Documents, photographs, films, and other graphic material relating to the career, accomplishments, interests, and family life of Franz Wilhelmsen, including:

• Awards and honours he received
• Organizations and Corporations he ran or was involved with
• Personal photographs
• Newspapers and magazine articles
• Personal and professional correspondence
• VHS Videos

Whistler Mountain News newsletter given out to guests and pass holders in Spring 1991. Articles include:

• Will the Peak Chair open today?
• 25th Anniversary Celebrations continue
• "In Style" by Gary Athans
• The Green Chair
• Ski Scamps Special Events
• The Half Pipe

Whistler-themed magazine, published by Paul Burrows, containing the following articles:
"A Bloomin' New Season: An injection of confidence, and Whistler Springs forward" by Glenda Bartosh
"Jim McConkey: Diamond in the Rough" by Anita Webster
"The House of Zube: A fantastical adventure in living, built on all natural ingredients" by Glenda Bartosh
"Fore! : Play it again, Arnold - on Whistler's scintillating new 18-hole golf course" by Craig Spence
"Summer Footnotes: Tromping through sweet alpine meadows, sailing away on an Alta Lake breeze... Whistler's got the cures for summertime blues"
"Whistler Valley Map & Service Guide"
"How To Find It: From dog catchers to babysitters... a comprehensive service directory guaranteed to put you in touch"
"Top of the Table: Whistler offers you the fairest of the dining fare"
"Village Map: A detailed guide for making your way around Whistler Village"
"A Parting Note" Photo by John Bartosik

Whistler - The Magazine editions spanning from 1982-1989. The magazines feature stories about Whistler locals and Whistler's history, shopping guides, accommodation guides, village maps, and ads from local businesses.

Photographs including but not limited to construction; snowball fight; Whistler Village; councillors; Terry Rodgers; Halloween party; jack-o-lantern; balloons; John Ritchie; Jim McConkey; evening event; Rotary Club; massages; Podborski; Brooker; dinner event; Dave Murray; costumes; dancing; Araxi's forst birthday party; Canadian National Ski Team Benefit; watching firework display; Nasty Jack's Halloween Party
Appears in November 4, 1982 issue:
02-295-172. Pg. 1. Caption: And the winner is ... Steve Pwdborski draws the lucky number of the grand prize winner at the Canadian National Ski Team Benefit as Dennis Waddingham looks on. The benefit was held Oct. 29 at L'Apres.
02-295-10. Pg. 2. Caption: What a better way to end an evening of trick or treating than being treated to Whistler's third annual Halloween fireworks display, put on by the Whistler Volunteer Fire Department.
02-295-192 Pg. 3. Caption: [top left] Halloween brought all kinds in all sorts of outfits into Whistler Village Oct. 30 and 31. At left, revellers lauded and larded the virtues of fat super heroes at Nasty Jack's Halloween Party Oct. 30.
02-295-198. Pg. 3. Caption: [top right] Meanwhile, on the other side of town, oil barons and assorted unidentifiable whooped it up at Bullets Cabaret.
02-295-140. Pg. 3. Caption: [bottom] Whistler Ratepayers listen to Garry Watson, who surprised the meeting with a censuring motion agains outgoing President Ruth Lotzkar.
02-295-39. Pg. 6. Caption: Mark Angus
02-295-20. Pg. 6. Caption: Sid Young
02-295-127. Pg. 6. Caption: Craig MacKenzie
02-295-4. Pg. 6. Caption: Mark Sadler
02-295-5. Pg. 6. Caption: Fred Barter
02-295-37 Pg. 7. Bernie Hauschka
02-295-156. Pg. 7. David O'Keefe
02-295-154. Pg. 7. Bill Peterson
02-295-83. Pg. 7. Terry Rodgers
02-295-45. Pg. 7. Denver Snider
02-295-118. Pg. 7. Judy Fosty
02-295-120. Pg. 7. Bob Mallett
02-295-9. Pg. 8. Caption: Provincial crews began taking apart the Bailey bridge which spans the River of Golden Dreams at Highway 99. Work on the dismantling job began Nov. 1.
02-295-151. Pg. 8. Caption: Bill Peterson Advertisement
02-295-109. Pg. 9. Caption: McConkey Ski shop staff consult with a ski industry rep on the season's latest equipment.
02-295-157. Pg. 9. Caption: David O'Keefe Advertisement
02-295-68. Pg. 10. Caption: His Honour Dave Murray passes royal judgement on the winning costume at Araxi's first birthday party Sunday, Oct. 31. Lucky Andre walked away with $100 for his light and airy costume, which just may give the mountains some bright ideas for transporting skiers.
02-295-110. Pg. 11. Caption: Jim McConkey's Ski Shop gets a face-lift over the weekend in anticipation of the upcoming ski season. Sales reps from a variety of ski equipment manufacturers were on hand Saturday to get the season off to a well-informed start.
02-295-123. Pg. 12. Caption: Bob Mallett Advertisement.
02-295-5. Pg. 12. Caption: Fred Barter Advertisement.
02-295-118. Pg. 13. Caption: Judy Fosty Advertisement.
02-295-77. Pg. 14. Caption: [left] Michael Vance, Planning Consultant, Alpine Meadows.
02-295-75. Pg. 14. Caption: [middle] Rollie Horsey, Retired, Alta Vista.
02-295-137. Pg. 16. Caption: [top] Smokey Batzer demonstrates artifical resuscitation techniques to employees of the Delta Mountain Inn.
02-295-134. Pg. 16. Caption: [bottom] A volunteer from the audience takes aim and fires, dousing the remains of a wastepaper-basket fire.

