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Canadian Pacific Landscape Posters

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54183

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 24 large printed posters, colour. Content pertains to promotional tourism imagery produced by Nicholas Morant, depicting various Canadian landscapes and sights. Most of posters depict regions in or close to the Rocky Mountains, with additional images featuring areas in Nova Scotia …

Date Range: [ca. 1940 - ca. 1960]

Reference Code: V500 / II / C / 6 / PA - 14 to 37 O.S.

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Poster; Textual record

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: V500

Sub-Series: V500 / II / C / 6 : Promotional Items, Awards and Correspondence

Accession Number: 7784

Reference Code: V500 / II / C / 6 / PA - 14 to 37 O.S.

GMD: Poster; Textual record

Responsibility: Nicholas Morant , Canadian Pacific

Date Range: [ca. 1940 - ca. 1960]

Physical Description: Posters: paper; colour

Scope & Content: File consists of 24 large printed posters, colour. Content pertains to promotional tourism imagery produced by Nicholas Morant, depicting various Canadian landscapes and sights. Most of posters depict regions in or close to the Rocky Mountains, with additional images featuring areas in Nova Scotia and Quebec and some which do not mention locations in their titles.

Notes: Items originally stored together in large poster tube, labelled : "Montreal Quebec - 8 I '63 Canada Postage 15 [cents]" "Mr. Nick Morant, P.O. Box 1288, Banff, Alberta. Department of Publc Relations Canadian Pacific Railway Company Windsor Station - Montreal 3, Quebec" "OLD CP VIEWS - Kodaks - " "CP Airline Plane / Chateau Frontenac / Sulphur Mt. Skyline View / Evangeline Church / Kick. Horse - Mt. Field / Kick Horse Canyon with Train / Empress Hotel / BS Hotel from Sulphur Mt. / Quebec Windmills / Yoho Valley Hi-Line Trail / Peggy's Cove / Thompson River View / Moraine Lake Scenic / Icefields / Yoho Valley / Lake Louise / Lake O'Hara / 'Canadian' Stoney Cr. / Freight nr. Lake Louise / Empress of Britain (painting)"

Storage Range: In oversize storage as V500 / II / C / 6 / PA - 14 O.S. to V500 / II / C / 6 / PA - 37 O.S.

Subject Access: tourism; Advertising; Canadian Pacific; Travel; Landscapes; Trains; Mountains; Scenery; Empress Hotel; Hotels

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; British Columbia; Canadian Rocky Mountains; Yoho National Park; Quebec; Nova Scotia; Lake Louise; Moraine Lake

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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Prints from Banff Springs Hotel Displays

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 2 printed poster advertisements (with photographs by Nicholas Morant) used by Canadian Pacific for tourism promotion. Content pertains to Lake Louise and Banff Springs Hotel, with a lone horse rider depicted in the foreground of each image. Both posters have large text at the botto…

Date Range: [ca. 1950 to ca. 1970]

Reference Code: V500 / II / C / 6 / PA - 38 to 39 O.S.

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Poster; Textual record

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: V500

Sub-Series: V500 / II / C / 6 : Promotional Items, Awards and Correspondence

Accession Number: 7784

Reference Code: V500 / II / C / 6 / PA - 38 to 39 O.S.

GMD: Poster; Textual record

Responsibility: Nicholas Morant , Canadian Pacific

Date Range: [ca. 1950 to ca. 1970]

Physical Description: 2 Posters: colour

Scope & Content: File consists of 2 printed poster advertisements (with photographs by Nicholas Morant) used by Canadian Pacific for tourism promotion. Content pertains to Lake Louise and Banff Springs Hotel, with a lone horse rider depicted in the foreground of each image. Both posters have large text at the bottom which reads the place name depicted and 'Canadian Pacific'.

Notes: Posters were originally stored together, rolled, inside a tube labelled: "CPR POSTERS REPRO'S OLD ONES". Tube also has attached note: "Banff Springs Hotel - Rider / LAKE LOUISE with lone rider / oldtime CPR Poster Reproductions". Tube also has separate mailing address label, with following text: "Canadian Pacific / Mr, Nicholas Morant, / Banff, Alberta. / O.C.S. / Public Relations and Advertising / Windsor Station, Montreal 101, Quebec".

Storage Range: In oversize storage.

Subject Access: Hotels; Banff Springs Hotel; Lake; Canadian Pacific; Travel; tourism

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Lake Louise; Banff; 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 must be kept flat and stored in appropriate conditions with similar materials.

Creator: Nicholas Morant

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Train Photographs and Young Morant Portrait

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54190

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.

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

Language: English

Conservation: Items must be stored with protective packaging (i.e. acid-free paper) between them to protect them from physical damage.

