NICHOLAS MORANT FONDS (M300 / S20 / V500)

III. PERSONAL AND FAMILY RECORDS SERIES

Sympathy cards and letters. -- 1986. -- 6 cm of textual records. -- Storage location: M300 / III / 1 to 4.

Postcards, letters and cards. -- [before 1995]. -- 1 cm of textual records. -- Title based on contents of file. -- Storage location: M300 / III / 5.

Clarence Tillenius : [correspondence] -- 1995. -- .5 cm of textual records. -- Storage location: M300 / III / 6.

1964/65 Xmas cards. -- 1964-1965. -- 1.5 cm of textual records. -- Storage location: M300 / III / 7.

Old Xmas cards. -- [before 1995]. -- 5.5 cm of textual records. -- Storage location: M300 / III / 8 to 10.

Xmas cards. -- [before 1995]. -- .5 cm of textual records. -- Storage location: M300 / III / 11.

Personal records. -- [before 1995]. -- 3 cm of textual records. -- File consists of passports and birth certificates for Nicholas Morant and Ivy May (Young) Morant. -- Title based on contents of file. -- Storage location: M300 / III / 12, 13.

Nick Morant school work, : [notebooks] -- [ca.1925]. -- 2 textual records (.5 cm) -- Notebooks pertain to geometry and physics. -- Storage location: M300 / III / 14.

Willie Morant notebook. -- [before 1986]. -- 1 textual record (1 cm) -- Title based on contents of file. -- Storage location: M300 / III / 15.

Nick Morant notebooks and daybook. -- [ca.1987]. -- 2 cm of textual records. -- File includes loose daily calendar pages, some annotated. Daybook is 1987. -- Title based on contents of file. -- Storage location: M300 / III / 16, 17.

Nick Morant notebooks. -- [before 1995]. -- 4 textual records (1.5 cm) -- File consists of diaries, 2 items, address book and equipment list. -- Title based on contents of file. -- Storage location: M300 / III / 18, 19.

Lists, card files. -- [before 1995]. -- ca.5 cm of textual records. -- File includes lists of addresses, phone numbers, serial numbers, equipment lists. -- Title based on contents of file. -- Storage location: M300 / III / 20 to 23.

Retirement album. -- 1981. -- 1 v. of textual records (3 cm) -- Item includes guest names and photograph. -- Storage location: M300 / III / 24.

Nick Morant awards and honours. -- 1992, 1993. -- .5 cm of textual records. -- File includes undated material. -- Title based on contents of file. -- Storage location: M300 / III / 25.

Nicholas Morant fonds - M300/S20/V500 - Whyte Museum of the – File description III - 2008 April 1 Personal photographs. -- [before 1998] -- 3 cm of photographs : prints. -- 3 photograph albums (ca.120 prints) -- Sub-series consists of prints, mainly collected by Nick Morant, and photograph albums created by Morant when a young man. -- Title based on contents of sub-series. -- Storage location: V500 / E / 1 to 4 (PA); V500 / E / PD 1 to 3. LIST OF CONTENTS : * Photograph album, 1926-1927, 60 prints. Pertains to landscape and development in Kamloops area, Morant home and travels. Includes small prints and panoramas with captions (V500 / E / PD - 1) * Photograph album, 1928, 37 prints. Pertains to University School, Victoria campus, activities and friends in Victoria. Includes small to medium prints with captions (V500 / E / PD - 2) * Photograph album, ca.1930?, 22 prints. Pertains to Kamloops and area?, no identifications (V500 / E / PD - 3) * Nick Morant with family and friends, before 1998, ca.72 prints (V500 / E / 1, 2 PA) * Flowers, before 1998, ca.30 prints (V500 / E / 3 PA) * Other prints, before 1998, 5 prints. Consists primarily of photographs of Nick, including one with Bruno Engler. Original enclosure was titled "Photo of files Rick Anderson Aug 98" (V500 / E / 4 PA)

House construction records & doc. -- 1952-1955. -- .5 cm of textual records. -- Storage location: M300 / D / 26.

Old papers to do with house construction. -- [ca.1955] -- 5 cm of textual records. -- Storage location: M300 / D / 27 to 30.

Willie's drape cleaning records. -- [before 1986] -- .5 cm of textual records. -- Storage location: M300 / D / 31.

Willie’s recipes. -- [before 1986] -- 4 cm of textual records. -- Storage location: M300 / D / 32 to 34.

Alarm. -- [before 1995] -- 1 v. of textual records (2 cm) -- File pertains to alarm system for Morant house in Banff. -- Storage location: M300 / D / 35.

