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Documents concerning Arbour Day from August 1991 to 1997. File includes an Arbour Day Tree Deaths chart; an "Arbour Day Sat. May 9th" hand-drawn poster with details on Arbour Day activities; lists of volunteers for Arbour Day between 1991 to 1997; contact information for volunteers; planting group information; diagrams for tree planting; drafts for display panel layouts; correspondence regarding display panels; Don MacLaurin's notes regarding Arbour Day planning and events; Arbour Day management meeting agendas; correspondence regarding Arbour Day plant and site distribution; "thank you" lists; Arbour Day Committee reminders; lists of Arbour Day locations; Arbour Day planting plans; correspondence regarding a carbon off-set program.

Note:
The last page of Item MACLAURIN_2017_011_005_008_003_007 (labelled) had a post-it note reading "Craig Smith Linda [Smith] Meadow Park. Tree Planting James Gord[e]n ph 932 9660".

Issue of Blabcomb - Blackcomb Mountain's staff newsletter - from July 12, 1991. Articles include:

• Guest Feedback
• I. C. E. Awards
• New Faces in the Sales Department
• Comments from an I. C. E. Award Winner
• Social Club - Club Couloir - Update
• Good times at the country hoe-down
• Shred (Blackcomb comic)
• Do you remember this party?
• Staff news
• Appreciation
• Congratulations!!
• Wheelin' and Dealin' (classifieds)

Materials donated by Brian Buchholz, including a video of the Rainbow Lodge property in 1988 and documents relating to the organization and hosting of Remembrance Day services in Whistler between 1997 and 2017.

Newspaper articles and press releases written by Brian Buchholz regarding Whistler's Remembrance Day services.

Items include:

001: "Lest We Forget: 11.11.11" newspaper article by Robyn Cubie found in the November 10, 2000 issue of Pique Newsmagazine. The article speaks about the origin of the name 'Mons' in Whistler, the origin of the names 'Birken' and 'Birkenhead', quotes from Brian Buchholz about Whistler's Remembrance Day ceremonies, and the background of retired air serviceman Brian Titterton of Whistler.
002: "'Veterans Highway' idea backed" newspaper article by Jennifer Miller found in the November 15, 2007 issue of the Whistler Question. The article speaks about the support several Sea to Sky veterans gave to the idea of turning the Sea to Sky Highway into the Sea to Sky Veterans Memorial Highway. Brian Buchholz gives his support also, although West Vancouver-Garibaldi MLA Joan McIntyre admits it would be a difficult project to complete due to the commitment to the Cultural Journey Sea to Sky project that was agreed to in partnership with the Squamish Nation and Lil'wat Nation.
003: "Whistler to honour fallen heroes at local cenotaph" newspaper article by David Burke found in the November 6, 2003 issue of the Whistler Question. The article speaks about the Remembrance Day ceremony which would occur in Whistler that year. There is also a Remembrance Day poppy next to MLA Ted Nebbeling's photo, as well as the poem "In Flanders Fields".
004: "Whistler Remembrance Week" photographs in the newspaper Snapd Whistler from the December 2013 issue. The photographs document the Remembrance Day ceremonies in Whistler.
005: Press Release: "Royal Canadian Legion 'Poppy Campaign' helps us to remember while helping veterans" - November 1, 2002
006: Press Release: "Remembrance Day 2002 takes on added significance as Canadian Forces remain 'in harm's way'" - November 1, 2002
007: Press Release: "Candlelight Service added to Veteran's [sic] Week Tribute" - October 25, 2001
008: Press Release: "Poppies and Whistler Library help Whistler to remember veterans' sacrifice" - October 31, 2001
009: Press Release: "Whistler to honour Canada's fallen war heros [sic] at Remembrance Day Service" - October 25, 2001
010: Copy of Whistler Question article: "Children's poems and music highlight Candlelight Tribute" by Brian Buccholz - [2000s?]
011: Copy of newspaper article: "This November 11th - Pause and remember" - November 2010
012: Press Release: "Whistler Remembrance Day Ceremonies to reflect on war, peace, and service" - November 1, 2003

Programs and program drafts for Whistler's Remembrance Day Service between 1997 and 2017. Brian Buchholz was involved in planning the service.

