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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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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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Mollie Morant papers

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Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of notebook, 1890-1900; ration books, 2 items; address books, 2 items; passport; colour photograph of Mollie, 1963. Notebook, titled "Mollie's little book" by Nick Morant, contains writings, poetry, sketches, newsclippings
Date Range
1890-[ca.1970]
Reference Code
M300 / D / 66, 67
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Series
III.C. Personal and family records : Francis and Mollie Morant
Reference Code
M300 / D / 66, 67
Date Range
1890-[ca.1970]
Physical Description
3.5 cm of textual records. -- 1 photograph : print
Scope & Content
File consists of notebook, 1890-1900; ration books, 2 items; address books, 2 items; passport; colour photograph of Mollie, 1963. Notebook, titled "Mollie's little book" by Nick Morant, contains writings, poetry, sketches, newsclippings
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
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Old legal letters of mother's : [Mollie Morant papers]

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Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of correspondence re estate of W. A. Wylde, 1953; medical insurance pay stubs, 1964-1966; note signed by H. S. Alexander Esq., March 10, 1902]
Date Range
1902-1966
Reference Code
M300 / D / 68
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Series
III.C. Personal and family records : Francis and Mollie Morant
Reference Code
M300 / D / 68
Date Range
1902-1966
Physical Description
1 cm of textual records
Scope & Content
File consists of correspondence re estate of W. A. Wylde, 1953; medical insurance pay stubs, 1964-1966; note signed by H. S. Alexander Esq., March 10, 1902]
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Burton Wheatley family papers and photographs

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Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains mainly to Canadian Pacific Railway engineer, Burton Wheatley, and his death in a railway accident on the Field Hill, 1894. Includes CPR Solicitor’s Office Release re death of Burton Wheatley, 1895, 3 p. The Wheatley family was related to Willie Morant. File also contains notes and o…
Date Range
1884-1903
Reference Code
M300 / D / 74 to 77
V500 / E / 5 (PA)
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Series
III.D. Personal and family records : collected material
Reference Code
M300 / D / 74 to 77
V500 / E / 5 (PA)
Date Range
1884-1903
Physical Description
5 cm of textual records. -- 2 photographs : prints
Scope & Content
File pertains mainly to Canadian Pacific Railway engineer, Burton Wheatley, and his death in a railway accident on the Field Hill, 1894. Includes CPR Solicitor’s Office Release re death of Burton Wheatley, 1895, 3 p. The Wheatley family was related to Willie Morant. File also contains notes and other material pertaining to railway history, tunnels, other
Title Source
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Early 20th Century Rocky Mountains / Selkirks Books

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Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 2 published books. Contains a copy of 'The Rockies of Canada' by Walter Dwight Wilcox (1906) with 2 attached poems (clippings) and paper with author's signature inside front cover; also one copy of 'Mountaineering and Exploring in the Selkirks' by Howard Palmer (1914) with attached…
Date Range
1906
1914
Reference Code
M300 / III / D / 5 / 20 to 21
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Textual record
Published 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 / 20 to 21
GMD
Textual record
Published record
Responsibility
Walter Dwight Wilcox, Howard Palmer
Date Range
1906
1914
Physical Description
2 Textual records: books
Scope & Content
File consists of 2 published books. Contains a copy of 'The Rockies of Canada' by Walter Dwight Wilcox (1906) with 2 attached poems (clippings) and paper with author's signature inside front cover; also one copy of 'Mountaineering and Exploring in the Selkirks' by Howard Palmer (1914) with attached regional map inside.
Storage Range
In file box M300 / III / D / 5 / 20 to M300 / III / D / 5 / 21
Name Access
Wilcox, Walter
Subject Access
Travel
Poetry
Mountains
Exploration
Geographic Access
Canada
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Selkirks
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 in this file with risky materials attached, such as adhesives, must be covered with an acid-free paper barrier to protect adjacent items.
Creator
Walter Dwight Wilcox, Howard Palmer
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Book Prizes and Miscellaneous

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Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 4 published books. Contains 1 copy of 'New World Ballads' by John Murray Gibbons (1939) with a note to Nicholas Morant from the author inside; 1 copy of 'Tom Brown's School Days' (1894) with a certificate attached labelling the book as a prize for Mollie Wylde (Morant) dated 'Xmas …
Date Range
1894
1896
1921
1923
1931
1939
Reference Code
M300 / III / D / 5 / 26 to 29
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 / 26 to 29
GMD
Textual record
Private record
Responsibility
John Murray Gibbons , Mollie Morant , R.C. MacBeth , Stephen Coleridge
Date Range
1894
1896
1921
1923
1931
1939
Physical Description
4 Textual Records: books
Scope & Content
File consists of 4 published books. Contains 1 copy of 'New World Ballads' by John Murray Gibbons (1939) with a note to Nicholas Morant from the author inside; 1 copy of 'Tom Brown's School Days' (1894) with a certificate attached labelling the book as a prize for Mollie Wylde (Morant) dated 'Xmas 1896'; 1 copy of 'The Romance of the Canadian Pacific Railway' by R.C. MacBeth (1931) signed by author and annotated by Nicholas Morant; 1 copy of 'Letters to My Grandson' by Stephen Coleridge (1921) with writing prize certificate for Nicholas Morant from the Victoria University Boys' School, dated 1923.
Storage Range
In file box M300 / III / D / 5 / 26 to M300 / III / D / 5 / 29
Material Details
Nicholas Morant
Name Access
Morant, Mollie
Subject Access
Publication
Poetry
Victoria University Boys School
Canadian Pacific Railway
Geographic Access
Canada
British Columbia
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 in this file with risky materials attached to surface, such as adhesives, must be covered with an acid-free barrier to protect adjacent items.
Creator
John Murray Gibbons , R.C. MacBeth , Stephen Coleridge
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Nature, Geology and Knot-Tying Books