Attic storage list. -- [before 1995] -- 3 cm of textual records. -- Item is in card file format. -- Storage location: M300 / D / 36.

Mexico, April 1956, Peru, May 1956. -- 1956. -- 3 cm of textual records. -- File consists of names of people and places and where photographs were taken. Also includes some letters. -- Storage location: M300 / D / 37, 38.

CP Rail public relations and advertising 1986 : [personnel list] -- 1986. -- 1 textual record. -- Storage location: M300 / D / 39.

Canadian Pacific Spanner envelopes. -- [before 1995] -- 2 items : print material. -- Items are unused. -- Title based on contents of file. -- Storage location: M300 / D / 40.

Photo releases, C.P.R. Releases - on property. -- [before 1995] -- 6 items : print material. -- File consists of blank release forms for property, photography and tickets. Sample retained. -- Storage location: M300 / D / 41.

CPR ephemera. -- [before 1995] -- 1 cm of textual records. -- File consists of unused items, including photographic release forms, notepaper and envelope, luggage tags, stickers. -- Title based on contents of file. -- Storage location: M300 / D / 42.

Nicholas Morant fonds - M300/S20/V500 - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies – File description III - 2008 April 2 Release letters. -- [before 1995] -- 1 cm of textual records. -- Title based on contents of file. -- Storage location: M300 / D / 43.

Equipment and techniques. -- [before 1995] -- .5 cm of textual records. -- File pertains to photography. -- Title based on contents of file. -- Storage location: M300 / D / 44.

Documentation for negative numbering system. -- [before 1995] -- 1 textual record. -- Title based on contents of file. -- Storage location: M300 / D / 45.

Cascade Cameras Ltd, Report to the shareholders and financial statements. -- 1958-1963. -- 6 textual records. -- File consists of reports issued annually to Nick Morant, a partner in Cascade Cameras Ltd. -- Storage location: M300 / D / 46, 47.

Alpha photo submissions. -- [before 1995] -- 1 v. of textual records (2 cm) -- Storage location: M300 / D / 48.

Invoices received. -- [1935-1950] -- 1 cm of textual records. -- File pertains to stamp collecting. -- Storage location: M300 / D / 49.

Receipts and invoices. -- 1946-1952. -- .5 cm of textual records. -- Storage location: M300 / D / 50.

Expense acct. -- 1981-1982. -- 1 cm of textual records. -- Storage location: M300 / D / 51.

Subscriptions. -- 1985-1992. -- 1 cm of textual records. -- Title based on contents of file. -- Storage location: M300 / D / 52.

Expense a/c forms. -- [before 1995] -- 1 item : print material. -- One sample was retained from file of blank forms. -- Storage location: M300 / D / 53.

Garden : [notes] -- [ca.1990] -- 1 cm of textual records. -- File pertains to John Garden's Morant book projects. -- Storage location: M300 / D / 54.

Press badges and ribbons. -- [before 1995] -- 1.5 cm of textual records. -- Title based on contents of file. -- Storage location: M300 / D / 55.

Interviews, reminiscences, personal recordings. -- [ca.1960] -- 12 sound recordings. -- Sub-series consists of original recordings made by Nick Morant. -- Title based on contents of file. -- Storage location: S20 / 1 to 12. LIST OF SOUND RECORDINGS (S20/ 1 to 12) : * Ashton & Turke historiographies - #3 (S20/1) * Diesels [diesel train engines and horns] - #5 (S20/2) * Reminiscing with Cy Harris, Sept. 21, 1960; 2 reels - #7,8 (S20/3a,3b) * Bill Brewster 1961 [Bill Brewster and Rita Crick] - #11 (S20/4) * Poppy Love rehearsal I, 1960 - #13 (S20/5) * Tim ffrench, April 30, 1959 [Conrad O'Brien ffrench] - #14 (S20/6) * Concert at Louise, 1960 - #15 (S20/7) * C show tape - #19 (S20/8) * Stampede Parade [recording of a parade] - #25 (S20/9) * Excerpts "Poppy Love" [excerpts from staff play at Chateau Lake Louise, starts with telephone message from Betty - 3 3/4 speed - #27 (S20/10) * Animals [coyote noises] - 3 3/4 speed - #28 (S20/11) * John Linn, Sheila Piercey, 1960, Chateau Lake Louise - #29 (S20/12)

