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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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Railway timetables
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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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Railway publications
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of 18 files of publications, including Spanner and Rail News; also papers pertaining to publications
- Date Range
- 1969-1994
- Reference Code
- M300 / C2 / 8 to 24
- 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 / 8 to 24
- Date Range
- 1969-1994
- Physical Description
- ca.30 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of 18 files of publications, including Spanner and Rail News; also papers pertaining to publications
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of files. File titles assigned during monetary appraisal
- Content Details
- LIST OF FILES (M300 / C2 / 8 to ) :
- * Spanner stories (1969) (M300/C2/8)
- * Spanner dope sheets 1971-2 (M300/C2/9)
- * Spanner stories (1975) (M300/C2/10)
- * Spanner stories (1976) (M300/C2/11)
- * Rail News stories (1977) (M300/C2/12)
- * Rail News stories (1978) (M300/C2/13)
- * Rail News stories (1979) (M300/C2/14)
- * Rail News stories (1980, 1981) (M300/C2/15)
- * Rail News stories (1982) (M300/C2/16)
- * Rail News "Sons of Martha" (M300/C2/17)
- * "Sons of Martha", Harry McLean (M300/C2/18,19)
- * Rail News - 4 files of stories (M300/C2/20,21)
- * Spanner / Rail News correspondence, 1969-1980 (M300/C2/22)
- * Canadian Railway Scenes - calendars 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994 (M300/C2/23)
- * Canadian Railway Scenes - greeting cards (4 different Morant photographs) (M300/C2/24)
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Other railway files
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- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of 7 files of correspondence, catalogues and other material pertaining to railways
- Date Range
- [before 1991]
- Reference Code
- M300 / C2 / 25 to 32
- 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 / 25 to 32
- Date Range
- [before 1991]
- Physical Description
- 10 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of 7 files of correspondence, catalogues and other material pertaining to railways
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of files. File titles assigned during monetary appraisal
- Content Details
- LIST OF FILES (M300 / C2) :
- * CP business letters, 1986, 1989, 1990 (M300/C2/25)
- * Rail buff material, 1976-1991, 9 envelopes, correspondence with railway fans (M300/C2/26,27)
- * Canadian Pacific telephone directory, 1982, 1991 (M300/C2/28)
- * Canadian Pacific all services map (M300/C2/29)
- * CP letterhead & United States senate (Lloyd Bentzen) (M300/C2/30)
- * Canadian Pacific price list, photographic services catalogues, 1977-1986, 7 items (M300/C2/31)
- * Old CP photo price list and catalogues (M300/C2/32)
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- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of 13 files pertaining to world travel destinations
- Date Range
- [ca.1940-ca.1985?]
- Reference Code
- M300 / C2 / 59 to 72
- 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 / 59 to 72
- Date Range
- [ca.1940-ca.1985?]
- Physical Description
- ca.20 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of 13 files pertaining to world travel destinations
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of files. File titles assigned during monetary appraisal
- Content Details
- LIST OF FILES (V500 / C2 / 59 to 72) :
- * Canada, Arctic (M300/C2/59,60)
- * New Brunswick, Nova Scotia (M300/C2/61)
- * Alaska, Australia (M300/C2/62)
- * Mexico (M300/C2/63)
- * South America, Peru, Mexico (M300/C2/64)
- * Peru (M300/C2/65)
- * West Indies, Central America, Pacific Ocean, South sea islands, Hawaii (M300/C2/66)
- * Europe, British Isles, near East, western Europe, Switzerland, Soviet Union, Spain and Portugal (M300/C2/67)
- * Rome, Italy, France, CP Trail Riders map, England (M300/C2/68)
- * Asia, Vietnam, south-east Asia, Asian continent, China, Japan (M300/C2/69)
- * Africa (M300/C2/70)
- * North America, United States assorted maps, New York City, Los Angeles, vacationlands in U.S.A. (M300/C2/71)
- * Old road maps (M300/C2/72)
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Exhibition and gallery files
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of 5 files of catalogues, correspondence and bulletins
- Date Range
- 1957-1993
- Reference Code
- M300 / C2 / 73 to 77
- 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 / 73 to 77
- Date Range
- 1957-1993
- Physical Description
- 12 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of 5 files of catalogues, correspondence and bulletins
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of files. File titles assigned during monetary appraisal
- Content Details
- LIST OF FILES (V500 / C2 / 73 to 77) :
- * Museum of Fine Arts, Boston bulletin 1957 (M300/C2/73)
- * Ellis Memorial Antiques Show catalogue 1960 (M300/C2/74)
- * Metropolitan Museum of Art Catalogues 1977-1993, 6 issues (M300/C2/75)
- * Smithsonian Institute catalogues 1990, 2 issues (M300/C2/76)
- * Smithsonian Institution catalogue 1993 (M300/C2/77)
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Photography print material
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- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of catalogues, equipment guides and handbooks, price lists
