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Box 3: 1981-1982

Photographs including but not limited to Forget-me-nots inside a store, heli-skiing, Whistler Fall Festival, Christmas on Whistler Mountain, chairlifts, aerial photography, skiing, ski racing, and Whistler Village. Some photographs taken by Greg Griffith.

Business Cards

4 business cards for Dennis Hansen, Kent Rideout and Hugh Smythe from Blackcomb Ski Enterprises and Ski Esprit.

Ephemera

Posters, postcards, calendars, newspapers, magazine clippings, and other ephemera relating to Greg Griffith's photography career.

Events

Posters from the Saudan Couloir Ski Race Extreme between 1989 and 1999, Blackcomb Mountain in 1994, and various Whistler Blackcomb skiing and snowboarding events ranging from 2013 to 2015. Textual materials and photograph related to the 1984 and 1985 Schloss Laderheim Race on Whistler Mountain.

Glacier Research

Photographs from glacier research surveys of Horstman Glacier, Overlord Glacier, and Wedge Glacier between 1965 and 2020 documenting glacier recession.

Magazines

Articles include information on Myrtle and Alex Philip opening Rainbow Lodge, the development of the resort on Blackcomb Mountain, grand hotels at resorts like the Chateau Whistler, driving the Sea to Sky Highway, living in Whistler, summer activities, Bosa Development Corp. building Blackcomb Mountain, how Blackcomb Mountain's previous season went, and development of hotels on Blackcomb Mountain.

Millennium Place Artists

Photographs of artworks and other accompanying material relating artists who lived and/or worked in the Whistler area and have submitted art to Arts Whistler, primarily in the 1990s.

Molson World Downhill

Molson World Downhill Magazine published by Whistler Winterfest in March 1984.

Table of Contents:

p. 3: Sponsors
p. 8: Letters of Welcome
p. 12: Whistler Winterfest '84 - A calendar of special events culminating with the Molson World Downhill
p. 17: The World Looks at Whistler - Television coverage brings the Molson World Downhill to viewers around the globe. By Lynn Blanchard
p. 19: The Westside Course - A former Canadian alpine team member describes Whistler's challenging downhill course. By Dave Murray
p. 22: The World Cup Event - How the World Cup originated and how the downhill title is won
p. 24: Racer Profiles - Narratives of competitors on the World Cup downhill circuit. By Maxine Sevack
p. 34: A Canadian Tradition - The many aspects of Molson's involvement with skiing
p. 36: OCO '88 Trains at Sarajevo - The XV Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee gains first-hand experience at Sarajevo. By Frances Jackson
p. 40: From Pastoral Summer Playground to World Cup Host - An account of Whistler's metamorphosis from wilderness to resort destination. By Stew Muir
p. 45: Whistler's Year-Round Appeal - Discriminating vacationers will find a host of resort facilities and special events throughout the four seasons at Whistler
p. 48: The Conference Centre at Whistler - Whistler enters a new phase with full conference facilities scheduled for completion in 1985
p. 53: Challenge Yourself Through Molstar Participation - Fun and the spirit of competition with Molstar, recreational racing at its best
p. 55: 1983/84 Race Results - World Cup downhill results available at press time

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