Narrow Results By
Biographical information and personal documents
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions25692
- Part Of
- Nicholas de Grandmaison fonds
- Scope & Content
- 9 documents; 5mm
- Date Range
- 1919 - 1980
- Reference Code
- M561 / II / A
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Nicholas de Grandmaison fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- II / A - Biographical information and personal documents
- Reference Code
- M561 / II / A
- Date Range
- 1919 - 1980
- Physical Description
- 9 documents
- Scope & Content
- 9 documents; 5mm
- Content Details
- "Interview given by my mother Sonia de Grandmaison to CBC - Mowat" - M561/II/A/1 "The Legacy of Nicholas de Grandmaison" - M561/II/A/2 "N. de Grandmaison Bio" - M561/II/A/3 Copy of certificate and translation from "Department for common Army And personal matters" dated February 19, 1919 re: assist with distribution of food for prisoners of war - M561/II/A/4 Copy of passport substitute and translation re: Nicholas de Grandmaison to permit residence on German territory valid until February 16, 1920 - M561/II/A/5 Copy of letter from Ministere des Affaires estrangeres - Republique Francaise dated July 28, 1921 re: passport approval - M561/II/A/6 "Deed Poll" re: name change from Grandmaison to de Grandmaison - M561/II/A/7 Condolence letter addressed to Sonia de Grandmaison from Jules Leger dated April 13th, 1978 on Order of Canada letterhead - M561/II/A/8 "BoM de Grandmaison Collection (backgrounder) 29th September 1980" - M561/II/A/9
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
Newspaper and magazine clippings and excerpts
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions25693
- Part Of
- Nicholas de Grandmaison fonds
- Scope & Content
- 37 items, 5mm
- Date Range
- 1930 - 2009
- Reference Code
- M561 / II / B
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Nicholas de Grandmaison fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- II / B - Newspaper and magazine clippings and excerpts
- Reference Code
- M561 / II / B
- Date Range
- 1930 - 2009
- Physical Description
- 37 clippings and excerpts
- Scope & Content
- 37 items, 5mm
- Content Details
- Various clippings, excerpts, and copies from newpapers and magazines dating from 1930 to 2009 re: Nicholas de Grandmaison M561/II/B/1 to M561/II/B/37
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
Nicholas de Grandmaison fonds
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions688
- Part Of
- Nicholas de Grandmaison fonds
- Scope & Content
- Series I: Photographs (V786) - one sub-series consisting of photographs of Nicholas de Grandmaison; one photograph of Order of Canada event Series II: Textual (M561) - three sub-series: A - Biographical information and personal documents B - Newspaper and magazine clippings and excerpts C - Invita…
- Date Range
- 1919-1992
- Reference Code
- M561 / V786
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Nicholas de Grandmaison fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M561
- V786
- Sous-Fonds
- M561
- V786
- Accession Number
- 2018.8994
- Reference Code
- M561 / V786
- Date Range
- 1919-1992
- Physical Description
- [2] cm of textual records. 19 photographs; b&w and col.
- History / Biographical
- Nicholas de Grandmaison was born in southern Russian in 1892. He attended military college in Moscow, graduating in 1911 and transfered to military school in 1913 to train as an officer. He was stationed in Warsaw, Poland in early 1914 when World War I began and was captured as a prisoner of war in Germany until 1918. Upon then end of the war, Nicholas de Grandmaison studied art in England, eventually arriving in Calgary, Alberta via some time spent in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He had specific interest in Indigenous peoples and travelled widely throughout North America painting portraits. Nicholas de Gradmaison moved to Banff in 1939 with his wife Sonia, where they raised five children. He is a member of the Order of Canada, and holds an honourary doctorate from the University of Alberta, and was made an honorary Peigan "Chief Little Plume". He died on March 23, 1978 and is buried at the Brocket on the Piikani Nation reserve, west of Fort McLeod.
- Scope & Content
- Series I: Photographs (V786) - one sub-series consisting of photographs of Nicholas de Grandmaison; one photograph of Order of Canada event
- Series II: Textual (M561) - three sub-series: A - Biographical information and personal documents B - Newspaper and magazine clippings and excerpts C - Invitations and exhibit announcements
- Subject Access
- Arts
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- file description
- Creator
- Nicholas de Grandmaison
- Biographical Source Notes
- Biographical documents in fond
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.