Creator: Nicholas Morant

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Lake Louise Sedan Lift , CP Steamships and Banff Springs Hotel Posters

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 3 large promotional posters. Pertains to one b&w image of the Banff Springs Hotel set in the forests of the Bow Valley (possibly produced by Nicholas Morant but unknown); one colour image of the Whitehorn Sedan Lift in Lake Louise showing a woman riding the lift, taken by Nicholas …

Date Range: [ca. 1930 - ca. 1940]; 1960

Reference Code: V500 / II / C / 6 / PA - 66 to 68 O.S.

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Poster

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: V500

Sub-Series: V500 / II / C / 6 : Promotional Items, Awards and Correspondence

Accession Number: 7784

Reference Code: V500 / II / C / 6 / PA - 66 to 68 O.S.

GMD: Poster

Responsibility: Nicholas Morant, Canadian Pacific

Date Range: [ca. 1930 - ca. 1940]; 1960

Physical Description: 3 Posters: colour and b&w

Scope & Content: File consists of 3 large promotional posters. Pertains to one b&w image of the Banff Springs Hotel set in the forests of the Bow Valley (possibly produced by Nicholas Morant but unknown); one colour image of the Whitehorn Sedan Lift in Lake Louise showing a woman riding the lift, taken by Nicholas Morant; one colour poster promoting "Canadian Pacific Railway Company Steamship Lines Atlantic Service", annotated by Nicholas Morant on the back. All posters with small print captions at the bottom.

Notes: Items were originally stored separately. Poster of Banff Springs Hotel was stored out of poster tube, secured with white string. Paper label wrapped around said: "OLD PHOTO BSH Bow View" Poster image of sedan lift was originally in poster tube with Canadian Pacific label that read: "LAKE LOUISE SEDAN LIFT POSTERS 1960" Poster of CP Steamship was in poster tube labelled "CPR LAKE BOAT ADVERTISING (FRAMED) PICTURE" , numbered "36" at top, with shipping address label: "Canadian Pacific SUPPLIES 1 Upshover { Req. Contents From Vancouver For N. Morant c/o Agent, BANFF, Alta. Q 51 - 93 - 34"

Subject Access: Canadian Pacific; Travel; tourism; Ship

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Lake Louise

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 must be stored with protective acid-free barriers to prevent surface damage.

Creator: Nicholas Morant, unknown

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Sidney Smith Gumps Illustration and Asia Cruise Poster

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54209

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one illustration with attached b&w print cutout, and one wooden board with poster glued on either side. Content pertains to a hand-drawn illustration by cartoonist Sidney Smith of his famous character, Andy Gump (signed by artist and addressed to Nicholas Morant); and two portions …

Date Range: [ca. 1910 - ca. 1940]; [ca. 1930 - ca. 1935]

Reference Code: V500 / III / D / 5 / PA - 93 to 94 O.S.

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Poster; Drawing

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: V500

Sub-Series: V500 / III / D / 5 : Personal Interest and Gifts

Accession Number: 7784

Reference Code: V500 / III / D / 5 / PA - 93 to 94 O.S.

GMD: Poster; Drawing

Responsibility: Nicholas Morant, Sidney Smith

Date Range: [ca. 1910 - ca. 1940]; [ca. 1930 - ca. 1935]

Physical Description: 1 Illustration (with print), 1 Poster; b&w and colour

History / Biographical: Sidney Smith was the illustrator of 'The Gumps' comic strip, which ran from 1917 to 1959 in the Chicago Tribune. Smith was killed in a car accident in October 1935, shortly after signing a 3-year contract worth $1 million to continue production of the comic strip. "The Gumps" illustrations were then produced by Gus Edson, who kept up the comic strip for another 24 years.

Scope & Content: File consists of one illustration with attached b&w print cutout, and one wooden board with poster glued on either side. Content pertains to a hand-drawn illustration by cartoonist Sidney Smith of his famous character, Andy Gump (signed by artist and addressed to Nicholas Morant); and two portions of an advertising poster for cruises in Asia (possibly Canadian Pacific Steamlines but unknown, n.d.)

Notes: Item V500 / III / D / 5 / PA - 94 O.S. has rough wooden edges (poster glued onto either side of wood base) and poses risk for other items in storage; has been scanned on both sides, and can be viewed under file in : common > A&L internal > case_files > m300_v500_s20_morant Poster board was originally stored inside large, dark brown picture frame which held V500 / III / D / 5 / PA - 93 O.S.

Name Access: Smith, Sidney

Subject Access: Illustration; Gumps; Comic; Canadian Pacific; Ship; Travel

Geographic Access: Canada; Asia

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 PA - 94 O.S. has been scanned and saved on computer drive as it poses a risk to other items if physically stored together. Illustration must be stored with acid-free barrier to prevent further damage, and possibly mylar to protect attached b&w photographic print.

Creator: Sidney Smith, unknown

Biographical Source Notes: http://www.kenpiercebooks.com/gumps.htm https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-02-09-9702090404-story.html https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/smith_sidney.htm

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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John Garden Transparency Copies

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54224

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of approx. 100 transparencies given to John Garden by Nicholas Morant for use in his books "Nicholas Morant's Canada" (pub. 1998) and "Nicholas Morant's Canadian Pacific" (pub. 1991). Includes images of trains, Canadian landscapes and other miscellaneous content.

