setName:"Nicholas Morant fonds" found 41 records - Research Collections

Signed Trail and Travel Guides, Signed Dan McCowan Books

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 4 published travel and trail guides and 2 other published books. Content pertains to one Rockies/Selkirks guide (signed by Nicholas Morant); 1 rock-climbing guide book signed with letter to Nick Morant by author Murray Toft; 'The Magic of Lake O'Hara' guide book signed with letter …

Date Range: 1924; 1948; 1955; 1981; 1988

Reference Code: M300 / III / D / 5 / 6 to 11

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 / III / D / 5 : Personal Interest and Gifts

Accession Number: 7784

Reference Code: M300 / III / D / 5 / 6 to 11

GMD: Textual record; Private record

Responsibility: Various authors

Date Range: 1924; 1948; 1955; 1981; 1988

Physical Description: 6 Textual records: books

Scope & Content: File consists of 4 published travel and trail guides and 2 other published books. Content pertains to one Rockies/Selkirks guide (signed by Nicholas Morant); 1 rock-climbing guide book signed with letter to Nick Morant by author Murray Toft; 'The Magic of Lake O'Hara' guide book signed with letter to Nick Morant by author Don Beers; Via Rail Canada travel guide book signed with letter to Nick Morant by author Bill Coo; and 2 books, both signed with personal notes to Nick and 'Willie' Morant by author Dan McCowan.

Storage Range: In file box M300 / III / D / 5 / 1 to M300 / III / D / 5 / 11

Name Access: Toft, Murray; Beers, Donald; Coo, Bill; McCowan, Dan

Subject Access: Publication; Travel; tourism

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Selkirks; 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 with risky materials such as adhesives must be covered with an acid-free paper barrier to protect adjacent items.

Creator: Various authors

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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'Footprint' Canadian Pacific

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 90 b&w prints pertaining to the CPR, with most images depicting active Canadian Pacific trains. Prints were used in John F. Garden's book, 'Nicholas Morant's Canadian Pacific' (1992), published by Footprint Publishing. Prints each have attached information signifying the page numbe…

Date Range: [ca. 1940 - ca. 1960]; 1951; 1958

Reference Code: V500 / II / C / 5 / PA - 236 to 325

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

1 image

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 - 236 to 325

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Responsibility: Produced by Nicholas Morant

Date Range: [ca. 1940 - ca. 1960]; 1951; 1958

Physical Description: 90 Photographs: prints; b&w

Scope & Content: File consists of 90 b&w prints pertaining to the CPR, with most images depicting active Canadian Pacific trains. Prints were used in John F. Garden's book, 'Nicholas Morant's Canadian Pacific' (1992), published by Footprint Publishing. Prints each have attached information signifying the page number they appear on, zoom percentage of photographs, etc.

Notes: Prints originally stored together in a black binder titled 'Footprint' and 'Canadian Pacific', numbered '78920' on cover. Items' folders have been kept together and labelled similarly.

Storage Range: In file box V500 / II / C / 5 / PA - 1 to V500 / II / C / 5 / PA - 325

Name Access: Garden, John F.

Subject Access: Canadian Pacific Railway; Publication; Trains

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta

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

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

Language: English

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

Creator: Nicholas Morant

Title Source: Title provided by photographer

Processing Status: Processed

Images

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J. F. Garden Transparencies

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 291 colour transparencies (size 35mm) produced by Nicholas Morant and used by John F. Garden in the creation of his book, 'Nicholas Morant's Canadian Pacific' (1992, Footprint Publishing). Content pertains to the Canadian Pacific Railway and trains, Canadian Pacific tourism imagery…

Date Range: [ca. 1950 - ca. 1980]

Reference Code: V500 / II / C / 5 / NS - 94 to 384

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

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 / NS - 94 to 384

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

Responsibility: Produced by Nicholas Morant

Date Range: [ca. 1950 - ca. 1980]

Physical Description: 291 Photographs: transparencies; colour

History / Biographical: J. F. Garden's book, 'Nicholas Morant's Pacific Canada' (1992), uses images, mostly in colour, produced throughout Nicholas Morant's extensive career as a photographer for Canadian Pacific from 1929 - 1981.