Photographs including but not limited to kayaking; gambling; Jim McConkey

Photographs including but not limited to portraits; Stephanie Sloan; Jim McConkey; gondola; ski gear; skiers; chairlift; cross-country skiing; band playing; Snowcat; downhill skiing; acrobatics; alphorn; alcohol; apres ski race drinking; man on crutches; Whistler and Blackcomb staff; Doc Fingers and the Gortex Blues; Foot in the Door playing at the Canadian Telemark Team Benefit
Appears in March 10, 1983 issue:
02-322-169. Pg. 1. Caption: M. Robert Gourdin, North American sales rep for Moet et Chandon and Hennessy Cognac, topped off this $24,000 tower of Baccarat crystal glasses with a few bottles of bubbly during a special presentation at Delta Mountain Inn March 3. And how to open a bottle of champagne on such a special occasion? Why, with a Napoleonic sabre, of course.
02-322-26. Pg. 2. Caption: Lands, Parks and Housing Minister Tony Brummet (center) was given the royal tour of Whistler March 4 and 5. Brummet was escorted to the top of both Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains Saturday by Hugh Smythe, President of Blackcomb Skiing Enterprises (left) and Franz Wilhelmsen, President of Whistler Mountain Ski Corporation (right) Said Brummet of the development he saw there: "Amazing!".
02-322-158. Pg. 3. Caption: [top] At it again! Blackcomb and Whistler Mountain staff squared off for the second round (actually there's been far more than two rounds guzzled in this competition) at their boat races March 2.
02-322-120. Pg. 3. Caption: [bottom] Gaudy poles alone Highway 99 disturbed the tranquil view of some motorists. The stripes, which are a plastic mesh and not paint, will be removed by B.C. Hydro soon.
02-322-129. Pg. 5. Caption: A new sound wafted through the air of Whistler Village Saturday, Mar. 5 thanks to Otto Baumann and his Alp horn. The horns were originally designed to call cattle home or signal to nearby neighbours. Baumann, 25, a native of Lucern Switzerland, made this horn himself. It measures 12 feet in length.
02-322-177. Pg. 6. Caption: [left] Now you see it, now you don't. The WRA has recently invested $13,000 in this amazing piece of collapsible technology which can be used to set up an eye-catching display booth on Whistler in minutes. It's a traveller's delight, for when not extended to its full 12'x20' display size, it neatly collapses into a three ft. tube which weighs less than 30 lbs. -- including the photos. Here Village Coordinator Bob Wick demonstrates the full range of versatility of this latest creation from Silicon Valley.
02-322-181. Pg. 6. Caption: [right] See caption above.
02-322-151. Pg. 8. Caption: Paulette Bibeau gives a lift to Jay Hirabayashi in Jazz Duet.
02-322-85. Pg. 10. Caption: Doc Fingers and the Gortex Blues Band kept the crowd on their feet on the Canadian Telemark Team Benefit, Stunday, Mar. 6 at Bullets Cabaret. (L-R) Robin Ferrier, Doc Fingers and Jack Lavin belt it out for the full house. Not shown is Ferrier's crutch -- supporting his ankle, broken Mar. 4 scant days before the telemark racing season really gets underway.
02-322-101. Pg. 12. Caption: The cat disgorges its cargo -- seven powder hounds and one photographer prepare for the descent.
02-322-62. Pg. 13. Caption: [left] Craig Barker -- the man to talk to about telemark skiing.
02-322-68. Pg. 13. Caption: [right] Barkers eases through the crucial point in the telemark turn.
02-322-8. Pg. 14. Caption: [left] Colin Pitt-Taylor, Chef, Function Junction.
02-322-10. Pg. 14. Caption: [middle] Nigel Woods, Contractor, Alpine Meadows.
02-322-16. Pg. 14. Caption: [right] Stephanie Sloan, Ski Instructor, Westside Road.
02-322-72. Pg. 16. Caption: Foot in the Door titillates the tele markers at the Canadian Telemark Team Benefit held at Bullets Cabaret Sunday, Mar. 6 (L-R) Mark Schnaidt, Craig Barker, Charlie Doyle and Rocco Bonito helped the team net $500 toward sending the team to races in Colorado.

