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Douglas, Alex 'Axel' Blackcomb Glacier
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Articles, Report, and Signatures

File consists of two magazine articles, a report, and a series of signed papers relating to the Toni Sailer and Dave Murray Summer Ski Camps.

  • 001 - Magazine article, "A letter from camp," by Michel Beaudry, Ski Canada magazine, 1986 or 1987, 4 pages.
  • 002 - Magazine article, "Camp really is for kids," by Leslee Jaquette, Ski Canada magazine, spring 1993, 4 pages.
  • 003 - Report on the 1972 Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp at Whistler Mountain, British Columbia, Canada, by Roy A. Ferris and Alan White, August 1972, 3 pages.
  • 004 - 6 papers with Toni Sailer Summer Ski camp letterhead, with message to 'Axel' (Alex Douglas) thanking him for his help with the year's first adult ski session, and bearing signatures from camp participants, July 17 1981.

Misc. TSSSC and DMSSC Photos

Photographs of campers and staff skiing, hanging around, and posing for group photos at the Toni Sailer and Dave Murray Summer Ski Camps.

  • 001 - photo view from the top of a ski run looking down, with the DMSSC banner in the foreground.
  • 002 - photo of campers and staff sitting and standing around in front of the TSSSC office.
  • 003a-b - two identical group photos of TSSSC staff outdoors. Very similar shot to 004/005.
  • 004 - group photo of TSSSC staff outdoors. Same shot as 005; very similar shot to 003.
  • 005 - large print of group photo of TSSSC staff outdoors. Same shot as 004; very similar shot to 003.
  • 006 - black-and-white cardboard-mounted photo of a man skiing.
  • 007 - black-and-white photo of a man skiing. Same shot as 008.
  • 008 - black-and-white cardboard-mounted photo of a man skiing. Same shot as 007.

Notes made by Alex Douglas:

001: "DMSSC on Blackcomb Glacier"
002: "Adventures West Village - Camp was there 1972 to 1979. On table: Floyd Wilkie, Wayne Wong. Greg Lee on deck."
003-005: "Back row left to right: Toni Sailer, Wayne Booth, Alan White, Greg Lee, Wayne Wong, Bob Dufour, Don McQuaid. Middle row left to right: Scott Bridger, Nancy Greene Raine. Front row left to right: "Bob Turgeon, Floyd Wilkie. This photo would have been on the Whistler Glacier, probably 1978 or 1979."
006: "either 1973, 1976, or 1977. Alex Douglas wearing ski patrol pack. Harvey Soicher photo."
007-008: "These two photos taken by Harvey Soicher (worked with Greg Griffith). 1972 or 1976."