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"A Talk Without Words", "World At Your Feet" Music Recordings
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54327
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 4 audiotape film reels with music content recorded by Nicholas Morant. Pertains to music/audio used in slideshow presentation series "A Talk Without Words" by Nicholas and Ivy "Willie" Morant (see "History/Bio"). Items (in order) are labelled "Introduction", "Showtape", "Introducti…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1945 - ca. 1950]
- 1949
- [ca. 1950 - ca. 1960]
- Reference Code
- S20 / II / C / 7 / 1 to 4
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Sound recording
- Film
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Sous-Fonds
- S20
- Sub-Series
- S20 / II / C : Professional Records : Topical Files
- Accession Number
- 7784
- Reference Code
- S20 / II / C / 7 / 1 to 4
- GMD
- Sound recording
- Film
- Responsibility
- Recorded by Nicholas Morant
- Date Range
- [ca. 1945 - ca. 1950]
- 1949
- [ca. 1950 - ca. 1960]
- Physical Description
- 4 sound recordings: audiotape film reels
- History / Biographical
- "A Talk Without Words" was an original presentation by Nick and Ivy "Willie" Morant featuring some of their photographs taken while travelling across Canada for work, as well as photographs from their travels in Peru. The presentation involved a brief introduction by Nick and Willie, followed by an approximately one-hour long slideshow accompanied by music which was recorded by Nick. The couple presented this slideshow, and similar variations, to the public for about 15 years (ca. 1950 to ca. 1965).
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 4 audiotape film reels with music content recorded by Nicholas Morant. Pertains to music/audio used in slideshow presentation series "A Talk Without Words" by Nicholas and Ivy "Willie" Morant (see "History/Bio"). Items (in order) are labelled "Introduction", "Showtape", "Introduction B" and "Showtape B".
- Notes
- Item S20/II/C/7/1 originally stored in brown paper Canadian Pacific mailing envelope with shipping label: "INTRODUCTION NICHOLAS MORANT BOX 1288 BANFF, ALBERTA CANADA" Items S20/II/C/7/2 to 4 were attached by string tied around them. Item S20/II/C/7/2 has label taped to inside of clear plastic container reading: "SHOWTAPE. Nova Scotia 123 Trees Prairies Quiet Places World at Feet Mountains 123 Exit Music." Item S20/II/C/7/3 and S20/II/C/7/4 were in brown paper Canadian Pacific envelope labelled: "SHOWTAPE B INTRODUCTION B Excludes - Peru - Soundpix" S20/II/C/7/3 in "Scotch Tape" brand box labelled "Introduction B .... Okay for Revere or Magnecord." S20/II/C/7/4 in "audiotape" brand box labelled "Showtape B. Okay for Revere and Magnecord."
- Name Access
- Morant, Nicholas
- Morant, Ivy
- Subject Access
- Photography
- Travel
- Scenery
- Landscapes
- Presentation
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Nova Scotia
- Peru
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Reference use only; no reproduction
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Nicholas Morant
- Biographical Source Notes
- https://www.whyte.org/nicholas-morant-later-career Also referenced in book "Nicholas Morant's Canadian Pacific" by John F. Garden (Revelstoke: Footprint Publishing, 1991) under chapter "A Talk Without Words"
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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Banff Area Views
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- Part Of
- Elliott Barnes fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists mainly of winter views of the downtown Banff area, the Hot Springs, and other scenic views around the town of Banff.
- Date Range
- [ca. 1906]
- Reference Code
- V48 / I / A / NA - 135 to 159
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Film
- Negative
- Transparency
25 images
- Part Of
- Elliott Barnes fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V48
- Series
- I.A. Negatives : Film
- Sous-Fonds
- V48
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V48 / I / A / NA - 135 to 159
- GMD
- Film
- Negative
- Transparency
- Date Range
- [ca. 1906]
- Physical Description
- 25 photographs : negatives, film
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File consists mainly of winter views of the downtown Banff area, the Hot Springs, and other scenic views around the town of Banff.