Photographs including but not limited to cross-country ski race; Mountain Moments Photography; ski check; Brass Rail Lounge; portraits; young ski racers; buses; cars; downhill ski race; apres at the bar; skiers near the chairlift; man in costume; Jim Wyse; Alta Lake Sports Club; Whistler Mountain Christmas Downhill
Appears in January 13, 1983 issue:
02-332-18. Pg. 5. Caption: Sign bylaw's in, neon goes out.
02-332-26. Pg. 9. Caption: Ski Keep Inc. Manager Jeff McAllester acepts gear from a prudent skier at the base of Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains. The service costs one dollar and is good all day.
02-332-105. Pg. 14. Caption: A group of cross-country skiers prepare to set off around one of the Whistler Golf Course trails.
02-332-121. Pg. 15. Caption: A pensive Dave Murray checks out the application of new skiing techniques put to task by young members of Whistler Mountain Ski Club during the recent training camps.
02-332-31. Pg. 18. Caption: The domino theory was proven once again behind the Carleton Lodge when this stack of skis collapsed. Speculation is that the owner of the first pair of skis on the left was at fault.
Appears in January 6, 1983 issue:
02-332-136. Pg. 1. Caption: Father Time had a parting gift for anyone waiting to ring out the old in Whistler Village, Dec. 31. Virginia Machine and Penny Logan accept a timeless treasure.
02-332-66. Pg. 2. Caption: Heavy apres ski traffic is masterfully chanelled by parking attendant Nick Di Lalla on Sunday, Jan. 2 in Whistler Village.
02-332-30. Pg. 6. Caption: [left] Jeff McAllester, Ski Keep Manager, Alpine Meadows.
02-332-37. Pg. 6. Caption: [middle] Charles Seeberg, Computer Programmer, Vancouver.
02-332-41. Pg. 6. Caption: [right] Mike Young, Travel Consultant, Whistler Cay.
02-332-117. Pg. 8. Caption: Paul Brown, coach of Whistler Mountain's Nancy Greene league gets his charges to slow down for a quick pic on Dec. 31.
02-332-2. Pg. 9. Caption: Ready! Get Set! Go! The newest members of Alta Lake Sports Club are off and racing in a 400 metre cross-country event Sunday, Jan. 2.
02-332-10. Pg. 12. Caption: Whistler's six best dressed citizens sport new jackets issued as part of Community Recovery Program. Back left to right Glenn Tilley, Chris Snow, Ian Mousey. Front left and right Jeannette Bos, Anne Marie DeGrout, Kevin Morgan prepare for a winter of snow clearing and parking control.