Nicholas Morant fonds - M300/S20/V500 - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies – File description III - 2008 April 3 Items from Nick Morant darkroom walls. -- [before 1995] -- 5 cm of textual records and print material. -- File consists of items pinned up in Nick Morant darkroom at the Banff house. Includes photographic prints, re friends, N. R. Crump, horses, other; negative (annotation: 265 Yvonne Drouin); Christmas and greeting cards; Christmas Eve note to Nick from Mother, 1968; postcards; notecards re Empress Hotel, Canadian Pacific ships; calendar pages with photographs by Malak, 1963, 1966; cheques made out to Nicholas Morant; Hasselblad product catalogue, 1983/84); photographs (transparencies) of Nicholas Morant by Elaine Park; lists by Nicholas Morant, including some image filing lists. -- Title based on contents of file. -- Storage location: M300 / D / 56, 57, 58.

Items from Nick Morant workshop walls. -- [before 1995] -- 1.5 cm of textual records and print material. -- File consists of items pinned up in Nick Morant workshop at the Banff house. Includes driver’s licenses; luggage tags (Chateau Frontenac, Canadian Pacific Steamships, other); National Parks resident car stickers, 1964, 1971, 1972; complimentary cards for Chateau Lake Louise, CP Rail, other; dinner cards; CP credit card, 1984; Banff Indian Days pass. -- Title based on contents of file. -- Storage location: M300 / D / 59.

Display items. -- 4.5 cm of textual records and print material. -- File includes notes, signs, cartoons, drawings and other documents, created or collected by Nick Morant and displayed on the walls of his home. Includes several items signed "Marantz" -- Title based on contents of file. -- Storage location: M300 / D / 60, 61, 62.

Other material. -- [before 1995] -- 1.5 cm of textual records and print material. -- File includes ration book; CP telegram; train ticket; Jon Whyte memorial service card and obituary newsclipping; luggage tags from hotels; Equator Club card; Banff Lifts complimentary pass; signs, including: Photographic Equipment with care Nicholas Morant, Rush, Exposed Negative, Underdeveloped Negatives, other; "Brands for lampshades"; article re vestibular disorders. -- Title based on contents of file. -- Storage location: M300 / D / 63.

From the funeral service for Nicholas Everard Morant : [memorial book] -- 1999. -- 1 v. of textual records (2.5 cm) -- Storage location: M300 / D / 64.

Estate notes. -- 1999-2002. -- 2 textual records. -- File consists of notes by Bruce Campbell re photographs loaned out and returned between 1996 and 2002, and list by David Morant, 1999. -- Title based on contents of file. -- Storage location: M300 / D / 65.

Mollie Morant papers. -- 1890-[ca.1970] -- 3.5 cm of textual records. -- 1 photograph : print. -- File consists of notebook, 1890-1900; ration books, 2 items; address books, 2 items; passport; colour photograph of Mollie, 1963. Notebook, titled "Mollie's little book" by Nick Morant, contains writings, poetry, sketches, newsclippings. -- Title based on contents of file. -- Storage location: M300 / D / 66, 67.

Old legal letters of mother's : [Mollie Morant papers] -- 1902-1966. -- 1 cm of textual records. -- File consists of correspondence re estate of W. A. Wylde, 1953; medical insurance pay stubs, 1964- 1966; note signed by H. S. Alexander Esq., March 10, 1902] -- Storage location: M300 / D / 68.

Photos of old Wylde paintings, property of Mrs. John (Molly) Corbett. -- [ca.1955] -- 1.5 cm of textual records. -- File consists of photocopies of Wylde family paintings and includes letter to Mrs. M. E. C. Morant (Mary Catherine Edith "Mollie" Morant), re estate of W. A. Wylde, May 1, 1953. -- Storage location: M300 / D / 69.

Nicholas Morant fonds - M300/S20/V500 - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies – File description III - 2008 April 4 Metchosin. -- 1946-1955. -- 1.5 cm of textual records. -- File consists of receipts and correspondence pertaining to Morant family property at Metchosin, Vancouver Island, BC. -- Storage location: M300 / D / 70.

