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Letters from Rene Widmer to Alyssa Bruijns (Head Archivist & Collections Manager, Whistler Museum & Archives) sharing stories of his time working with Cliff Fenner in the Garibaldi Provincial Park area.

Photograph of Clifford Fenner and Rene Widmer in front of a floatplane at Snowcap Lake.
Photograph was previously in wooden frame.

Caption on back: "Snowcap Lake, Rene + self, Sept 1999/20 [20 is scratched out] ?"

Digital prints based on original 1960s photographs of Cliff Fenner and Rene Widmer hiking Black Tusk.

Digital prints based on original 1960s photographs of Cliff Fenner and Rene Widmer hiking Black Tusk.

Model Release Forms to take photographs of Rene Widmer and Anna Urhahn in various areas of Garibaldi Park.

Contents:
3 forms from August 3, 1960.
6 forms from August 4, 1960.
2 forms August 31, 1961.
1 blank Model Release form.
1 blank Photographer's Release form.

These forms were originally in envelope with title and description "Model Release Forms for Photographs | Rene Widmer was in Garibaldi Park Photos and was a Park Employee".

Letters from Rene Widmer to Alyssa Bruijns (Head Archivist & Collections Manager, Whistler Museum & Archives) sharing stories of his time working with Cliff Fenner in the Garibaldi Provincial Park area.

• Letter 001: References the Whistler Museum exhibit on Cliff Fenner, and shares autobiographical details of his employment as a park ranger in Garibaldi Provincial Park, how he came to Canada, how he met Cliff, and a rough timeline of his activities and jobs in the 1960s.
• Letter 002: Offers to sign a donation form for the Whistler Museum and to translate his diary entries from his time in the Black Tusk area from German to English.
• Letter 003: Elucidation of more specific memories from his time as a park ranger under Cliff Fenner's mentorship, including a trip leading girl guides from Squamish into the park to camp at Taylor Meadows and lyrics to a song the girl guides created about Widmer's role leading the climbing and hiking party.
• Letter 004: Contains explanation of enclosed translated diary entry from 1961 detailing 'The Visit of Judge Wilson' to Garibaldi Provincial Park while Rene Widmer and Dick Bond were rangers there.

Photograph of 2 people [Rene Widmer and Anna Urhahn] in [Black Tusk Meadows] with [Tantalus Range] in background.

Photograph of [Rene Widmer and Anna Urhahn] looking out on [Helm Lake].

Photograph of 2 people [Rene Widmer and Anna Urhahn] looking out at Helm Lake in Garibaldi Park.

Photograph of 2 people [Rene Widmer and Anna Urhahn] looking out at Helm Lake in Garibaldi Park.

Also labelled with Fenner's address, "2346 Jefferson Ave West Vancouver BC V7V 2BZ".