Photographs taken by volunteer Florence Petersen for a Whistler Museum and Archives exhibit entitled 'Picturing Whistler: Local Faces, Local Spaces'. Volunteers were asked to 'take photographs of people, places, events and phenomena or anything else that you consider to be essentially 'local' in Whistler'.
Photographs of Florence and Andy Petersen, two workmen building a wooden structure, and a young girl standing in a boat with the railway line behind her.
Notes relating to 5714 Alta Lake Road, lots 10 and 11. Includes notes from a chat with Roger Stacey, correspondence with Florence and Andy Petersen, correspondence with Roger Stacey, and handwritten note from Ray Dove, and a memoir from Ray Dove about Woodbine Cottage.
Research and correspondence related to 5610 Alta Lake Road, lot 37. It includes two emails between Florence Petersen and Paul "Spud" Mathews, as well as a form filled out about the lot and how the house was purchased, as well as a description of how Mathews came to the Whistler area.
Notes on 5638 Alta Lake Road, Lot 30. One handwritten note listing owners of the property and two pages of handwritten notes by Jacquie Pope about how she first came to the area and the first owner of the lot who was an unknown PGE employee.
An introduction letter sent by Gay Cluer and Florence Petersen to the residents of Alta Lake Road requesting information about the houses and people who lived their for their history book. This particular copy has numerous handwritten notes from Bev and Ron Kitteringham with memories about the railway line, Rainbow Lodge, views of the lake and mountains and food.
Two pages of handwritten notes about 5638 (Lot 30), 5710 (Lot 12) and 5642 (Lot 29) on Alta Lake Road. The notes are about the current and former owners of the properties and how the houses were built and purchased.
Pamphlets collected by Don MacLaurin during his lifetime. File includes pamphlets concerning nature, as well as pamphlets specific to Whistler.
Details of each item: 001: Pamphlet titled "Vancouver/Garibaldi" involving the site proposed for the 1976 Olympic Winter Games bid. The text in the pamphlet is written in multiple languages. 002: Map titled "Village & Valley Map & Service Directory" for Whistler from August 2001. 003: Pamphlet titled "Our Whistler: Honouring Our History 25 years" by the Whistler Arts Council from October, 2007. 004: Pamphlet titled "Wild Flowers of British Columbia" presented by Home Oil Distributors Ltd. 005: Pamphlet titled "Whistler Birds 2005" published by Whistler Naturalists Society. 006: Pamphlet titled "Garibaldi's Whistler Mountain British Columbia, Canada". Pamphlet includes an insert with rates for the 1966/1967 ski season. 007: Pamphlet titled "Nature Tours Whistler Eco-Tours" with rates for various tours offered.