Code: M300 / I / D2

GMD: Textual record; Private record

Responsibility: Produced by Nicholas Morant

Date Range: [ca. 1975 - ca. 1990]; 1982; 1984; 1990; [ca. 1990]

Physical Description: 23 Textual records: cards/personal letters, handwritten notes, newspaper clipping

Scope & Content: File consists of 17 cards and letters, 5 pages of handwritten notes and one newspaper clipping. Content pertains to collection of personal notes/correspondence kept by Willie Morant, including letters from friends and anniversary cards sent between herself and husband Nicholas Morant on their 46th and 48th wedding anniversaries (1982 and 1984); inventory lists and notes in pen by Nicholas Morant, keeping track of photographs to be used in one of John Garden's books, "Nicholas Morant's Canadian Pacific" (1991) or "Nicholas Morant's Canada" (1998), with illustrations drawn by Morant on one of the pages; clipping of news article (December 1990) discussing Thomas Tyron's art book jacket, with message possibly written by Jon Whyte (?) at top.

Notes: Envelopes which originally held Willie's cards/notes collection and Nicholas Morant's handwritten notes are stored in folder behind their respective items. Items

Name Access: Garden, John F.; Tyron, Thomas; Morant, Ivy; Morant, Nicholas

Subject Access: Anniversary; Canadian Pacific; Photography

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Reproduction Restrictions: Reference use only; no reproduction

Language: English

Creator: Nicholas Morant

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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