- Notes
- Identifications provided by Archives LIST OF NEGATIVES :
- 135 Cave and Basin bathhouse
- 136 to 139 Cave and Basin pool and bathhouse
- 140 Man doing handstand on diving board at Cave and Basin pool
- 141, 142 Upper Hot Springs pool and bathhouse
- 143 The Sanitarium from across the Bow River
- 144 Government Museum
- 145 Sleigh on bridge over Bow River
- 146 Bow River Bridge and Government Museum
- 147 Mount Rundle and Bow River Bridge
- 148 Bow River and Banff Springs Hotel
- 149 Banff Springs Hotel
- 150 View from Banff Springs Hotel down the Bow Valley
- 151 Banff townsite from Sulphur Mountain
- 152 Banff from Tunnel Mountain
- 153 Banff from Mount Norquay
- 154 Mount Rundle from [Upper Hot Springs?]
- 155 Mount Rundle from the Bow River
- 156 Mount Rundle from Upper Hot Springs Road
- 157 Banff Indian Days parade on Banff Avenue
- 158 Mount Rundle from First Vermilion Lake
- 159 Cascade and Stoney Mountains
- Name Access
- Barnes, Elliott
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Cave and Basin
- Bridges
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Scenery
- Mountains
- Cascade Mountain
- Rundle Mountain
- Bow River
- Winter
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
- Language
- NA
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Bankhead Mine Site and Operations
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- Part Of
- Elliott Barnes fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to the mine at Bankhead, its buildings and operations.
- Date Range
- [ca. 1906]
- Reference Code
- V48 / I / A / NA - 220 to 234, 490, 491
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Film
- Negative
- Transparency
17 images
- Part Of
- Elliott Barnes fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V48
- Series
- I.A. Negatives : Film
- Sous-Fonds
- V48
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V48 / I / A / NA - 220 to 234, 490, 491
- GMD
- Film
- Negative
- Transparency
- Date Range
- [ca. 1906]
- Physical Description
- 17 photographs : negatives, film
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to the mine at Bankhead, its buildings and operations.
- Notes
- Identifications provided by Archives LIST OF NEGATIVES :
- 220 Mine office at Bankhead
- 221 View of Bankhead town site
- 222 Construction of mine building
- 223 Carpenters at Bankhead eating lunch
- 224 to 226 Breaker at Bankhead Mines
- 227 Breaker, mine buildings and spurline
- 228 Men on steam motors at Bankhead Mines
- 229, 230 Turbines in power plant
- 231 Interior of power plant
- 232, 233 Interior of miners' washhouse
- 234 Mess hall
- 490 Interior of miners' washroom at Bankhead mines
- 491 [Blacksmith at work with child looking on, Bankhead?]
- Name Access
- Barnes, Elliott
- Subject Access
- Bankhead
- Buildings
- Buildings and facilities
- Landscapes
- Mine
- Mining
- Geographic Access
- Bankhead
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
- Language
- NA
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Barnes Family in Banff
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- Part Of
- Elliott Barnes fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to Barnes family in Banff.
- Date Range
- 1906-1907
- Reference Code
- V48 / I / A / NA - 91 to 134
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Film
- Negative
- Transparency
44 images
- Part Of
- Elliott Barnes fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V48
- Series
- I.A. Negatives : Film
- Sous-Fonds
- V48
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V48 / I / A / NA - 91 to 134
- GMD
- Film
- Negative
- Transparency
- Date Range
- 1906-1907
- Physical Description
- 44 photographs : negatives, film
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to Barnes family in Banff.
- Notes
- Most identifications provided by the Barnes family LIST OF NEGATIVES :
- 91 to 93 Mrs. Elliott Barnes, Elliott Jr. and Robert Barnes on Tunnel Mountain, 1906
- 94 Barnes family home in Banff
- 95 Robert Barnes in yard of Barnes family home in Banff, [1906?]
- 96 Findlay Barnes in yard of [Barnes family home in Banff?], [1907?]
- 97 to 99 Findlay Barnes in yard, [1907?]
- 100 Findlay Barnes, [1907?]
