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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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Airline and RR shops, Pacific steamships, Atlantic steamships
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains mainly to Canadian Pacific Railway airline, railway and steamship operations
- Date Range
- [between 1930 and 1980]
- Reference Code
- V500 / C1 / 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
1 image
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Series
- I.C. Photography : prints
- Sous-Fonds
- V500
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V500 / C1 / 1
- GMD
- Date Range
- [between 1930 and 1980]
- Physical Description
- 32 photographs : prints, b/w
- Scope & Content
- File pertains mainly to Canadian Pacific Railway airline, railway and steamship operations
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Personal pictures #1
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to Nick and Willie Morant, family, friends and activities
- Date Range
- [between 1930 and 1980]
- Reference Code
- V500 / C1 / 76
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
2 images
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Series
- I.C. Photography : prints
- Sous-Fonds
- V500
- Reference Code
- V500 / C1 / 76
- GMD
- Date Range
- [between 1930 and 1980]
- Physical Description
- 18 photographs : prints, b/w. -- 1 postcard
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to Nick and Willie Morant, family, friends and activities
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Personal pix 1 & personal pictures 2
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists fo a wide variety of views, including Nick and Willie Morant, friends, family, associates and models, homes, activities and travels; animals, including horses, dogs, rabbits, wildlife; scenery and views in Rocky Mountains, Vancouver Island and South America; CP Rail display 1969; hist…
- Date Range
- [between 1930 and 1980]
- Reference Code
- V500 / C1 / 77 to 79
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
8 images
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Series
- I.C. Photography : prints
- Sous-Fonds
- V500
- Reference Code
- V500 / C1 / 77 to 79
- GMD
- Date Range
- [between 1930 and 1980]
- Physical Description
- 96 photographs : prints, b/w
- Scope & Content
- File consists fo a wide variety of views, including Nick and Willie Morant, friends, family, associates and models, homes, activities and travels; animals, including horses, dogs, rabbits, wildlife; scenery and views in Rocky Mountains, Vancouver Island and South America; CP Rail display 1969; historical views; other
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Book - Personalities
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File contains variety of views assembled for book use. Content pertains to Nick Morant at work, Willie Morant, railways, hotels, ships, people at work
- Date Range
- [between 1930 and 1980]
- Reference Code
- V500 / C1 / 8, 9
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
7 images
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Series
- I.C. Photography : prints
- Sous-Fonds
- V500
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V500 / C1 / 8, 9
- GMD
- Date Range
- [between 1930 and 1980]
- Physical Description
- 45 photographs : prints, b/w
- Scope & Content
- File contains variety of views assembled for book use. Content pertains to Nick Morant at work, Willie Morant, railways, hotels, ships, people at work
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to Canadian Pacific Railway operations, trains and rolling stock. Includes fourteen labelled sets LABELLED SETS (V500 / C1 / 92 to 94) : * Box cars, St. Luc - 1 items (f.92) * Prairie grain elevators, Lethbridge viaduct, grain train - 15 items (f.92) * E and N RR box cars at Vancouve…
- Date Range
- [between 1930 and 1980]
- Reference Code
- V500 / C1 / 92 to 94
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
1 image
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Series
- I.C. Photography : prints
- Sous-Fonds
- V500
- Reference Code
- V500 / C1 / 92 to 94
- GMD
- Date Range
- [between 1930 and 1980]
- Physical Description
- 90 photographs : prints, b/w
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to Canadian Pacific Railway operations, trains and rolling stock. Includes fourteen labelled sets LABELLED SETS (V500 / C1 / 92 to 94) :
- * Box cars, St. Luc - 1 items (f.92)
- * Prairie grain elevators, Lethbridge viaduct, grain train - 15 items (f.92)
- * E and N RR box cars at Vancouver wharf - 2 items (f.92)
- * Lake Superior views - 4 items (f.92)
- * Bridge lifts 1979-80 - 8 items (f.93)
- * Trains, M-113, winter, summer, Mountain Creek, Spiral Tunnels, line diversion, Clanwilliam, Notch Hill, winter & summer - 6 items (f.93)
- * Canadian extras - 18 items (f.93)
- * Freights, hi load - 7 items (f.93)
- * Sulphur train 603, Massive 1979 - 1 item (f.94)
- * Lake Louise diversion series - 9 items (f.94)
- * Oldtimers, steam engines - 1 item (f.94)
- * Propane (trackside) - 7 items (f.94)
- * Artzies - 9 items (f.94)
- * [Loose] - 4 items (f.94)
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Ontario
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains in part to railways (approximately half); other portion is mixed content. Includes nine labelled sets LABELLED SETS (V500 / C1 / 96 to 103): * Rogers BC - 1 item (f.96) * Old English table at Glenbow - 4 items (f.97) * The "Magic Lantern", Toronto - 3 items (f.97) * Modernist painter,…
- Date Range
- [between 1930 and 1980]
- Reference Code
- V500 / C1 / 96 to 103
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
2 images
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Series
- I.C. Photography : prints
- Sous-Fonds
- V500
- Reference Code
- V500 / C1 / 96 to 103
- GMD
- Date Range
- [between 1930 and 1980]
- Physical Description
- 275 photographs : prints, b/w, col
- Scope & Content
- File pertains in part to railways (approximately half); other portion is mixed content. Includes nine labelled sets LABELLED SETS (V500 / C1 / 96 to 103):
- * Rogers BC - 1 item (f.96)
- * Old English table at Glenbow - 4 items (f.97)
- * The "Magic Lantern", Toronto - 3 items (f.97)
- * Modernist painter, Lethbridge - 8 items (f.98)
- * Caboose markers - 14 items (f.98)
- * Lougheed's 5900 - 3 items (f.100)
- * Spiral Tunnel, 600mm and others - 5 items (f.100)
- * Craigellachie feature - 4 items (f.100)
- * Single Spanner features - 6 items (f.102)
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to railway and is also titled "Old time box". Includes 6 prints labelled: Not my photos. Do not let out.