Date Range: [ca. 1945 - ca. 1960]; [ca. 1960 - ca. 1970]

Reference Code: V500 / I / D3 / NS

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M300 / V500 / S20

Sous-Fonds: V500

Sub-Series: V500 / I / D : Photography: Other Photography

Accession Number: Unknown

Reference Code: V500 / I / D3 / NS

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

Responsibility: Nicholas Morant

Date Range: [ca. 1945 - ca. 1960]; [ca. 1960 - ca. 1970]

Physical Description: ca. 100 Photographs: transparencies

Scope & Content: File consists of approx. 100 transparencies given to John Garden by Nicholas Morant for use in his books "Nicholas Morant's Canada" (pub. 1998) and "Nicholas Morant's Canadian Pacific" (pub. 1991). Includes images of trains, Canadian landscapes and other miscellaneous content.

Storage Range: In box V500/I/D2/NS and V500/I/D3/NS

Name Access: Garden, John F.

Subject Access: Canadian Pacific; Canadian Pacific Railway; Photography; Train; Landscapes

Geographic Access: Canada

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 must be stored in acid-free envelopes in box separate from other material types.

Creator: Nicholas Morant

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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John Garden Oversized Print Copies

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54225

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 13 b&w prints, signed by Nicholas Morant, which were given to John Garden by Nicholas Morant for use in his books "Nicholas Morant's Canada" (pub. 1998) and "Nicholas Morant's Canadian Pacific" (pub. 1991). Includes images of Canadian landscapes, portraits, rural scenes, etc.

Date Range: [ca. 1930 - ca. 1940]; [ca. 1940 - ca. 1945]; [ca. 1950 - ca. 1960]

Reference Code: V500 / I / D2 / PA - 1 to 13 O.S.

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M300 / V500 / S20

Sous-Fonds: V500

Sub-Series: V500 / I / D : Photography: Other Photography

Accession Number: Unknown

Reference Code: V500 / I / D2 / PA - 1 to 13 O.S.

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Responsibility: Nicholas Morant

Date Range: [ca. 1930 - ca. 1940]; [ca. 1940 - ca. 1945]; [ca. 1950 - ca. 1960]

Physical Description: 13 Photographs: prints; b&w

Scope & Content: File consists of 13 b&w prints, signed by Nicholas Morant, which were given to John Garden by Nicholas Morant for use in his books "Nicholas Morant's Canada" (pub. 1998) and "Nicholas Morant's Canadian Pacific" (pub. 1991). Includes images of Canadian landscapes, portraits, rural scenes, etc.

Name Access: Garden, John F.

Subject Access: Canadian Pacific; Landscapes; Portrait; Photography

Geographic Access: Canada

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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Willie Morant's Letter Collection, Notes for John Garden Book, News Clipping

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54318

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 17 cards and letters, 5 pages of handwritten notes and one newspaper clipping. Content pertains to collection of personal notes/correspondence kept by Willie Morant, including letters from friends and anniversary cards sent between herself and husband Nicholas Morant on their 46th …

Date Range: [ca. 1975 - ca. 1990]; 1982; 1984; 1990; [ca. 1990]

Reference Code: M300 / I / D2

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 / I / D2 : Photographs used by John Garden

Accession Number: 7784

Reference Code: M300 / I / D2

GMD: Textual record; Private record

Responsibility: Produced by Nicholas Morant

Date Range: [ca. 1975 - ca. 1990]; 1982; 1984; 1990; [ca. 1990]

Physical Description: 23 Textual records: cards/personal letters, handwritten notes, newspaper clipping

Scope & Content: File consists of 17 cards and letters, 5 pages of handwritten notes and one newspaper clipping. Content pertains to collection of personal notes/correspondence kept by Willie Morant, including letters from friends and anniversary cards sent between herself and husband Nicholas Morant on their 46th and 48th wedding anniversaries (1982 and 1984); inventory lists and notes in pen by Nicholas Morant, keeping track of photographs to be used in one of John Garden's books, "Nicholas Morant's Canadian Pacific" (1991) or "Nicholas Morant's Canada" (1998), with illustrations drawn by Morant on one of the pages; clipping of news article (December 1990) discussing Thomas Tyron's art book jacket, with message possibly written by Jon Whyte (?) at top.

Notes: Envelopes which originally held Willie's cards/notes collection and Nicholas Morant's handwritten notes are stored in folder behind their respective items. Items

Name Access: Garden, John F.; Tyron, Thomas; Morant, Ivy; Morant, Nicholas

Subject Access: Anniversary; Canadian Pacific; Photography

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Reproduction Restrictions: Reference use only; no reproduction

Language: English

Creator: Nicholas Morant

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

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