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Week of June 10, 1982

Photographs including but not limited to children; band; ventriloquist; Bill Runge; construction of Club Cabins;
Appears in June 10, 1982 issue:
02-283-55. Pg. 6. Caption: Project manager Dan Savage checks out the pouring of concrete to anchor water mains in the Club Cabin project.
02-283-76. Pg. 8. Caption: [top left] Ken White, Plastering Contractor, Vancouver.
02-283-81. Pg. 8. Caption: [top middle] Bob Wyer, Plumber, North Vancouver.
02-283-86. Pg. 8. Caption: [top right] Monte Sandvoss, Project Manager, Vancouver.
02-283-74. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom left] Bill Agler, Hod Carrier, Vancouver.
02-283-80. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom middle] Ben Vos, Labour Foreman, Vancouver.
02-283-69. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom right] AL White, Hod Carrier, Vancouver.
02-283-29. Pg. 10. Caption: Don Bryan and his good friend Dr. Noseworthy entertain a Whistler audience and members of the Alaskan Greenlanders Air Command Band Friday night at Blackcomb Lodge. Bryan later performed at the Brass Rail.
02-283-2. Pg. 11. Caption: Teaching Assistant Karen King shows new-born chick to Simon Beller, a student at Myrtle Philip School. The chick arrived in Whistler as an egg from Coastal Mountain Outdoor School.
02-283-10. Pg. 13. Caption: Man's best friend straps on the saddlebags and lightens the load for this traveller, who still seems to have more than enough to carry.
02-283-7. Pg. 14. Caption: These young athletes burned up the track at the Howe Sound District Track and Field Day held in Squamish June 3.
02-283-3. Pg. 16. Caption: Litter spoils a beautiful trail leading from Highway 99 to Green Lake along the north bank of the River of Golden Dreams.

Skiers and group photographs

File contains 19 photographic prints, 1 newspaper photograph, and a postcard, showing individual skiers and groups at the Toni Sailer and Dave Murray Summer Ski Camps.

  • 001 – large photographic print of a group of (probably) Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp participants on a rocky mountaintop, c. 1970s?
  • 002 – b&w photographic print of a person in a striped hat skiing, with t-bar in the background.
  • 003 – b&w photographic print of a woman skiing, with two poles in the foreground and two skiers in the distance.
  • 004 – b&w mounted photograph of a person skiing, with t-bars in background.
  • 005 – b&w mounted photograph of a woman with ‘39’ on her jacket skiing around poles.
  • 006 – b&w mounted photograph of a woman with ‘60’ on her jacket skiing around a banner. Harvey Soicher photo.
  • 007 – newspaper photograph from May, 1970 edition of Garibaldi’s Whistler News, showing the previous year’s staff of the Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp: Alan White, Dan Irwin, Yves Bienvenu, Rod Hebron, Al Menzies, Nancy Green, Karen Dokka, Andi Schall, Colin Haffie, Toni Sailer, Roy Ferris, Wayne Booth, and Dag Aabye. Originally adhered to a photo album page.
  • 008 – framed Dave Murray Summer Ski Camp group photograph with Whistler Summer Ski Camp and Dachstein banners in the background, c. 1980s. "Mountain Moments" stamped on back.
  • 009 – framed Dave Murray Summer Ski Camp group photograph with Whistler Summer Ski Camp and Atomic Ski banners in the background, c. 1980s. "Mountain Moments" stamped on back.
  • 010 – Dave Murray Summer Ski Camp postcard showing group staff photograph, post-1990. Photo by Greg Griffith, produced by Mountain Moments.
  • 011 – framed summer ski camp group photograph on mountain with Tyrolia banner. "Mountain Moments" stamped on back.
  • 012 – framed summer ski camp group photograph on mountain with banner. Comes with an identification sheet giving the names of many people in the photograph.
  • 013 - group photograph of Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp staff seated on rocks, c. 1970s. Back row: unknown, Wayne Wong, unknown, unknown. Middle row: Toni Sailer, unknown, Greg Lee, Don McQuaid, Nancy Green Raine, unknown. Seated in front: unknown, Floyd Wilkie.
  • 014 – framed photograph of a man in a white shirt, dark overalls, sunglasses and cap skiing. The skis are pointing slightly upwards and there is a big spray of snow. Whistler Mountain Photo.
  • 015 – framed group photograph of Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp participants on glacier with 'Willie Whistler' mascot and helicopter, 1981. Comes with an identification sheet giving the names of many people in the photograph.
  • 016 – large print of a man with skis standing on front of multiple banners (Carrera, Dachstein, ess var, Whistler Summer Ski Camp, Descente, Toko) on the ski hill.
  • 017 – b&w mounted photograph of a boy (?) skiing. Harvey Soicher photo.
  • 018 – b&w print of girl or young woman with pigtails skiing.
  • 019 - b&w print of a man on skis pointing.
  • 020 – framed summer ski camp group photograph on mountainside with Tyrolia banner.
  • 021 - b&w mounted photograph of a man skiing.

