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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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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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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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Nicholas Morant fonds
Scope & Content
S-s-series consists of files created by Nick Morant about his career. The files combine items in various formats that were created by, pertain to, or were of interest to Nick Morant, or that incorporate Morant images. Files include textual items, photographic prints, brochures, postcards, clippin…
Date Range
[ca.1940-ca.1995], predominant ca.1950-ca.1980
Reference Code
M300 / B1 / 1 to 21
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Series
II.B. Professional records : career records
Reference Code
M300 / B1 / 1 to 21
Date Range
[ca.1940-ca.1995], predominant ca.1950-ca.1980
Physical Description
21 textual records (21 v. : ca.60 cm)
Scope & Content
S-s-series consists of files created by Nick Morant about his career. The files combine items in various formats that were created by, pertain to, or were of interest to Nick Morant, or that incorporate Morant images. Files include textual items, photographic prints, brochures, postcards, clippings and other print material items. Files were originally in volume form and stored in binders
Title Source
Title based on contents of sub-series
Content Details
LIST OF ITEMS (M300 / B1) :
* #1, #2. Files contain ca.170 photo-mechanically printed postcards, ca.1950-ca.1965.
* #3, #4. Files contain hotel and travel brochures, ca.1950-ca.1965
* #5, #6. Files contain brochures, advertisements, postcards and calendars, ca.1965, ca.1976
* #7. File contains brochures and annual reports, ca.1960-ca.1975
* #8. File contains press clippings and biographical information, [ca.1940-ca.1980?]
* #9. File contains clippings, articles, watercolours by Cy Harris of Banff (2 items), family snapshots, small panoramas, and family obituaries, ca.1930-ca.1980
* #10. File contains clippings, articles, small panoramas, CPR ticket stubs and obituaries of family and friends, ca.1930-ca.1980
* #11. File contains clippings, articles, photographs and writings by Morant, ca.1930-ca.1980
* #12. File contains clippings and articles from "The Spanner" magazine, ca.1930-ca.1980
* #13. File contains clippings and articles, photographs and writings by Morant, and clippings pertaining to Canadian Pacific Railway, ca.1930-ca.1980
* #14. File contains clippings and articles, and photographs and writings by Morant, ca.1930-ca.1980
* #15. File contains clippings, articles and brochures pertaining to CP Travel in British Columbia, Ontario, Atlantic Canada, Alaska, Quebec, Peru, ca.1920-ca.1980
* #16. File contains annual reports, clippings and postcards re Canadian Pacific Railway, ca.1920-ca.1980
* #17. File contains clippings, articles, discussion of slide lectures, ca.1940-ca.1995
* #18. File contains articles and clippings pertaining to environmental concerns, Banff, mountains and development, Canadian Pacific Railway, ca.1950-ca.1995
* #19. File contains clippings and articles pertaining to the Canadian Pacific Railway, ca.1930-ca.1980
* #20. File contains clippings pertaining to natives, 1950s, and Canadian Pacific Railway, ca.1955
* [un-numbered]. File contains photographs, b/w and col, possibly for calendars,1930-ca.1980. Includes 56 prints re the Canadian Pacific Railway trains and rail lines; also postcards (2), calendar prints (2), brochure (1)t
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Nicholas Morant fonds
Date Range
1985-1992
Reference Code
M300 / D / 52
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Series
III.A. Personal and family records : Nick and Willie Morant
Reference Code
M300 / D / 52
Date Range
1985-1992
Physical Description
1 cm of textual records
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
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Nicholas Morant fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of notes by Bruce Campbell re photographs loaned out and returned between 1996 and 2002, and list by David Morant, 1999
Date Range
1999-2002
Reference Code
M300 / D / 65
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Series
III.B. Personal and family records : Nick Morant funeral, memorial and estate
Reference Code
M300 / D / 65
Date Range
1999-2002
Physical Description
2 textual records
Scope & Content
File consists of notes by Bruce Campbell re photographs loaned out and returned between 1996 and 2002, and list by David Morant, 1999
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