- Date Range
- [between 1930 and 1980]
- Reference Code
- V500 / C1 / 109 to 111
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
3 images
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Series
- I.C. Photography : prints
- Sous-Fonds
- V500
- Reference Code
- V500 / C1 / 109 to 111
- GMD
- Date Range
- [between 1930 and 1980]
- Physical Description
- 102 photographs : prints, b/w
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to railway and is also titled "Old time box". Includes 6 prints labelled: Not my photos. Do not let out.
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Collected sound recordings (File 1 of 3)
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- Original recordings made by Nick Morant, various dates (see "Content Details" for list of individual recording contents). Recordings all individually labelled by Nicholas Morant. Recordings consist of CBC and BBC radio broadcasts, music, plays, documentaries, news reports, etc.
- Date Range
- [ca.1940-ca.1980?]
- Reference Code
- S20 / III / D1 / 13 to 33
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Sound recording
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Sous-Fonds
- S20
- Sub-Series
- S20 / III / D : Personal and family records : collected material
- Accession Number
- 7784
- Reference Code
- S20 / III / D1 / 13 to 33
- GMD
- Sound recording
- Responsibility
- Nicholas Morant
- Date Range
- [ca.1940-ca.1980?]
- Physical Description
- 21 sound recordings : audio tapes
- Scope & Content
- Original recordings made by Nick Morant, various dates (see "Content Details" for list of individual recording contents). Recordings all individually labelled by Nicholas Morant. Recordings consist of CBC and BBC radio broadcasts, music, plays, documentaries, news reports, etc.
- Notes
- Processing began by M. Hadley, Feb. 20, 2007; numbering based on original notes Originally accompanied by leather folder used by Morant at his private school in Victoria
- Name Access
- Simpson, Jimmy
- Barrymore, John
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Reference use only; no reproduction
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Nicholas Morant
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- * Fast Freight 901 - CBC - #1 (S20/III/D1/13)
- * Men of Mountains, Aug. 7, 1965\6, CBC, J. Simpson - #2 (S20/III/D1/14)
- * Men of Mountains, Sept. 27, 1965, CBC, J. Simpson - #4 (S20/III/D1/15)
- * Met Opera, Mme Butterfly - opera recording - #6 (S20/III/D1/16)
- * Bob Edwards play, Nov. 1959 - #9 (S20/III/D1/17)
- * Jimmy Simpson profile, April 3, 1969, CBC - #10 (S20/III/D1/18)
- * John Barrymore, CBC? radio play recording - #12 (S20/III/D1/19)
- * Lusitania sinking, 1965 - #16 (S20/II/D1/20)
- * Fred Allen show 1965 - #17 (S20/III/D1/21)
- * Broadcast music, nd - #18 (S20/III/D1/22)
- * Lionel Barrymore Xmas tale, Reggie _, Florence Jenkins, soprano - #20 (S20/III/D1/23)
- * Electronic music, CBC - #21 (S20/III/D1/24)
- * Electronic play, BBC - #22 (S20/III/D1/25)
- * Birdsong, electronic music - radio recording - #23 (S20/III/D1/26)
- * "Peter Sellers - Travelogue etc." - #24 (S20/III/D1/27)
- * Laughton fish story, 2 "Butterfly" pickups - #26 (S20/III/D1/28)
- * "Upstairs Downstairs 1977" - #30 (S20/III/D1/29)
- * "The Bricklayer", Gerard Hoffnum - #31 (S20/III/D1/30)
- * 901 The Story of a Fast Freight - #32 (S20/III/D1/31)
- * Old phono records - CBC - #33 (S20/III/D1/32)
- * Recording of organ music at Lawson residence w/ Quenty McGrath - #34 (S20/III/D1/33)
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Old time 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 - 5 x 7 transparencies #56
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 54 colour transparencies. Content pertains to landscapes and land features, mountains, prairies and coastal regions; railways and buildings; farming, logging and industry. Includes views from across Canada and in England.
- Date Range
- [between 1930 and 1980]
- Reference Code
- V500 / I / C1 / 72, 73
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Transparency
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M300 / V500 / S20
- Series
- I.C. Photography : prints
- Sous-Fonds
- V500
- Accession Number
- 7784
- Reference Code
- V500 / I / C1 / 72, 73
- Responsibility
- Nicholas Morant
- Date Range
- [between 1930 and 1980]
- Physical Description
- 54 photographs : transparencies, col.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 54 colour transparencies. Content pertains to landscapes and land features, mountains, prairies and coastal regions; railways and buildings; farming, logging and industry. Includes views from across Canada and in England.
- Subject Access
- Mountains
- Landscapes
- Logging
- Farmland
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- 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
- Related Material
- Related to sub-series IB2 Photography, transparencies: General files
- Creator
- Nicholas Morant
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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