12th International Toni Sailer Ski Camp 1977

Three copies of an advertising pamphlet for the 12th International Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp 1977, providing information on programs, dates, history, coaches, prices, equipment, and travel planning.

11th International Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp 1976

Item is a pamphlet for the 11th International Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp for Junior Skiers at Whistler Mountain. It provides information on dates, directors, coaching staff, lifts, different sections of the camp (advanced, intermediate and novice racing, freestyle, recreational), accommodations, recreational activities, schedules, costs, age limits, equipment, and travel arrangements. Also included is an application card attached at the back. The front of the pamphlet is pale greenish-grey with drawings of skiers.

Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp 50th Anniversary

File contains e-mail correspondence, to-do lists, articles, and other documents relating to the 50th Anniversary of the Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp, with a particular focus on the planning of the anniversary celebration by Alex Douglas.

List of documents:

  • 001 - article, “Museum Musings: Celebrating 50 years of summer skiing,” Jeff Slack, Whistler Question, April 25 2016.
  • 002 - article, “Olympic Hero Toni Sailer Teaches Ski Racing Atop a Canadian Glacier,” Anita Verschoth, Sports Illustrated Vault, June 1 1981.
  • 003 - advertisement for Brandy’s at The Keg, Creekbread and the Community, winter wear and cookbook, Mountain Life, winter/spring 2016.
  • 004 - e-mail correspondence between Tam Peavoy and Alex Douglas, March 24-26 2016.
  • 005 - Creekbread menu, c. 2015-16.
  • 006 - e-mail correspondence between Alex Douglas and Wayne Wong, February 15-16 2016.
  • 007 - e-mail correspondence between Jeff Slack and Alex Douglas, March 24 2016.
  • 008 - scan of a TSSSC pamphlet: Racing/Freestyle/Recreational, with pictures of Toni Sailer, Nancy Greene Raine, Wayne Wong, and Bob Dufour.
  • 009 - e-mail correspondence between Whistler Museum and Alex Douglas, October 15 2015.
  • 010 - e-mail correspondence between Sarah Drewery and Alex Douglas, August 2 2013.
  • 011 - e-mail correspondence between Karla Grenon and Alex Douglas, April-August 2015.
  • 012 - Priority Communication Planner page with phone numbers, e-mails, and notes about the Whistler 50th Anniversary.
  • 013 - Priority Communication Planner page with to-do-list (?) for planning 50th Anniversary.
  • 014 - Priority Communication Planner page with notes regarding 50th Anniversary.
  • 015 - e-mail correspondence between Alex Douglas, Doug Matthewman, Steven Threndyle, Alan White, and Scott Bridger, regarding date for 50 Summers at Whistler celebration.
  • 016 - copy of April 2015 correspondence between Alex Douglas and Karla Grenon, with handwritten notes along the top and on the back.
  • 017 - e-mail from Alex Douglas to Nancy Greene and Al Raine, April 26 2015.
  • 018 - e-mail correspondence between Alex Douglas and Cate Webster, March-April 2015.
  • 019 - Priority Communication Planner page with notes/to-do list for 50th Anniversary.
  • 020 - e-mail from Alex Douglas to Gemma Prescott, March 16 2015.
  • 021 - e-mail from Michelle Leroux to Alex Douglas, August 2 2013.
  • 022 - e-mail correspondence between Harry Burgess and Nancy Greene Raine, May 9 2014.
  • 023 - e-mail from Alex Douglas to Mark Taylor, October 7 2014.
  • 024 - “Summer Skiing? A Whistler Tradition,” Whistorical blog, June 29 2013.