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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)
Processing Status
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Nicholas Morant fonds

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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
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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Photography Receipts, Correspondence and Notes

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Nicholas Morant fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 1 postcard, 1 set of typed and annotated notes, 1 page with an attached card and newspaper clipping, and assorted memos, receipts and letters. Content pertains to correspondence between Nicholas and Ivy 'Willie' Morant and 'Clara A (?) K H' , correspondence between Nicholas and Ivy…
Date Range
1935
1952
1957
1958
1961
1963
1965
1966
1967
1968
1979
1981 - 1985
1982
1987
1990
Reference Code
M300 / III / A / 8 / 1 to 41
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Postcard
Textual record
Private record
Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M300 / S20 / V500
Sous-Fonds
M300
Sub-Series
M300 / III / A / 8 : Personal Correspondence and Notes
Accession Number
7784
Reference Code
M300 / III / A / 8 / 1 to 41
GMD
Photograph
Postcard
Textual record
Private record
Responsibility
Produced by Nicholas Morant
Date Range
1935
1952
1957
1958
1961
1963
1965
1966
1967
1968
1979
1981 - 1985
1982
1987
1990
Physical Description
Textual: letters, invoices, postcard, notes
Scope & Content
File consists of 1 postcard, 1 set of typed and annotated notes, 1 page with an attached card and newspaper clipping, and assorted memos, receipts and letters. Content pertains to correspondence between Nicholas and Ivy 'Willie' Morant and 'Clara A (?) K H' , correspondence between Nicholas and Ivy 'Willie' Morant, a 1935 Winnipeg Free Press article with an image by Nicholas Morant, a small folder of Nicholas Morant's typed notes recounting an unfinished story, receipts and correspondence ranging from 1957 to 1990 sent by various photography and film companies to Nicholas Morant, and 1982 handwritten letter on back of colour image of 2 trains, titled "The Great Daily Race of the Broadway and Century" (postcard?), sender unknown.
Notes
Postcard was originally located inside book 'It's Me O Lord' by Rockwell Kent, reference code M300 / III / D / 5 / 36 Handwritten note on back of M300 / III / A / 8 / 41 is cut off / incomplete at bottom.
Storage Range
In file box M300 / III / A / 8 / 1 to M300 / III / A / 8 / 41.
Name Access
Morant, Ivy
Subject Access
Winnipeg Free Press
Trains
Photography
Geographic Access
Canada
Manitoba
Winnipeg
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
Any items with risky materials such as ink or adhesives attached must be covered with acid-free paper to protect adjacent items. Contents must be stored in appropriate conditions.
Creator
Nicholas Morant, Kodak, Braun, Graflex, Ansco, Lisco
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Nicholas Morant Order of Canada, Framed

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Nicholas Morant fonds
Scope & Content
Framed award, Order of Canada, given to Nicholas Morant in 1990; black and red text with printed emblem near top, in simple black / gold frame.
Date Range
1990
Reference Code
M300 / II / C / 6 / 69 O.S.
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Government record
Textual record
Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
M300 / V500 / S20
Sous-Fonds
M300
Sub-Series
M300 / II / C / 6 : Promotional Items, Awards and Correspondence
Accession Number
7784
Reference Code
M300 / II / C / 6 / 69 O.S.
GMD
Government record
Textual record
Responsibility
Nicholas Morant
Date Range
1990
Physical Description
1 Framed Award: textual, Order of Canada
Scope & Content
Framed award, Order of Canada, given to Nicholas Morant in 1990; black and red text with printed emblem near top, in simple black / gold frame.
Name Access
Morant, Nicholas
Subject Access
Award
Order of Canada
Government of Canada
Geographic Access
Canada
Reproduction Restrictions
This item is not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of its identified owner(s).
Language
English
French
Creator
Government of Canada
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Coal (Roberts Bank), Alyth Yard Controls, Palliser Square Apts, Palliser Tower

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Nicholas Morant fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 209 negatives (colour, b&w) and 7 colour transparencies. Content pertains to coal exploration, mining and transportation; Alyth railway yards, Calgary; Palliser Square, Marathon Realty, Calgary, 1970; Mountain Creek bridge construction, BC, ca. 1982 (?)