- 101, 102 Elliott Jr. and Robert Barnes looking at photographs under Christmas tree, [1907?]
- 103 Robert, Elliott and Elliott Jr. Barnes looking at book, [1907?]
- 104 [Elliott and Robert Barnes?] being pulled in toboggan by dog, [1907?]
- 105 to 110 Children and baby
- 111 to 113 Mrs. Barnes and Findlay Barnes, [1906?]
- 114 Man and baby.
- 115 to 118 Baby
- 119 Findlay Barnes and Mrs. Mumford (midwife), [1907?]
- 120 to 123 Findlay Barnes using stereo viewer, [1907?]
- 124 [Elliott Jr., Robert, Ethel, Lois & Janet Barnes on Stoney Squaw, 1907?]
- 125 [Elliott Jr., Ethel, Lois, Janet & Robert Barnes picking wildflowers on Stoney Squaw, 1907?]
- 126 to 128 Children choosing Christmas tree, [1906?]
- 129 Women in Banff, [on Muskrat Street?, 1906?]
- 130 to 134 Barnes family boating on Willow Creek, 1907
- Name Access
- Barnes, Elliott
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Boats
- Boating
- Children
- Family
- Family and personal life
- Home
- Photography
- Winter
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
- Language
- NA
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- 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
- 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
- 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."
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Eau Claire Logging Operations in Spray Valley
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- Part Of
- Elliott Barnes fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to cutting trees, sawing, hauling and skidding logs, stacking timber, lumber camp and camp operations
- Date Range
- [ca. 1906]
- Reference Code
- V48 / I / A / NA - 190 to 219, 489
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Film
- Negative
- Transparency
24 images
- Part Of
- Elliott Barnes fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V48
- Series
- I.A. Negatives : Film
- Sous-Fonds
- V48
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V48 / I / A / NA - 190 to 219, 489
- GMD
- Film
- Negative
- Transparency
- Date Range
- [ca. 1906]
- Physical Description
- 31 photographs : negatives, film
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to cutting trees, sawing, hauling and skidding logs, stacking timber, lumber camp and camp operations
- Notes
- Identifications provided by Archives LIST OF NEGATIVES :
- 190 Men cutting tree
- 191 Men sawing logs
- 192, 193 Team skidding logs
- 194 Sleigh of hay bales
- 195, 196 Men stacking logs from skid
- 197 Team hauling logs to stacking area on sleigh
- 198 Teams skidding logs
- 199 Team hauling logs on sleigh
- 200 Men and teams stacking timber
- 201 Men stacking timber
- 202, 203 Men and team stacking timber
- 204, 207 to 209 Eau Claire lumber camp
- 205 Men and teams stacking logs in front of camp buildings
- 206 Men and horses in front of camp buildings
- 210 Men returning to Eau Claire camp
- 211 Eau Claire logging crew washing up
- 212 Men washing
- 213 Man hanging out wash
- 214 to 219 Crew group at Eau Claire camp
- 489 Women at Eau Claire logging camp, Spray Valley
- Name Access
- Barnes, Elliott
- Geographic Access
- Spray Valley
- Kananaskis
- Alberta
- Canada
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
- Language
- NA
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Jumping Pound Homestead, Morley and S-L Ranch
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- Part Of
- Elliott Barnes fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains mainly to the Barnes' homestead at Jumping Pound, Alberta; also includes views at Morley, Alberta, and the S-L Ranch near Morley
- Date Range
- [ca. 1909-1911]
- Reference Code
- V48 / I / A / NA - 343 to 373
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Film
- Negative
- Transparency
31 images
- Part Of
- Elliott Barnes fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V48
- Series
- I.A. Negatives : Film
- Sous-Fonds
- V48
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V48 / I / A / NA - 343 to 373
- GMD
- Film
- Negative
- Transparency
- Date Range
- [ca. 1909-1911]
- Physical Description
- 31 photographs : negatives, film
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains mainly to the Barnes' homestead at Jumping Pound, Alberta; also includes views at Morley, Alberta, and the S-L Ranch near Morley
- Notes
- Most identifications provided by the Barnes family LIST OF NEGATIVES :
- 343 Stoney Indian Agency at Morley, 1909
- 344 Stoney Indian Agent's house at Morley, 1909
- 345 Jacob Twoyoungmen on bucking horse, 1909 or 1910
- 346 to 348 S-L Ranch, [Morley area], 1909
- 349 Elliott Barnes Jr. and Robert Barnes on horseback at S-L Ranch, 1909
- 350 to 352 Scott Lake with Findlay Barnes in foreground, 1909
- 353, 354 Elliott Barnes clearing timber on his Jumping Pound homestead, 1910
- 355 Elliott Barnes Jr. on horseback at Jumping Pound, [1911?]