B.C. Motorist Magazine, January-February 1967

The January-February 1967 (Vol. 6, No. 1) issue of B.C. Motorist Magazine published by B.C. Automobile Association containing the following articles:
"Teenage Drivers"
"Whistler - Hottest Ski Area in Canada"
"The Driving Lesson"
"Electric Autos Coming Back?"
"New Life for Old Totems"
"Fasten Your Seat Belts, Please!"
"Lake Country and Ghost Towns"
"Fishermen and Fish - The West Coast Troller"
"A Walk to Siwash Rock"
"Campbell River Loves the Sea"
"A Man and His Fossil Mountain"
Cliff Fenner used tabs on cover page and on pages 4 and 6 to indicate his photographs used in the magazine. These photographs are of Black Tusk, construction of the village in Whistler, and Dag Aabye (ski acrobat) on Whistler Mountain.

Alta Lake Community Club Minutebook 1951-1983

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.

Garibaldi Ski School Update Letter

A letter from the Garibaldi Ski School director Alan White to Mrs. and Mr. Ladner. It gives an update halfway though the International Summer Ski Camp held in 1966. It describes the weather and the ski activities that occurred at the camp and thanks Mr. and Mrs. Ladner for their support of the camp and asks if they have any feedback for future years.

Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp 1969

A smiling group posing for the camera on a sunny day on the mountain.

Annotations on the reverse of the print read as follows:

"Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp - 1969 Summer

Back left: Dan Irwin (Can. Nat. team), Yves Benvene (Fr. Nat. team), Roddy Hebron (Can. Nat. team), Andy Schall (Rocky Mtn. Ski Champ.), Dag Aabye (Whistler Mtn.), Wayne Booth (Mt. Seymour), Toni Sailer (World & Olympic Champ.), Al Menzies (Apex Mtn.)
Front row: Alan White (Whistler; director Mt. Seymour), Nancy Greene (Can. & World Olympic Champ.), Karen Dokka (Can Nat. team), Colin Haffey (Can. Ski, S.A.), Roy Ferris (Director of Summer Camp).

Third Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp"

This photograph was published in Garibaldi News in the fall of 1969.

Summer 1979 people in camp

Photographs of campers at Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp in 1979 playing volleyball, having a BBQ beside Alta Lake, on a bus, swimming in a pool, and relaxing on Whistler Mountain in summer.

Identification according to ADOUGLAS-03-011:

  • 001 (73-14) – June 1979, “Scotty and his size 16s.”
  • 002 (75-1) – June 1979, “Children’s Camp Beach Barbecue.”
  • 003 (75-2) – June 1979, “Children’s Camp Beach Barbecue.”
  • 004 (75-4) – June 1979, “Greg (white shirt), Nick Adler background.”
  • 005 (75-5) – June 1979, “Jon [Grim?], Donny.”
  • 006 (75-8) – June 1979, “Hoggy.”
  • 007 (75-12) – June 1979, “Mini and Martha Ward, Nick and Tom back seat.”
  • 008 (75-14) – June 1979, “Jeff and Andrew, Bestsy.”
  • 009 (75-19) – June 1979, “Dana Baum.”
  • 010 (77-7) – mid-July 1979, “What’s Steve doing to Pam.”
  • 011 (77-9) – mid-July 1979, “Pam doing a flip.”
  • 012 (77-10) – mid-July 1979, “Me doing an [omobrius?] flip off diving board at Whistler Inn.”
  • 013 (77-11) – mid-July 1979, “Me doing an [omobrius?] flip off diving board at Whistler Inn.”
  • 014 (77-13) – mid-July 1979, “Tom [Chemis] and a Canadian.”
  • 015 (78-5) – July 1979, “Nini sister picking blue berries.”
  • 016 (78-21) – July 1979, “Allan White, Nole, Rocky, Bill, Steve, Chad, Nancy, Linda.”

Douglas, Alex 'Axel'

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