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Banff Springs Famous Painting Copies and Train Poster

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Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 2 colour poster prints, paper, depicting copies of famous art pieces (previously framed and used as decorations in the Banff Springs Hotel), and one b&w poster of a steam train. Content pertains to paintings 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' by Vermeer and 'La Divina Commedia di Dante' b…
Date Range
[ca. 1945 - ca. 1965]
1975
Reference Code
V500 / III / D / 5 / PA - 67 to 69 O.S.
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Poster
Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M300 / S20 / V500
Sous-Fonds
V500
Sub-Series
V500 / III / D / 5 : Personal Interest and Gifts
Accession Number
7784
Reference Code
V500 / III / D / 5 / PA - 67 to 69 O.S.
GMD
Poster
Responsibility
Nicholas Morant
Date Range
[ca. 1945 - ca. 1965]
1975
Physical Description
3 Posters: colour, b&w
Scope & Content
File consists of 2 colour poster prints, paper, depicting copies of famous art pieces (previously framed and used as decorations in the Banff Springs Hotel), and one b&w poster of a steam train. Content pertains to paintings 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' by Vermeer and 'La Divina Commedia di Dante' by Domenico di Michelino; also train image with faded print effect by Midwestern Rail Association.
Notes
Painting reprint posters were stored together in a cardboard poster tube with the following text labels on the outside: "NICHOLAS MORANT BOX 1288 BANFF, ALBERTA CANADA" "OLD BSH PRINTS. BSH HOTEL - II Bldg." "O.H.M.S. FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR CANADIAN NATIONAL PARKS BRANCH OTTAWA, CANADA" 'J.C. Campbell, Esq., c/o Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Alberta." (Handwritten): "These prints were originally exquisitely framed for use in rooms, suites and public rooms at the B.S.H." "OLD B.S.H. PRINTS includes PIX of 'II' Hotel" Train poster stored in poster tube labelled "DRAWINGS more to come (1, 2, 3)" with shipping address label: "Reed-Grove Ltd. 2111 East Avenue Rochester, New York 14610" "To Mr. + Mrs. Nichlas (sic) Morant Box 1288, Banff Alberta Canada". Customs label: "PARCEL POST CUSTOMS DECLARATION - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA QTY: 1 DETAILED LIST OF CONTENTS: DRAWINGS VALUE (US $): 10 FIRST CLASS"
Name Access
di Michelino, Domenico
Vermeer
Subject Access
Midwestern Rail Association
Trains
Banff Springs Hotel
Arts
Painting
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Banff
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
Latin
Conservation
Items must be stored flat within acid-free casing to prevent surface damage.
Creator
Unknown
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Cassette Interviews and VHS Recordings

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54328
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
Processed
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Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Scope & Content
Printed paper sign, reads "POSITIVELY NO ADMITTANCE HOTEL CLOSED" (no date, no author). Part of a collection of items previously mounted or hung up in Nicholas and Ivy "Willie" Morant's Banff home.
Date Range
[ca. 1950 - ca. 1980] (?)
Reference Code
M300 / III / D / 62 (O.S.)
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Poster
Textual record
Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
M300 / S20 / V500
Sous-Fonds
M300
Sub-Series
M300 / II / D : Personal and Family Materials : Collected Material
Accession Number
7784
Reference Code
M300 / III / D / 62 (O.S.)
GMD
Poster
Textual record
Responsibility
Nicholas Morant
Date Range
[ca. 1950 - ca. 1980] (?)
Physical Description
1 Poster/sign, printed construction paper
Scope & Content
Printed paper sign, reads "POSITIVELY NO ADMITTANCE HOTEL CLOSED" (no date, no author). Part of a collection of items previously mounted or hung up in Nicholas and Ivy "Willie" Morant's Banff home.
Name Access
Morant, Ivy
Morant, Nicholas
Subject Access
Hotel
Sign
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Banff
Language
English
Creator
Unknown
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Miners, mine, copy for Jack Standly : [ca.1900]

