Topical files, numbered – group A
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of topical files pertaining the railways and the Canadian Pacific Railway, 45 files
- Date Range
- [ca.1930-ca.1980]
- Reference Code
- M300 / C1 / 1 to 48
- 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 / C1 / 1 to 48
- Date Range
- [ca.1930-ca.1980]
- Physical Description
- ca.50 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of topical files pertaining the railways and the Canadian Pacific Railway, 45 files
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of sub-series. Most file titles are an abbreviated version of Morant's original title. Some file titles were supplied at the time of monetary appraisal
- Content Details
- LIST OF FILES (M300 / C1) :
- A1 : early photographs of the Canadian Pacific Railway (M300/C1/1)
- A2 : CPR Times, biographical sketch (M300/C1/2)
- A3 : Royal Tour 1939 (M300/C1/3)
- A4 : early CPR cards and menus and old timetables (M300/C1/4)
- A4a : early CPR and Canadian National Railway timetables (M300/C1/5)
- A5 : last CPR passenger timecard and first Via Rail timetable, 1977 (M300/C1/6)
- A6 : early CPR hotel brochures that include Morant photographs (M300/C1/7)
- A7 : Alaska cruise mementos (M300/C1/8)
- A8 : Empress of Canada and Empress of England menu cards, 1967 (M300/C1/9)
- A10 : information on narrow gauge locomotive wreck, Canadian Pacific Railway, near Cathedral Mountain, Yoho (M300/C1/10)
- A11 : Connaught and Spiral Tunnels (M300/C1/11)
- A12 : early blueprint of Stony Creek Bridge near Glacier, BC (M300/C1/12)
- A13 : the Lethbridge viaduct, Alberta (M300/C1/13)
- A14 : early line diversions at Field and Revelstoke, BC (M300/C1/14)
- A15 : underground rivers in the Glacier, BC area (M300/C1/15)
- A16 : early railway advertising brochures (M300/C1/16,17,18)
- A16a early across Canada CP brochures re Canadian Pacific Railway (M300/C1/19)
- A17 : Edison movie Company 1910 films (M300/C1/20)
- A18 : Railroading and the supernatural (M300/C1/21)
- A19 : "The Big Railway", a British publication using Morant photographs (M300/C1/22)
- A21 : CP Telegraph blanks and stationery (M300/C1/23)
- A22 : information on air brakes re the Big Hill at Field, BC (M300/C1/24)
- A23 : early CPR passes (M300/C1/25)
- A24 : CP Centennial 1981 (M300/C1/26)
- A25 : CPR hotel menu cards (M300/C1/27,28)
- A26 : Centennial CP special issue (M300/C1/29)
- A27 : photograph by R. H. Trueman (M300/C1/30)
- A28 : CP Centennial picnic album (M300/C1/31)
- A29 : report on the origin of the Palliser Hotel chandeliers (M300/C1/32)
- A30 : the wreck of a day-liner on Calgary-Edmonton branch line (M300/C1/33)
- A31 : brochures from the Canadian Rockies (M300/C1/34)
- A32 : CP hotel brochures from the eastern region (M300/C1/35)
- A33 : CP hotel brochures from the western region (M300/C1/36)
- A34 : early brochures re Alaska (M300/C1/37)
- A35 : CP Airlines brochures (M300/C1/38)
- A36 : early ski brochures and Trail Rider of the Canadian Rockies bulletins (M300/C1/39)
- A38 : Jack Peach on mountain railroading (M300/C1/40)
- A39 : agricultural research at the Strathmore CP farm (M300/C1/41)
- A39a : Jack Peach discussing silk trains (M300/C1/42)
- A40 : technical data re cataracts and Gimbel Clinic (M300/C1/43)
- A41 : reproduction of "Rogers Pass Herald", 1981 (M300/C1/44)
- A42 : early government brochure on the Icefield Highway (M300/C1/45)
- A43 : early VIA Rail memorabilia (M300/C1/46)
- A44 : Canadian Pacific Railway poster of a steam locomotive featuring original gouache artwork by Peter Ewart (M300/C1/47)
- A45 : Old Chateau Frontenac luncheon menu card, 1956 (M300/C1/48)
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