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Alex Douglas Fonds Vancouver Skiing
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Extra photographs that did not fit into Alex Douglas's albums. Subject include building the T-bar, skiing, snowy mountain vistas, Alta Lake, Whistler Mountain, snowshoeing, Red Chair, Vancouver, hotdogging, treewells, wildlife, and snowcats.

Identification according to ADOUGLAS-03-011:

  • 001 (109-3) – Jan 1981, “new Ford Courier at Seymour.”
  • 003 (112-17) – “TSSSC 1981, bottom station and terminal tower.”
  • 008 (49-20) – May-June 1978, “nice shoot, Whistler Bowl after [blasting?]”
  • 012 (108-18) – Dec-Jan 1980/81, “kids on Seymour.”
  • 013 (6-22) – August 12-14 1976, “chair lift Seymour.”
  • 014 (109-6) – Jan 1981, “one girl snowshoeing.”
  • 015 (114-20) – [June 1981], “Mike + me.”
  • 016 (112-19) – TSSSC 1981, “rock pile, note snow level.”
  • 017 (111-18) – April 1981, “truck up in Seymour Parking lot with the most snow we had all year.”
  • 018 (110-20) – February 1981, “ice on the [trees?]”
  • 019 (111-13) – April 1981, “view of Seymour from Springer St.”
  • 020 (111-11) – April 1981, “truck and house on Springer.”
  • 021 (110-18) – February 1981, “ice on the [trees?]”
  • 067 (117-11) – [1981], “of the Government Cabin.”

Douglas, Alex 'Axel'

Toni Sailer in memoriam

File contains online newspaper articles and e-mails primarily relating to the death of Toni Sailer on August 24th 2009. Also included are a 1980 Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp staff address list and an article about the U.S. National Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame.

  • 001 - Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp 1980 staff address list.
  • 002 - Toni Sailer obituary and tribute, by Patrick Lang and John Fry, from www.skiinghistory.org, printed August 25 2011, 6 pages.
  • 003 - E-mail between Alex Douglas and Wayne Wong re: death of Toni Sailer, August 26 2009.
  • 004 - E-mail between Alex Douglas and Scott Bridger re: death of Toni Sailer, August 26 2009, 2 pages.
  • 005 - “A moment of silence for Austrian ski legend Toni Sailer,” Ron Judd, The Seattle Times, August 25 2009.
  • 006 - “Show Him The Money: Weichsel Plans To Shake Up Hall of Fame,” Roger Leo, Mountain News, June 29 2009, 2 pages.

Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp 1979

DVD contains footage of the 1979 Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp. This includes the drive from Vancouver up to Whistler, unloading the bus, hiking up to the glacier, riding the gondola/chairlift/t-bars, skiing, a mountaintop picnic, the construction site of Whistler Village, the Whistler mascot, and various outdoor activities such as tennis, volleyball, and trampolining. No background music.

The DVD also includes three 'music videos,' each 1 minute long.