Items include:

• 001: "Legion: Forever Remembered - Remembrance Day Whistler" program from November 11, 2007
• 002: "Remembrance...pass it on! - Remembrance Day, Whistler, BC" program from November 11, 2012, with added corrections
• 003: "Remember - N'oublions pas" program from Remembrance Day in Whistler on November 11, 1999
• 004: "Remembrance Day - November 11, 2016 - Whistler, BC" program draft from October 18, 2016
• 005: "VIMY 1917-2017 - Remembrance Day - November 11, 2016 - Whistler, BC" program from November 11, 2016
• 006: "Remembrance Day - November 11, 2015 - Whistler, BC" program draft and final from November 11, 2016
• 007: "Women Win the War - Remembrance Day - November 11, 2014 - Whistler, BC" program from November 11, 2014
• 008: "Remember - N'oublions pas" program draft from Remembrance Day in Whistler on November 11, 1999
• 009: "The Trustees of Humanity" program draft from Remembrance Day in Whistler on November 11, 1997
• 010: "The Day the War Ended: VE-Day 1945 in Europe & Around the World" program from Remembrance Day in Whistler on November 11, 1998
• 011: "The Trustees of Humanity" program draft from Remembrance Day in Whistler on November 11, 199[7 or 8?]
• 012: "Legion" program draft from Remembrance Day in Whistler on November 11, [2015?]
• 013: "Passchendaele 1917-2017 Veteran's Week - Remembrance Day - November 11, 2017 - Whistler, BC" program draft from November 11, 2017

Speeches, speech drafts, and to-do lists written by Brian Buchholz for Whistler's Remembrance Day ceremonies from 1997-2017.

Items include:

001: Remembrance Day Speech Draft - Nov. 5, 2014
002: Remembrance Day Speech - 2015
003: Remembrance Day Speech Draft - Nov. 10, 2013
004: Remembrance Day Speech Draft - 2012
005: Organizing Committee To-Do List 2016
006: Act of Remembrance Speech Draft - November 10, 2016 [with handwritten notes]
007: Act of Remembrance Speech - 2003
008: Remembrance Day 2007 Welcoming Remarks - 2007
009: Organizing Committee To-Do List 2016 - [with handwritten annotations]
010: Act of Remembrance Speech Draft - November 6, 2016 [with handwritten corrections]
011: Remembrance Day Speech - [2000s?]
012: Press Release: Candlelight Service added to Veteran's Week Tribute - October 25, 2001
013: Press Release: Whistler to honour Canada's fallen war heros [sic] at Remembrance Day Service - October 25, 2001
014: Press Release: Poppies and Whistler Library help Whistler to remember veterans' sacrifice - October 31, 2001
015: Veterans' Candlelight Tribute Schedule - November 10, [2001]
016: Press Release: Whistler Remembrance Day and Veterans' Candlelight Tribute Programs provide tradition and celebration - November 5, 2001
017: Remembrance Day Speech - November 11, 2001 [with handwritten corrections]
018: Press Release: This November 11th, pause and remember - October 3, 2010
019: Act of Remembrance - 2011
020: Wreath Presenters - October 3, 2011
021: Remembrance Day Service Welcome - October 3, 2011
022: Only Two Minutes - Poem by Emily Cann - 2009
023: Remembrance Day Speech - 2008
024: Act of Remembrance Draft - November 8, 2015
025: Wreath Presentation - 2015 [with handwritten annotations]
026: Act of Remembrance Draft - November 10, 2016
027: Act of Remembrance Draft - November 8, 2015
028: The Young Community of Whistler Remembers Canada's Oldest Sacrifice
029: Welcoming Remarks - 2006
030: [Act of Remembrance] - 2002 [Laminated]
031: Act of Remembrance - 2009
032: Welcoming Remarks - 2003

Photographs of Whistler Museum and Archives staff setting up the museum at the new Main Street location.
Caption on textual document:
017: "MANY THANKS! Brian Buchholz, Darlyne Christian, Bob Cooper, Colin Ernst, Bettina Falloon, Tim Falloon, Kelly Flynn, Paul Fournier, Tony Giblet, Joan Howard, Tom Horler, Carole Howes, Ellen Lanchester, Stan Langtry, Suzan Lemmers, Kathy Macalister, Sally MacIntosh, Isobel MacLaurin, Tim Manville, Chris Ongman, Florence Petersen, Marie-Anne Prevost, Kris Shoup, Wayne Truax, Kathryn Tumpach. 1995/6 setting up museum in new, Main St. location"
009: Brian Buccholz and Bettina Falloon.

Materials created and donated by Brian Buchholz regarding the organization and hosting of Remembrance Day services in Whistler between 1997 and 2017. Items include programs, speeches, speech drafts, to-do lists, wreath presenter lists, newspaper articles, and press releases.