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Alyssa Bruijns Fonds
WA_2016_005 · Fonds · 2015-2021

Posters, art, and textual material donated by Alyssa Bruijns between 2014 and 2021, including Whistler Blackcomb and mountain biking posters, a bus pass, COVID-19 vaccine information and sticker, an Ancient Trees protest sign, her art under Snowline Art, gift cards and tickets for local Whistler pubs and museums, and memberships to Whistler organizations.

Art
WA_2016_005-06 · Series · 2018
Part of Alyssa Bruijns Fonds

Materials created and donated by Alyssa Bruijns relating to art and her pen and ink art under the name Snowline Art.

BC Transit Bus passes
WA_2016_005-03-001 · File · August 2017
Part of Alyssa Bruijns Fonds

One monthly bus pass for transit in Whistler during August, 2017. The pass was made possible through the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) and BC Transit.

Correspondence
WA_2019_040-01 · Series · 2019
Part of Rene Widmer

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.

WA_2016_005-06-001 · File · 2018
Part of Alyssa Bruijns Fonds

Black and white with holographic background pen and ink illustrated stickers by Snowline Art, created by Alyssa Bruijns in 2018. The stickers show Heckler's Rock, a lively section of the Crankworx downhill mountain bike race course where spectators would congregate to cheer mountain bikers on while partying. The second version of the sticker reads "Whistler" in the top left corner.

WA_2019_040-01-001 · File · 2019
Part of Rene Widmer

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.
Mary Murray Fonds
WA_2020_026 · Fonds · [1975]-2020

Materials donated by Jinny Ladner on behalf of the late Whistler Museum & Archives board member, Mary Murray, just after her passing in 2020. Items include a colour copy of a print showing the top of the chairlifts on Whistler Mountain in 1975 and a thank-you greeting card celebrating Mary's work on the Whistler Museum's board signed by the board and staff members.