Scope & Content: File consists of 291 colour transparencies (size 35mm) produced by Nicholas Morant and used by John F. Garden in the creation of his book, 'Nicholas Morant's Canadian Pacific' (1992, Footprint Publishing). Content pertains to the Canadian Pacific Railway and trains, Canadian Pacific tourism imagery (landscapes, staged photoshoots, etc.) and other images of landscapes and wildlife throughout Canada.

Notes: Formerly stored together in 2 red binders, with label 'J.F. Garden Transparencies'. Many transparency slides individually labelled prior to acquisition with information such as zoom percentage, page number (referencing where in J.F. Garden's book they were expected to appear), etc. Mostly kept in original 35mm slide pages, but some moved and kept in same order / positions on new slide sheets for labelling and conservation reasons.

Storage Range: In file box V500 / II / C / 5 / NS - 1 to V500 / II / C / 5 / NS - 409

Name Access: Garden, John F.

Subject Access: Canadian Pacific Railway; tourism; Publication; Landscapes

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 accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.

Language: English

Conservation: Transparencies must be stored in mylar sheets to prevent damage from adjacent items, and must only be stored with other transparencies.

Creator: Nicholas Morant

Biographical Source Notes: http://cs.trains.com/ctr/b/mileposts/archive/2017/02/28/cp-remembers-nicholas-morant.aspx

Title Source: Title provided by creator

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Highland Gathering Lithograph Poster

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: Poster with lithograph colour image of art by Louis Moen (Scotsman playing bagpipes in kilt, with Banff Springs Hotel in the background), promoting the 1931 Banff Highland Gathering. Includes text describing event and date.

Date Range: ca. 1931

Reference Code: M300 / III / D / 5 / 92 O.S.

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Textual record; Poster

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: M300

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

Accession Number: 7784

Reference Code: M300 / III / D / 5 / 92 O.S.

GMD: Textual record; Poster

Responsibility: Nicholas Morant

Date Range: ca. 1931

Physical Description: Poster: lithograph; colour

History / Biographical: The Banff Highland Gathering (September 3-5, 1931) was part of a series of cultural events which were directed by John Murray Gibbon between 1927 - 1931 and held across Canada. Gibbon was a publicist for the CPR for thirty years, and coined the concept of Canadian culture as a 'mosaic'.

Scope & Content: Poster with lithograph colour image of art by Louis Moen (Scotsman playing bagpipes in kilt, with Banff Springs Hotel in the background), promoting the 1931 Banff Highland Gathering. Includes text describing event and date.

Notes: Poster was stored in poster tube titled "BANFF HIGHLAND GAMES POSTER" Shipping label: "648 MEETING PLACE SANDWICH BOX 55 BANFF ALTA T0L0C0" Also has red stamp on white sticker: " TORONTO ONT. 8 IV '83 "

Subject Access: Highland games; tourism; Banff Springs Hotel; Banff Highland Gathering

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: English

Conservation: Item must be stored in acid-free barrier to prevent further damage, and to protect adjacent items as this poster has adhesives/ink stains

Creator: Louis Moen, Canadian Pacific (?)

Biographical Source Notes: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/cpr-festivals-emc https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/article/john-murray-gibbon-emc

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Photography Receipts, Correspondence and Notes

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Part Of: 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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Train Photographs and Young Morant Portrait

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

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

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

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

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Framed print

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: V500

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

Accession Number: 7784

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

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Framed print

Responsibility: Nicholas Morant

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

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

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

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

Name Access: Morant, Nicholas

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

Geographic Access: Canada; Canadian Rocky Mountains; British Columbia

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