Photographs given to Janet Love Morrison by Intrawest.

Photographs of Franz Wilhelmsen skiing with Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, a Garibaldi Lifts Ltd. Summer Camp ski pass, Whistler Village in the midst of construction from Whistler Mountain, a ski school group photo with children posing with Willie Whistler, Garibaldi Olympic Development Association (GODA) notice of annual general meeting form 1966, Garibaldi Lifts Ltd. Subscription Agreement, a letter from Franz Wilhelmsen to Florence Strachan notifying the sending of the Garibaldi Lifts Ltd. Subscription Agreement, a flyer about Jim McConkey and Bob Dufour's Garibaldi Ski School, a group of children in ski school with their instructor, a baby on skis, a group photo of Yosemite Ski School from Winter 1948 (including, from left to right, Bob Berelsford, Ross Moore, Norm Palmer, Jim McConkey, Chuck Freshwater, Nic Fiore, Tony Freitas, Bill Cahow, and Luggi Foeger), Alta Lake train station on the PGE, Myrtle Philip in her elder years walking with Gary Watson, a sign on Whistler Mountain listing the town services in the 1970s [post-it reading "For Sure"], Roundhouse, Eric Beardmore and the Woodward family skiing Whistler Mountain, Jim McConkey skiing Whistler Mountain, the front cover of the September/October 1963 issue of Skier Magazine showing Willy Schaeffler and Franz Wilhelmsen inspecting the mountain, skiers posing, Whistler T-bar, skiers from Garibaldi Ski School posing for a portrait, children posing with their instructor, and a woman from Ski Patrol.

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

Personal photographs belonging to Franz Wilhelmsen

Personal photos belonging to Franz Wilhelmsen, comprising:

Photos from Philip Wilhelmsen’s family album:

• Franz with Annette and various other people, [1980s-1990s]
• Franz and Stefan Ples. Caption on verso: “Dad/Stephan[sic] Ples”
• Franz and another man standing next to a helicopter
• Black and white photograph. Caption on verso: “Dad & Crown Princess Martha, 1942”

Skiing photographs:

• Franz skiing with Pierre Trudeau and Jim McConkey [1970s]. Caption on verso: “McConkey/Trudeau/Dad”
• Four people in skis sitting on a bench, March 1977

Ship photograph:

• Nitinat. Caption: “Dad’s First Coastal Water Enterprise” [1950s]. The Nitinat was a ship, part of Franz’s first business venture after the war.

Captioned photographs:

• Four people in skis sitting on a bench. Caption: “ ‘One of the [Lawman] Annie Benches’ – The plank would be raised as the snow deapth [sic] increased. Invented by Annette Wilhelmsen, to the right in her canary suit.”
• Douglas McKay Brown, Franz Wilhelmsen, Eric Beardmore and Annette Wilhelmsen boarding a train. Caption: “Spring 1961, early morning boarding on P.G.E. Railway for exploring around Alta Lake: Douglas McKay Brown, Vancouver Solicitor, Franz, Eric Beardmore who built the first hotel at Whistler, the Cheakamus Inn, and Annette Wilhelmsen.”
• The old Stud Sawmill. Caption: “This is what was left of the old stud sawmill in the Valley by 1960.”

Holiday card photographs

Negatives:

• Early Whistler, 1961-1962
• Franz Wilhelmsen
• Boarding the train
• Standing by a helicopter

Minutebook for meetings of the Alta Lake Community Club from 1951-1985. Subjects discussed include holiday parties and dances, the purchasing of a projector, hosting films, Girl Guides and Cubs, memorial benches, the purchasing of a snowplow, logging, moving the Alta Lake School flagpole, fire safety, postal service, roads, Robbie Burns Night, fishing derbies, art lessons, theatre, Myrtle Philip's birthday, the Squamish Youth Choral, Blackcomb Ski Club, Rainbow Mountain ski hill, the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, TV's coming to the Whistler valley, building the Whistler Mountain Ski Club building, the formation of a ski club, the Mountain Rescue Group, Mount Whistler Lodge, Alta Lake Ratepayers Association, building a new school, physical education classes on the mountain, Cypress Lodge, donation to the Garibaldi Olympic Development Association, Highland Lodge, the Logger's Sports Day Parade, seasons passes for children, square-dancing, and badminton.

Various ski films from Jim McConkey's personal collection. Some are films with McConkey in them and others are just general ski films that he owned.

Photographs of the Ponies carrying materials up Whistler Mountain for the creation of the ski lifts (with a post-it reading "Ponies used to transport construction materials to the Alpine - hence the run name 'Pony Trail'"), "Diamond" Jim McConkey skiing Whistler Mountain in the early 1970s, and Jim McConkey in January 1985.

Photographs of the cover of Skier's Magazine for September/October 1963 showing Willy Schaeffler and Franz Wilhelmsen at Whistler Mountain, the village during construction, Mayor Pat Carleton opening Blackcomb Mountain for business at 9am on Thursday, December 4, 1980 (He cut the ribbon attached to a chair on Lift #2 with a chainsaw), Pat Carleton giving the first chair of skiers on Blackcomb a push, Franz Wilhelmsen and Jim McConkey posing at Whistler Mountain with a few others, Late construction stages of Tyrol Lodge, and a kids ski camp on Whistler Mountain.

Photographs of newspaper articles on the development of early Whistler Mountain, hotdoggers (including Wayne Wong) posing, children skiing, a large group photo of ski instructors, Gerry Rinaldi ski racing down Whistler Mountain, a Toni Sailer summer ski camp flyer, an annual ski pass for Garibaldi Lifts Ltd. for Dr. Fred Harder for 1966/67, an annual ski pass for Garibaldi Lifts Ltd. for Gordon Harder for 1966/67, the first guests to sign in at the Chateau Whistler Resort, skiers outside Roundhouse, skiers relaxing while looking at Whistler's Peak, people sitting in lawn chairs outside Roundhouse, Jim McConkey skiing off a snowy cornice on Whistler Mountain in The Vancouver Sun, 1971, and two skiers in powder.

A Garibaldi Ski School at Whistler Mountain pamphlet. The front panel features a group of skiers posing in front of the Garibaldi Ski School sign. The back panel lists the class options, their locations, their times, their rates and other specific information. The inside panels give a brief biography and photo of Jim McConkey, the Director of the School, as well as Bob Dufour, the Assistant Director. The inside also contains information about Jim McConkey's rental service, lift rates, Whistler Mountain information and transportation. Three photographs of skiers are also present.