Photographs including but not limited to gym class at Myrtle Philip School; awards; skis; Christmas with Whistler Choir; dancing; children dancing in costumes; car accident; Pat Carleton; Al Raine; Peter Alder; Sid Young; Whistler Village; ocean views; waterfall; river rapids; road construction; Squamish Youth Chorale singing at Myrtle Philip School; Howe Sound School Board awards; Western Days at Myrtle Philip School; Myrtle Philip School library
Appears in December 9, 1982 issue:
02-290-9. Pg. 1. Caption: A young batch of new skiers shapes up for the slopes under the rigorous command of ski shop owner Jim McConkey, who put them through their paces Dec. 6.
02-290-229. Pg. 3. Caption: [top] Highways crews clear up the debris left by a Dec. 3 rock slide on Highway 99 near M Creek.
02-290-17. Pg. 3. Caption: [bottom] Mayor Mark Angus is sworn into office by Municipal Clerk Kris Shoup-Robinson at Council's inaugural meeting Dec. 6.
02-290-139. Pg. 5. Caption: Whistler's new trustee Bob Mallett is sworn in by Secretary Treasurer of the Howe Sound School Board Don Ross at the Dec. 1 inaugural meeting of the board.
02-290-28. Pg. 6. Caption: Ski shops are well stocked with the latest in ski designs for the 1983 ski season.
02-290-50. Pg. 7. Caption: [top] Members of the Squamish Youth Chorale put on a stirring performance for Whistler residents Dec. 4 at Myrtle Philip School.
02-290-55. Pg. 7. Caption: [bottom left] Squamish Youth Chorale.
02-290-36. Pg. 7. Caption: [bottom right] Squamish Youth Chorale.
02-290-149. Pg. 8. Caption: Slim and Margaret Foughberg open a gift presented to Slim for his service to the Howe Sound School Board. Together they have served Howe Sound continuously (except for two years) since 1946.
02-290-88. Pg. 9. Caption: [top left] You can throw it ...
02-290-85. Pg. 9. Caption: [top right] You can blow it ...
02-290-77. Pg. 9. Caption: [bottom left] you can dump it ...
02-290-150. Pg. 9. Caption: [bottom middle] you can jump it ...
02-290-74. Pg. 9. Caption: [bottom right] or else you can ignore it and simply stay at home.
02-290-53. Pg. 10. Caption: Shepherds sing about the new saviour's birth in the Squamish Youth Chorale's performance of "The Glory of Christmas" at Myrtle Philip School, Saturday, Dec. 4.
02-290-72. Pg. 11. Caption: Young cowboys contemplate a life on the range while watching square dancing at Myrtle Philip School Western Days Tuesday, Nov 29.
02-290-59. Pg. 13. Caption: Myrtle Philip School library helpers enjoy a well-earned lunch. Irene Pope, Judy Fosty, Kelly Maxwell and Candy Rusted. Missing is Mrs. Demidoff.
02-290-1. Pg. 14. Caption: [left] Pauline LePatourel, Typesetter/Secretary, Alpine Meadows.
02-290-34. Pg. 14. Caption: [middle] Dennis Waddingham, Village Store Owner, Whistler Cay.
02-290-157. Pg. 20. Caption: Mac Pac Ad left. Alpine Meadows.
02-290-155. Pg. 20. Caption: Mac Pac Ad right. Nesters