- Date Range
- 1912-1987
- Reference Code
- M300 / C2 / 38 to 58
- 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 / 38 to 58
- Date Range
- 1912-1987
- Physical Description
- ca.30 cm of print material and textual records
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of catalogues, equipment guides and handbooks, price lists
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of files. File titles assigned during monetary appraisal
- Content Details
- CONTENTS OF SUB-SERIES (M300 / C2 / 38 to 58) :
- * Linhof catalogues (M300/C2/38)
- * Leica catalogues (M300/C2/39)
- * Camera literature (Pentax, Mamiyas, Leica, Linhof) (M300/C2/40)
- * Old Kodak Literature (M300/C2/41)
- * Texture screens, Calumet catalogue, camera equipment catalogue (M300/C2/42)
- * Braun Flash, Kindermann list, Munshaw list 1966 (M300/C2/43)
- * Kodak condensed price list 1951 (M300/C2/44)
- * Photography of H. Armstrong Roberts (stock photography catalogue) (M300/C2/45)
- * General Motors photographic division 1957 (M300/C2/46)
- * Zone VI Studios catalogues, 1982-1987, 8 items (M300/C2/47)
- * Instruction book - Kodak film tank (August 1912) (M300/C2/48)
- * Kodak reference handbook, 3 Kodak photographic handbooks (for material supplementing the Kodak handbooks) (M300/C2/49,50,51)
- * Child's Guide to Photo Chemistry pamphlet (M300/C2/52)
- * Kodak Book of Formulas (1938) (M300/C2/53)
- * Kodak Professional Products catalogue (1983-84) (M300/C2/54)
- * McBain Camera (Edmonton) price catalogue (1981) (M300/C2/55)
- * PhotoLec (Vancouver) stock & price catalogue 1956, 1958, 1959 (M300/C2/56,57)
- * Comstock stock photo agency information, photographs (M300/C2/58)
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Other topical files
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of 19 files of material of varied content and format
- Date Range
- [ca.1930-ca.1980]
- Reference Code
- M300 / C2 / 82 to 99
- 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 / 82 to 99
- Date Range
- [ca.1930-ca.1980]
- Physical Description
- ca.30 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of 19 files of material of varied content and format
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of files. File titles assigned during monetary appraisal
- Content Details
- LIST OF FILES (M300 / C2 / 82 to 99) :
- * National Geographic - cultural, archaeological maps (M300 /C2/82)
- * National Geographic - world atlases (M300/C2/83)
- * National Geographic maps (moon, astronomy), colour map of USA, map of Mount Everest (M300/C2/84)
- * National Geographic - oceans and Antarctic maps (M300/C2/85)
- * Shipping tags, labels, tickets (M300/C2/86)
- * Parks Canada safety information (M300/C2/87)
- * Calendars - A. Hungry Wolf (M300/C2/88)
- * Banff - clippings (M300/C2/89)
- * Gold Strom trailhiker book (M300/C2/90)
- * Screenplay, untitled, by Patrick O'Neil & Michael Mindlin Jr. 1978 (based on Inhabitants of Venus by Irwin Shaw) (M300/C2/91)
- * St. Michaels University - alumni directory 1908-1988; Heritage Magazine, 1989 (M300/C2/92)
- * Trailriders guide 1924 (M300/C2/93)
- * Sterling & Young information (articles) (M300/C2/94)
- * Steamfitter catalogue 1981 (M300/C2/94A)
- * Wild Flowers of North America calendar 1983 (M300/C2/95)
- * Gold Label Series catalogue, Canadian Pacific Photogaphic Services - special selection of 50 images from the CP collection (M300/C2/96)
- * Howden (M300/C2/97)
- * Bill 43 (M300/C2/98)
- * Mankin (M300/C2/99)
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Photography records
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- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of 4 files pertaining to film-making
- Date Range
- 1976-1989
- Reference Code
- M300 / C2 / 33 to 37
- 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 / 33 to 37
- Date Range
- 1976-1989
- Physical Description
- 8 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of 4 files pertaining to film-making
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of sub-series. File titles assigned during monetary appraisal
- Content Details
- LIST OF FILES (M300 / C2 / 33 to 37) :
- * Silver Streak records, 1976, includes script, correspondence, call sheets, locations, photographs (M300/C2/33,34)
- * Superman, 1977, includes correspondence and shooting list (M300/C2/35)
- * Beaver Valley dope document, 1982, pertains to shooting locations (M300/C2/36)
- * CBC / BBC correspondence, 1985, 1990 (M300/C2/37)
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Personal files
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- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of 4 files of correspondence and articles
- Date Range
- 1972-1981
- Reference Code
- M300 / C2 / 78 to 81
- 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 / 78 to 81
- Date Range
- 1972-1981
- Physical Description
- 5 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of 4 files of correspondence and articles
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of files. File titles assigned during monetary appraisal
- Content Details
- LIST OF CONTENTS (V500 / C2 / 78 to 81) :
- * Fuimas, 1971-1972, file contain memoirs by Howden. Includes letter to Morant from the author (V500/C2/78)
- * Lost and found correspondence, 1978 (V500/C2/79)
- * Retirement correspondence, [ca.1980], includes 15 prints (V500/C2/80)
- * Articles on Morant, 1981-1988, articles written about Morant in "Western Living", "Rail News" and "VIA Directions" (V500/C2/81)
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