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Part Of
Byron Harmon fonds
Scope & Content
Placer mining in the Klondike
Date Range
[copy made after 1903]
Reference Code
V263 / NA - 4022
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Photograph
Negative
  1 image  
Part Of
Byron Harmon fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
V263
Series
I. Scenic / commercial series
Sub-Series
A.1.a. Negatives, Main series : 13 x 18 cm and smaller
Reference Code
V263 / NA - 4022
GMD
Photograph
Negative
Date Range
[copy made after 1903]
Physical Description
1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
Placer mining in the Klondike
Subject Access
Industry
Geographic Access
Yukon
Conservation
Reprocessed / archival quality gold-toned, 1973
Creator
Photographer unknown
Images
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Miners, mine, copy for Jack Standly : [ca.1900]

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions37053
Part Of
Byron Harmon fonds
Scope & Content
Placer mining in the Klondike
Date Range
[copy made after 1903]
Reference Code
V263 / NA - 4023
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Photograph
Negative
  1 image  
Part Of
Byron Harmon fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
V263
Series
I. Scenic / commercial series
Sub-Series
A.1.a. Negatives, Main series : 13 x 18 cm and smaller
Reference Code
V263 / NA - 4023
GMD
Photograph
Negative
Date Range
[copy made after 1903]
Physical Description
1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
Placer mining in the Klondike
Subject Access
Industry
Geographic Access
Yukon
Conservation
Reprocessed / archival quality gold-toned, 1973
Creator
Photographer unknown
Images
thumbnail
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Mt. Willingdon Summit Register

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Part Of
First ascent and summit note collection
Date Range
1983
1985
1991
1994
1996
1998
2003
2005-2013
Reference Code
M235 / accn. 2014.8377
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Private record
Textual record
Part Of
First ascent and summit note collection
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M235
Sous-Fonds
M235
Accession Number
2014.8377
Reference Code
M235 / accn. 2014.8377
GMD
Private record
Textual record
Responsibility
Alpine Club of Canada
Date Range
1983
1985
1991
1994
1996
1998
2003
2005-2013
Physical Description
4 Textual records: 1 notebook and 3 loose pages of notes, handwritten
Notes
Accessioned by Jennifer Rutkair on December 1, 2014
Subject Access
Alpine Club of Canada
Register
Summit
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Language
English
Conservation
Items must be stored flat. keep notebook in mylar to prevent contact between metal / water damaged material and other items. Consider removing metal spiral if rust causes further damage to notebook pages.
Creator
Unknown
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Photocopied Summit Registers

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Part Of
First ascent and summit note collection
Scope & Content
File consists of three photocopied pages (b&w) of summit registers from Mount Bell from July 2001 - July 2002.
Date Range
2001
2002
Reference Code
M235 / accn. 2014.8322
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Private record
Textual record
Part Of
First ascent and summit note collection
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M235
Sous-Fonds
M235
Accession Number
2014.8322
Reference Code
M235 / accn. 2014.8322
GMD
Private record
Textual record
Responsibility
Whyte Museum
Date Range
2001
2002
Physical Description
3 textual records: photocopied pages
Scope & Content
File consists of three photocopied pages (b&w) of summit registers from Mount Bell from July 2001 - July 2002.
Notes
Accessioned by Margaret Weller.
Subject Access
Summit
Mountain
Geographic Access
Canada
Canadian Rocky Mountains
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 flat and kept away from potentially harmful materials.
Creator
Unknown
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Posters of Tudor Queens' Portraits