- 356 Elliott Barnes with dead coyote on horse at Jumping Pound, [1911?]
- 357 Pack horse
- 358, 359 Findlay Barnes in cart pulled by calf at Jumping Pound, [1911?]
- 360 to 365 Horses in corral at Jumping Pound, [1911?]
- 366 Horses in front of Jumping Pound homestead, [1911?]
- 367 Findlay Barnes with horses in corral at Jumping Pound homestead, [1911?]
- 368 to 370 Horses at Jumping Pound, [1911?]
- 371, 372 Clydesdale stallion
- 373 Findlay Barnes with horse at Jumping Pound, [1911?]
- Name Access
- Barnes, Elliott
- Subject Access
- Children
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Horses
- Hunting
- Indigenous Peoples
- Logging
- Ranching
- Geographic Access
- Jumping Pound
- Morley
- Rocky Mountains
- Alberta
- Canada
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
- Language
- NA
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Misc. Activities and Views
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- Part Of
- Elliott Barnes fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to various locations, trips and people; most unidentified
- Date Range
- 1905-1911
- Reference Code
- V48 / I / A / NA - 381 to 418, 495
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Film
- Negative
- Transparency
35 images
- Part Of
- Elliott Barnes fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V48
- Series
- I.A. Negatives : Film
- Sous-Fonds
- V48
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V48 / I / A / NA - 381 to 418, 495
- GMD
- Film
- Negative
- Transparency
- Date Range
- 1905-1911
- Physical Description
- 39 photographs : negatives, film
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to various locations, trips and people; most unidentified
- Notes
- Identifications provided by Archives LIST OF NEGATIVES :
- 381 Paradise Valley and creek, [1907?]
- 382 Men in camp, [1907?]
- 383 Men packing horse camp near Castle Mountain, [1907?]
- 384 Horse (Grace), [ca.1906]
- 385 Horse (Grace) on Badger Pass, [1906?]
- 386 Horses at Hillsdale, [1907?]
- 387 Man eating by tent, [1907?]
- 388 Boatman
- 389 Hunters
- 390 Hunter with dogs
- 391 Elliott Barnes hunting, 1910 or 1911
- 392 Man on rock
- 393 Man and women, Alaska coast, 1907
- 394 Woman in yard
- 395 Woman in trees
- 396 River and canyon, [1907?]
- 397, 398 Falls, [1907?]
- 399 Stream in winter, [1907?]
- 400 Stream, [1907?]
- 401 Lake, [1907?]
- 402, 403 River, [1907?]
- 404 Lake, [1907?]
- 405 Mountain, [1907?]
- 406 North face of Mount Temple from Paradise Valley, [1907?]
- 407 Man climbing up waterfall on [Johnston Creek?]
- 408 Waterfall on [Johnston Creek?]
- 409 Waterfall
- 410 Meadow and stream, [1907?]
- 411 Lake, [1907?]
- 412 Railroad line along [Bow River?], [1906?]
- 413 Forest scene in winter, [1906?]
- 414 [Sawback Range and Bow River?]
- 415 [Sawback Range?], [1906?]
- 416 [Elbow River at Calgary?]
- 417 Cabin on shore of lake, [1906?]