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Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 4 published books. Contains 1 copy of 'The Curiosities of Natural History' by Frank Buckland (1891) with handwritten message inside, 'From C. French [?] to R. French [?]' ; 1 copy of 'Birds of Canada's Mountain Parks' by Edmond Cloutier (1950), with handwritten note cards between p…
Date Range
1891
[ca. 1905 to ca. 1915]
ca. 1929
1950
Reference Code
M300 / III / D / 5 / 38 to 41
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 / 38 to 41
GMD
Textual record
Private record
Responsibility
Frank Buckland , Edmond Cloutier , E.M. Kindle
Date Range
1891
[ca. 1905 to ca. 1915]
ca. 1929
1950
Physical Description
4 Textual records: books
Scope & Content
File consists of 4 published books. Contains 1 copy of 'The Curiosities of Natural History' by Frank Buckland (1891) with handwritten message inside, 'From C. French [?] to R. French [?]' ; 1 copy of 'Birds of Canada's Mountain Parks' by Edmond Cloutier (1950), with handwritten note cards between pages 70 and 71; 1 copy of 'The Geological Story of Jasper National Park Canada' by E.M. Kindle (n.d., originally published 1929) with charts attached inside; and 1 copy of 'Book of Knots' with attached mail order book, with redone cover annotated by Nicholas Morant.
Storage Range
In file box M300 / III / D / 5 / 38 to M300 / III / D / 5 / 45
Subject Access
Wildlife
research
Geology
Geographic Access
Canada
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Jasper National Park
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 in this file with risky materials attached, such as adhesives, must be covered with an acid-free paper barrier to protect adjacent items.
Creator
Frank Buckland , Edmond Cloutier , E.M. Kindle
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Canada's Great Highway and The Rockies of Canada

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Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 2 published books. Contains 1 copy of 'Canada's Great Highway: from the First Stake to the Last Spike' by J.H.E. Secretan (1924), annotated by Nicholas Morant; and 1 copy of 'The Rockies of Canada' by Walter D. Wilcox (1909) with topographical map of the Rocky Mountain region in ba…
Date Range
1909
1924
Reference Code
M300 / III / D / 5 / 46 to 47
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Textual record
Published record
Map
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 / 46 to 47
GMD
Textual record
Published record
Map
Responsibility
Produced by J.H.E. Secretan and Walter D. Wilcox
Date Range
1909
1924
Physical Description
2 Textual records: books
Scope & Content
File consists of 2 published books. Contains 1 copy of 'Canada's Great Highway: from the First Stake to the Last Spike' by J.H.E. Secretan (1924), annotated by Nicholas Morant; and 1 copy of 'The Rockies of Canada' by Walter D. Wilcox (1909) with topographical map of the Rocky Mountain region in back pocket.
Storage Range
In file box M300 / III / D / 5 / 46 to M300 / III / D / 5 / 47.
Subject Access
Travel
Geography
History
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 in this file with risky materials attached, such as adhesives, must be covered with an acid-free paper barrier to protect adjacent items.
Creator
Nicholas Morant
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Signed Canadian Texts

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Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 2 hardcover books. Contains 1 copy of 'In the Heart of the Canadian Rockies' by Jim Outram (1905), signed by 'Merritt A. Farren' ; 1 copy of 'Canadian Mosaic' by John Murray Gibbon (1938) with a personal note to Nicholas Morant written by the author and attached clippings.
Date Range
1905
1938
Reference Code
M300 / III / D / 5 / 48 to 49
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Textual record
Private record
Published 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 / 48 to 49
GMD
Textual record
Private record
Published record
Responsibility
James Outram & John Murray Gibbon
Date Range
1905
1938
Physical Description
2 Textual Records: books
Scope & Content
File consists of 2 hardcover books. Contains 1 copy of 'In the Heart of the Canadian Rockies' by Jim Outram (1905), signed by 'Merritt A. Farren' ; 1 copy of 'Canadian Mosaic' by John Murray Gibbon (1938) with a personal note to Nicholas Morant written by the author and attached clippings.
Storage Range
In file box M300 / III / D / 5 / 48 to M300 / III / D / 5 / 49
Name Access
Gibbon, John Murray
Subject Access
Travel
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 in this file with risky materials attached to the surface, such as adhesives, must be covered with an acid-free paper barrier to protect adjacent items.
Creator
James Outram & John Murray Gibbon
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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