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54206
Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 3 small poster copies of original paintings. Content pertains to 3 paintings by Hans Holbein (16th century) depicting portraits of former English Queens Mary, Anne Boleyn and Anne of Cleeves, which were copied into paper prints. Posters may originally have been displayed in the Ban…
Date Range
[ca. 1930 - ca. 1950]
Reference Code
V500 / III / D / 5 / PA - 70 to 72
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Poster
Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M300 / V500 / S20
Sous-Fonds
V500
Sub-Series
V500 / III / D / 5 : Personal Interest and Gifts
Accession Number
7784
Reference Code
V500 / III / D / 5 / PA - 70 to 72
GMD
Poster
Responsibility
Nicholas Morant
Date Range
[ca. 1930 - ca. 1950]
Physical Description
3 Posters: paper prints; colour
Scope & Content
File consists of 3 small poster copies of original paintings. Content pertains to 3 paintings by Hans Holbein (16th century) depicting portraits of former English Queens Mary, Anne Boleyn and Anne of Cleeves, which were copied into paper prints. Posters may originally have been displayed in the Banff Springs Hotel, similarly to other replica Renaissance-era prints collected by Nicholas Morant (see V500 / III / D / 5 / PA - 67 to 69 O.S. entry).
Notes
Items in this file were originally stored inside a larger poster of Banff Springs Hotel (now filed under V500 / II / C / 6 / PA - 66 O.S.) which was secured with white string.
Storage Range
In file box V500 / III / D / 4 / PA - 1 to 25 and V500 / III / D / 5 / PA - 70 to 72
Subject Access
Painting
Banff Springs Hotel
Arts
History
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Banff
Canadian Rocky Mountains
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 flat with acid-free barriers to prevent future damage.
Creator
Hans Holbein, Unknown
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Professional and personal photographs

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Part Of
Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 88 black and white photographs appearing in Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies Bulletin, no. 102 (Winter 1960), and other photographs possibly taken during the same time period. Photographs pertain to trail riding, camps and stunt nights.
Date Range
[ca. 1959 - ca. 1960]
Reference Code
V635 / III / PA - 269 to 356
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Part Of
Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M545 / V635
Series
V635 / III : Published records
Sous-Fonds
V635
Accession Number
5757
Reference Code
V635 / III / PA - 269 to 356
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Date Range
[ca. 1959 - ca. 1960]
Physical Description
88 photographs : prints, 8x10 in. and smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of 88 black and white photographs appearing in Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies Bulletin, no. 102 (Winter 1960), and other photographs possibly taken during the same time period. Photographs pertain to trail riding, camps and stunt nights.
Notes
Includes some duplicates Some photographs may be attributed to Canadian Pacific
Subject Access
Camping
Hiking
Packing
Horses
Trails
Travel
Mountain
Landscapes
Fishing
Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Drumheller
Northwest Territories
Yellowknife
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Language
English
Creator
Unknown
Title Source
Titled based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Summit Note from Unnamed Mountain

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Part Of
First ascent and summit note collection
Scope & Content
Handwritten record of mountain ascent (unnamed mountain located 2.2 km NNE of Mount Folk), written on scrap piece from coconut biscuit box. Author unknown, dated 1964(?). Provides multiple names of climbers, and references Alpine Club and Vancouver. Names written include: Paddy Sherman(?), Werner H…
Date Range
ca. 1964 (?)
Reference Code
M235 / accn. 8121
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Private record
Textual record
Part Of
First ascent and summit note collection
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
M235
Sous-Fonds
M235
Accession Number
8121
Reference Code
M235 / accn. 8121
GMD
Private record
Textual record
Responsibility
Whyte Museum
Date Range
ca. 1964 (?)
Physical Description
1 Textual record: handwritten on cardboard in pencil
History / Biographical
Recovered July 17, 2011 by David P. Jones of Golden, B.C.; original author/owner unknown. Was originally stored upside down in old rusty sardine can and punctured with several holes caused by lightning.
Scope & Content
Handwritten record of mountain ascent (unnamed mountain located 2.2 km NNE of Mount Folk), written on scrap piece from coconut biscuit box. Author unknown, dated 1964(?). Provides multiple names of climbers, and references Alpine Club and Vancouver. Names written include: Paddy Sherman(?), Werner Himmelsbach, Ralph Hutchinson, Don MacLaurin, Joe Hutton, and Bren Moss.
Subject Access
Summit
Mountain
Alpine Club of Canada
Geographic Access
Canada
British Columbia
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Language
English
Conservation
Item must be stored separate from other materials and kept in carefully controlled physical conditions to prevent further damage.
Creator
Unknown
Biographical Source Notes
Notes provided in accession record (2011) by Lena Goon
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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