Postcards donated by Vicki Lawson, including a postcard depicting a mountaineering party gazing upon Black Tusk in Garibaldi Provincial Park, [possibly in the 1920s] taken by Philip Timms.
Postcard depicting a mountaineering party gazing upon Black Tusk in Garibaldi Provincial Park, [possibly in the 1920s]. In red lettering at the top, "The Black Tusk" and "Garibaldi Park B. C." are written. Verso also shows red lettering reading "Garibaldi National Park Series - Timms. Vancouver Canada". In pencil, ""The Grousers" c/o 1223 Fifth Ave, New Westminster, BC" is written, as well as "Sat[urday] me thinks" and "Dear fellas:". The postcard has no stamp. The photograph was taken by Philip Timms, of Vancouver.
Photographs depicting paintings by K. C. Smith. These may have been a submission to Millennium Place.
001: Painting of a house in a snowy landscape on a moonlit night. Caption reads: "16" x 20" / KC Smith". 002: Painting of a longhouse with totem pole. Caption reads: "Sooke Long House / 24" x 30"". 003: Painting of a Duffey Lake. Caption reads: "Duffey Lake / 30" x 40"". 004: Painting of a Mt Custer and Waterton Peak with a lake in the mountains. Caption reads: "Mt. Custer / Waterton Pk. / 36" x 48"" on front and "July 1998" on back. 005: Painting of a lake in the mountains of Yoho National Park. Caption reads: "Lil. Desa / Yoho Nat[ional] Park / K.C Smith" on front and "24" x 30"" on back. March 5, 1997. 006: Painting of Fortress Lake and mountains. Caption reads: "44" x 60" / Fortress Lake B.C.". 007: Painting of grizzly bear on a hillside. Caption reads: "36" x 48" / Grizzly / K.C. Smith" on front and "July 1998" on back. 008: Painting of Black Tusk. Caption reads: "40" x 50" / KC Smith / Black Tusk" on front and "July 1998" on back. 009: Painting of a tent on a rock outcropping near a lake. Caption reads: "24" x 30" / KC Smith" on front. March 5, 1997. 010: Painting of a moose. Caption reads: "40" x 50" / K.C. Smith" on front and "July 1998" on back.
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.
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.
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.
Photographs of artworks and other accompanying material relating artists who lived and/or worked in the Whistler area and have submitted art to Arts Whistler, primarily in the 1990s.