- 418 Shack
- 495 Chimneys at site of Rocky Mountain House, 1905
- Name Access
- Barnes, Elliott
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Buildings
- Camps
- Cabins and shelters
- Horses
- Horse packing
- Hunting
- Landscapes
- Mountains
- Portrait
- Waterfalls
- Winter
- Geographic Access
- Paradise Valley
- Castle Mountain
- Rocky Mountain House
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
- Language
- NA
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- 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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- Part Of
- Elliott Barnes fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to Elliott Barnes and Barnes family pack trips and camp scenes in Kootenay Plains, Pipestone Pass and other areas
- Date Range
- [ca. 1905-1907]
- Reference Code
- V48 / I / A / NA - 9 to 90
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Film
- Negative
- Transparency
82 images
- Part Of
- Elliott Barnes fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V48
- Series
- I.A. Negatives : Film
- Sous-Fonds
- V48
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V48 / I / A / NA - 9 to 90
- GMD
- Film
- Negative
- Transparency
- Date Range
- [ca. 1905-1907]
- Physical Description
- 82 photographs : negatives, film
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to Elliott Barnes and Barnes family pack trips and camp scenes in Kootenay Plains, Pipestone Pass and other areas
- Notes
- Identifications provided by Barnes family and Archives LIST OF NEGATIVES (V48/NA - 9 to 90) :
- 9 to 18 Pack train, [1905?]
- 19, 20 Glacial rock west of Red Deer, 1905
- 21, 22 Chimneys at site of Rocky Mountain House post, 1905
- 23 Elliott Barnes in camp, 1905
- 24, 26 to 30 Elliott Barnes & Ole Garrett in camp, 1905
- 25 Camp scene, 1905
- 31, 32 Ole Garrett in camp, 1905
- 33 Ole Garrett hunting, 1905
- 34, 35 Pack train, 1905
- 36 Ole Garrett with pony, 1905
- 37 to 41 Pack train, 1905
- 42, 43 Rider leading packhorse and saddlehorse on rockslide, 1905
- 44 Riders fording [North Saskatchewan River?, 1906?]
- 45, 46 Riders fording river, [1905?]
- 47 Horses fording river, [1905?]
- 48, 49 Pack train, 1905
- 50 to 52 Pack train on Kootenay Plains, [1905?]
- 53 Tent on Kootenay Plains, [1905?]
- 54, 55 Horses at log enclosure built by Indians near Tom Wilson's ranch, [Kootenay Plains, 1905?]
- 56 Elliott Barnes' cabin with Elliott Peak in the background, [Kootenay Plains, [1906?]
- 57 Stoney Indians with pack train fording stream at Kootenay Plains, [1906?]
- 58 to 61 Kootenay Plains, [1906?]
- 62 to 64 Horses, [Kootenay Plains, [1906?]
- 65, 66 Pack train in snow in Pipestone Valley, Molar Mountain in background, [1905?]
- 67 Pack train fording Saskatchewan River, 1906
- 68 to 73 Pack train on trail, [1905?]
- 74 to 76 Pack train on pass in deep snow, [1907?]
- 77 Barnes family with pack train on trip to Kootenay Plains, Molar Mountain in background, 1905
- 78 Pack train on Barnes family trip to Kootenay Plains, [1905?]
- 79 Camp below peak, 1905
- 80 Barnes family with pack train at Pipestone Pass on trip to Kootenay Plains, 1905
- 81 Pack train at Pipestone Pass, 1905
- 82 Barnes family with pack train on trail near Pipestone Pass, 1905
- 83 Barnes family and pack train on trip to Kootenay Plains, [1905?]
- 84 Waterfall, 1906
- 85 Man beside waterfall, 1906
- 86 Barnes family on snowpatch on trip to Kootenay Plains, 1906
- 87, 88 Pack train, [Pipestone Pass, 1906?]
- 89 [Lois Barnes?] fording river on horseback, 1906
- 90 Elliott Barnes Jr. on summit of Elliott Peak, [1906?]
- Name Access
- Barnes, Elliott
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Camps
- Horses
- Horse packing
- Glaciers
- Landscapes
- Mountains
- Winter
- Geographic Access
- Kootenay Plains
- Pipestone Pass
- Rocky Mountains
- Alberta
- Canada
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
- Language
- NA
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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