Date Range
1970
[1970 - ca. 1982]
Reference Code
V500 / I / A7 / 11
Description Level
4.2 / Sub-sub-sub series
GMD
Photograph
Negative
Transparency
Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Description Level
4.2 / Sub-sub-sub series
Fonds Number
M300 / S20 / V500
Sous-Fonds
V500
Sub-Series
V500 / I / A : Photography: Negatives and Transparencies
Accession Number
7438
Reference Code
V500 / I / A7 / 11
GMD
Photograph
Negative
Transparency
Responsibility
Produced by Nicholas Morant
Date Range
1970
[1970 - ca. 1982]
Physical Description
216 Photographs: negatives and transparencies, colour and b&w
Scope & Content
File consists of 209 negatives (colour, b&w) and 7 colour transparencies. Content pertains to coal exploration, mining and transportation; Alyth railway yards, Calgary; Palliser Square, Marathon Realty, Calgary, 1970; Mountain Creek bridge construction, BC, ca. 1982 (?)
Notes
Related to file V500 / A7 / GD-3 Negatives and transparencies stored separately
Subject Access
Coal
Mining
Transportation
Construction
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
British Columbia
Calgary
Access Restrictions
Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.
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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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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Collected sound recordings (File 3 of 3)

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Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 8 record discs, 1 flexible audio tape and 2 audio film reels. Content pertains to a National Geographic documentary, musical broadcasts and other recorded music, recorded sound effects, and a musical record published in Banff. Records are individually titled (some by Nicholas Moran…
Date Range
1969
[ca. 1960 - ca. 1980]
1987
Reference Code
S20 / III / D1 / 64 to 74
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Recording disc
Sound recording
Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M300 / S20 / V500
Sous-Fonds
S20
Sub-Series
S20 / III / D : Personal and family records : collected material
Accession Number
7784
Reference Code
S20 / III / D1 / 64 to 74
GMD
Recording disc
Sound recording
Responsibility
Nicholas Morant (copied recordings), National Geographic, CAPAC
Date Range
1969
[ca. 1960 - ca. 1980]
1987
Physical Description
11 sound recordings: record discs, film reels, audio tape
Scope & Content
File consists of 8 record discs, 1 flexible audio tape and 2 audio film reels. Content pertains to a National Geographic documentary, musical broadcasts and other recorded music, recorded sound effects, and a musical record published in Banff. Records are individually titled (some by Nicholas Morant); full list of titles in "Content Details" section.
Notes
Some items have recordings on both sides: these have been given a single reference code separated into parts "a" and "b". Items S20/III/D1/64 to 69 originally stored in brown mailing envelope stamped "Dec. 18 1989". Addressed from "WILLIS A. McCALEB P.O. BOX 39 WALHONDING, OHIO 43843 U.S.A.", to "MR. NICHOLAS MORANT BOX 1288 BANFF, ALBERTA, CANADA T0L0C0"
Name Access
Teyte, Maggie
Subject Access
Banff
Music
tourism
Travel
Space exploration
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Banff
Reproduction Restrictions
Reference use only; no reproduction
Language
English
Creator
Nicholas Morant, National Geographic, CAPAC
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Content Details
*** National Geographic - "Sounds of the Space Age: From Sputnik to Lunar Landing (S20/III/D1/64) *** Recordio Disc [labelled by Morant] (S20/III/D1/65a & 65b) - Side 1: "Now Here is the News..." - Side 2: "By the Sea..." *** Recordio Disc [labelled by Morant] (S20/III/D1/66a & 66b) - Side 1: "Sound Effects from ZZZ Melville" - Side 2: "Colbrook Symphony Pickups" *** "Play Outside to Inside", sides 1 and 2, dated Jan. 18, 1948 (S20/III/D1/67) *** "Play Outside to Inside", sides 3 and 4, dated Jan. 18, 1948 (S20/III/D1/68) *** BROADCAST electrically recorded disc S20/III/D1/69) - Side 1: "Ramona" Waltz (Vocal Refrain) - Side 2: "My Ohio Home" Slow Fox Trot (Vocal Refrain) *** "I M" [other side untitled] (S20/III/D1/70) *** Recordio Disc [labelled by Morant] (S20/III/D1/71) - Side 1: "Broadcast from Symphony Hall" - Side 2: "Colbrook Minstrels" *** "BANFF: COME OUTSIDE", CAPAC 1987 *** Music at Charlin: "Oh That Cello" (S20/III/D1/72) *** MAGGIE TEYTE French Contralto, Test Tape (S20/III/D1/73)
Processing Status
Processed
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Cassette Interviews and VHS Recordings

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Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 7 cassette tapes and 10 VHS tapes re: Nicholas Morant and the Canadian Pacific Railway. Includes 6 cassette tapes with recorded 1986/1987 interviews with Nicholas Morant; 1 cassette recording of steam locomotive sounds used for a Revelstoke Museum exhibit on Nicholas Morant; and 10…
Date Range
1986
1987
[ca. 1990 - ca. 1995]
1990
1991
1992
1993
1999
Reference Code
S20 / III / A6 / 1 to 17
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Cassette
Film
Video
Sound recording
Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M300 / S20 / V500
Sous-Fonds
S20
Sub-Series
S20 / III / A : Nick and Willie Morant
Accession Number
Unknown
Reference Code
S20 / III / A6 / 1 to 17
GMD
Cassette
Film
Video
Sound recording
Responsibility
Canadian Pacific, Edgar Rozon (?)