Sound recordings. -- [ca.1940-ca.1980?] -- 21 sound recordings. -- Sub-series consists of recordings of broadcasts, music, plays, documentaries. -- Title based on contents of file. -- Includes 7 inch reels, 19 items; 5 inch reels, 14 items; smaller reels, 5 items. -- Storage location: S20 / 13 to 33. LIST OF SOUND RECORDINGS (S20/ 13 to 33) : * Fast Freight 901 - CBC - #1 (S20/13) * Men of Mountains, Aug. 7, 1965\6, CBC, J. Simpson - #2 (S20/14) * Men of Mountains, Sept. 27, 1965, CBC, J. Simpson - #4 (S20/15) * Met Opera, Mdm Butterfly - opera recording - #6 (S20/16) * Bob Edwards play, Nov. 1959 - #9 (S20/17) * Jimmy Simpson profile, April 3, 1969, CBC - #10 (S20/18) * John Barrymore, CBC? radio play recording - #12 (S20/19) * Lusitania sinking, 1965 - #16 (S20/20) * Fred Allen show 1965 - #17 (S20/21) * Broadcast music, nd - #18 (S20/22) * Lionel Barrymore Xmas tale, Reggie _, Florence Jenkins, soprano - #20 (S20/23) * Electronic music, CBC - #21 (S20/24) * Electronic play, BBC - #22 (S20/25) * Birdsong, electronic music - radio recording - #23 (S20/26) * "Peter Sellers - Travelogue etc." - #24 (S20/27) * Laughton fish story, 2 "Butterfly" pickups - #26 (S20/28) * "Upstairs Downstairs 1977" - #30 (S20/29) * "The Bricklayer", Gerard Hoffnum - #31 (S20/30) * 901 The Story of a Fast Freight - #32 (S20/31) * Old phono records - CBC - #33 (S20/32) * Recording of organ music at Lawson residence w/ Quenty McGrath - #34 (S20/33)

Interview transcripts. -- 1992. -- 1 cm of textual records. -- File consists of transcripts of interviews with friends and acquaintances of Nick Morant, including Shirley Whittet, Arnold Harrington, Roy Howard, Richard __, Nancy __, Jean Taillon, Bob Kennal. -- Title based on contents of file. -- Storage location: M300 / D / 71.

Biographical information. -- [before 1995] -- .5 cm of textual records. -- File consists of articles pertaining to Nick Morant, including “The cameras of Nicholas Morant"; story about Nick Morant by Elaine ___ of , accompanied by letter; transcript of interview with Lou Kovasik re Nick Morant; magazine: Canadian Industrial Photography, 1967. -- Title based on contents of file. -- Some material is copies. -- Storage location: M300 / D / 72.

Iris Warner research. -- 1994. -- 1.5 cm of textual records and photographs. -- File pertains to the construction of the Alaska "Alcan" Highway, particularly people involved in the construction. -- Title based on contents of file. -- Storage location: M300 / D / 73.

Burton Wheatley family papers and photographs. -- 1884-1903. -- 5 cm of textual records. -- 2 photographs : prints. -- File pertains mainly to Canadian Pacific Railway engineer, Burton Wheatley, and his death in a railway accident on the Field Hill, 1894. Includes CPR Solicitor’s Office Release re death of Burton Wheatley, 1895, 3 p. The Wheatley family was related to

Nicholas Morant fonds - M300/S20/V500 - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies – File description III - 2008 April 5 Willie Morant. File also contains notes and other material pertaining to railway history, tunnels, other. -- Title based on contents of file. -- Prints are oversize. -- Storage location: M300 / D / 74 to 77; V500 / E / 5 (PA)

Photographs, collected. -- [ca.1890-ca.1972] -- 36 photographs : prints, negatives. -- File consists of photographs pertaining to the Connaught Tunnel, mountain scenery, Banff area people and buildings. Includes views along the Canadian Pacific Railway by R. H. Trueman, Trueman and Caple and A. B. Thom. Also includes some photographs by Nick Morant. -- Title based on contents of file. -- Portions of this file are related by provenance to the A. B. Thom fonds (V13) and the R. H. Trueman fonds (V528) -- Storage location: V500 / E / 6, 7 (PA, NA)

Other papers and photographs. -- [after 1913] -- ca.3 cm of textual records and photographs. -- File includes: newsclipping re stamp, 1898; Bank of Montreal pass book belonging to L. P. Owen Tudor Esq, 1913-1914; program for Banff Highland Gathering Sunday service at Devil's Cauldron conducted by Rev. Charles Gordon, 1928; sketched card watercolour by Jane Fisher; Edward Goodall watercolour card of Moraine Lake, signed; photograph of painted portrait; Morant family addresses; park warden occurrence report; handwritten note and sketch: “What do we do with Indians?”; equipment lists, weights and items; photograph of sleeping photographer with camera; colour photograph of Mt. Murray, 1988 from Lance Camp, includes 2 cards; Nick Morant photograph numbering system. -- Title based on contents of file. -- Storage location: M300 / D / 78, 79.

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