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Assorted Portraits and Photographs
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 37 prints (36 b&w and 1 colour), and 1 paper clipping. Consists mostly of portrait images of various individuals, some artists and manufacturers, including one of young Peter and Catharine Whyte which has been reproduced by the Whyte Museum (PA - 112). Most images in this file are …
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930 - ca. 1935]
- 1938
- [ca. 1935 - ca. 1950]
- 1974
- Reference Code
- V500 / II / C / 5 / PA - 88 to 122
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
3 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 - 88 to 122
- Responsibility
- Produced by Nicholas Morant
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930 - ca. 1935]
- 1938
- [ca. 1935 - ca. 1950]
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 37 Photographs: prints; b&w and colour. 1 paper clipping.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 37 prints (36 b&w and 1 colour), and 1 paper clipping. Consists mostly of portrait images of various individuals, some artists and manufacturers, including one of young Peter and Catharine Whyte which has been reproduced by the Whyte Museum (PA - 112). Most images in this file are annotated by Nicholas Morant.
- Notes
- One of images produced by Jim Wallace, 1974.
- Storage Range
- In file box V500 /II / C / 5 / PA - 1 to V500 / II / C / 5 / PA - 325
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- 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 and other items with ink or other risky materials attached need to be stored in mylar to protect adjacent prints. File must be stored in appropriate conditions with other prints.
- Creator
- Nicholas Morant
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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National Dream Tunnel Shot
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 2 duplicate poster-sized b&w prints depicting a train entering a tunnel. Content pertains to image produced by Nicholas Morant for 1973 television series 'The National Dream' re: the Canadian Pacific Railway.
- Date Range
- [1973]
- Reference Code
- V500 / II / C / 5 / PA - 42 to 43 O.S.
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph print
- Photograph
- Poster
- 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 - 42 to 43 O.S.
- Responsibility
- Nicholas Morant
- Date Range
- [1973]
- Physical Description
- 2 Photographs : poster prints ; b&w
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 2 duplicate poster-sized b&w prints depicting a train entering a tunnel. Content pertains to image produced by Nicholas Morant for 1973 television series 'The National Dream' re: the Canadian Pacific Railway.
- Notes
- Posters originally packaged separately in large poster tubes, both labelled 'National Dream Tunnel Shot'. 1 mailed to Nicholas Morant from 'Jean Taillon, Manager, Photographic Services, Corporate Communications and Public Affairs, CP Rail, Montreal Quebec'. 1 mailed to Morant from 'Arnold Harrington, Manager, Photographic Services, Corporate Communications and Public Affairs, CP Rail, Montreal Quebec'; value label ‘E 46-33-78'. Both sent to Morant while he was living in Banff, Alberta; one PO Box 1288 (Jean Taillon copy), one sent to ‘C/O Station Agent’ (no dates).
- Storage Range
- In oversize storage as V500 / II / C / 5 / PA - 42 O.S. to V500 / II / C / 5 / PA - 43 O.S.
- Subject Access
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Trains
- Travel
- Television
- National Dream
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Quebec
- 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 are stored in protective mylar sheets to prevent surface damage from contact with other items.
- Creator
- Nicholas Morant
- Title Source
- Title provided by content creator
- 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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Photographs used by John Garden
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of ca. 405 photographs used in books "Nicholas Morant's Canada" and "Nicholas Morant's Canadian Pacific" by John Garden, and 23 textual items. Photographs include ca.123 prints (13 oversize), ca.125 transparencies, and ca.156 negatives. Content pertains to Rocky Mountain scenics, vari…
- Date Range
- [ca.1940 - ca.1980]
- Reference Code
- V500 / I / D2 and M300 / I / D2
- Description Level
- 4.1 / Sub-sub-series
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Negative
- Transparency
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 4.1 / Sub-sub-series
- Fonds Number
- M300 / V500 / S20
- Sous-Fonds
- M300 & V500
- Sub-Series
- V500 / I / D : Photography : other photographs
- Accession Number
- 7784
- Reference Code
- V500 / I / D2 and M300 / I / D2
- Responsibility
- Produced by Nicholas Morant
- Date Range
- [ca.1940 - ca.1980]
- Physical Description
- ca. 405 Photographs: prints, transparencies, negatives; b&w and colour
- Scope & Content
- File consists of ca. 405 photographs used in books "Nicholas Morant's Canada" and "Nicholas Morant's Canadian Pacific" by John Garden, and 23 textual items. Photographs include ca.123 prints (13 oversize), ca.125 transparencies, and ca.156 negatives. Content pertains to Rocky Mountain scenics, various hotel interior and exterior views, scenes from Peru, and other miscellaneous content relating to the Canadian Pacific Railway company. Textual materials include personal correspondence collected by Willie Morant, handwritten notes by Nicholas Morant, and one newspaper clipping (annotated).
- Notes
- Contains some duplicates. Negative photos to be re-housed in negative envelopes before moving to downstairs vault
- Subject Access
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Banff National Park
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Hotels
- Rocky Mountains
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Banff
- Peru
- 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
- Creator
- Nicholas Morant
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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