Date Range
1986
1987
[ca. 1990 - ca. 1995]
1990
1991
1992
1993
1999
Physical Description
17 sound and video recordings: cassettes, VHS
Scope & Content
File consists of 7 cassette tapes and 10 VHS tapes re: Nicholas Morant and the Canadian Pacific Railway. Includes 6 cassette tapes with recorded 1986/1987 interviews with Nicholas Morant; 1 cassette recording of steam locomotive sounds used for a Revelstoke Museum exhibit on Nicholas Morant; and 10 VHS tapes containing various content, including footage of Nick Morant receiving the Order of Canada in 1990, TV and film features on Nicholas Morant and TV news broadcasts discussing CP Rail and/or Nicholas Morant.
Notes
Originally stored in box for mandarin oranges, accompanied by business card for J.C. Edgar Rozon.
Name Access
Morant, Nicholas
Subject Access
Biographical
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific
Photography
Interview
Biography
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Reproduction Restrictions
Reference use only; no reproduction
Language
English
Creator
Canadian Pacific Railway, various, unknown
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Content Details
Individual item titles (original):
S20/III/A6/1: CP Rail Video News 12 JANUARY 1991
S20/III/A6/2: Copy of Nick Morant - CBC TV Segment Jan 18 1990
S20/III/A6/3: Winston Link: Trains that Passed in the Night: Broadcast TV Ontario Nov. 19 /92 10:30 pm
S20/III/A6/4: End of the Line CFCN-TV News Aired: February 5, 1990
S20/III/A6/5: Investiture: Order of Canada Railroader U.S. Transcontinental Railroad
S20/III/A6/6: CPR - Still Life: The Story of Nicholas Morant (5:30)
S20/III/A6/7: "Canadian Profiles" featuring Bert Coughlin Produced by Humber College Recorded in 1993
S20/III/A6/8: Riding the Rails in the Rockies: The Best Years (Cam Cathcart) Rocky Mountaineer
S20/III/A6/9: Jan. 18 /90 Thu. N. Morant CBC - 6 Srigley
S20/III/A6/10: Order of Canada Awards - Rideau Hall - October 24, 1990
S20/III/A6/11: Nick Morant Tape 1 1986 Interviews
S20/III/A6/12: Nick Morant Tape 2 cont.'d 1986 1986 interviews continued
S20/III/A6/13: Nick Morant tape #3 1986 Interviews N. Morant
S20/III/A6/14: Nick Morant Tape #4 1987 Interviews
S20/III/A6/15: Nick Morant Tape #5 1987 1987 Interviews
S20/III/A6/16: Nick Morant Tape #6 1987 Interviews
S20/III/A6/17: CPR Sounds. Nick Morant Steam Locos [On front of cassette:] "NICHOLAS MORANT DEDICATION OF RVELSTOKE [sic] MUSEUM - STEAM LOCO SOUNDS - EDITED TO 9 mins."
Processing Status
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