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Philip Fonds

  • PHILIP
  • Fonds
  • [c. 1890]-1986

The fonds consists of personal papers of Myrtle Philip, including education documents, journals, diaries, banking records, certificates and passports, legal and property records, correspondence, birthday and recipe books, postcards of the Alta Lake/Whistler area, scrapbooks, reference material, and photographs. The photographs depict the Philip family, people (including guests at Rainbow Lodge), events, and scenes of the Whistler area. The fonds includes Alex Philip's manuscripts, as well as records relating to his estate. The fonds also includes records of Rainbow Lodge, including guest registers (1915-1947), a cashbook (1928-1952), employee records (1941-1948), invoices, and receipts.

Philip, Myrtle

Dale Brandon Fonds

  • WA_2023_045
  • Fonds
  • 1924

A photograph of the interior of Rainbow Lodge

Barr Fonds

  • BARR_2011_042
  • Fonds
  • [1927]-1938

Photographs belonging to Ross and Alison Barr documenting their life at Parkhurst sawmill on Green Lake, Whistler. One comic poem about Parkhurst.

Helmer Fonds

  • WMA_P05_016
  • Fonds
  • [1930s]

Photographs taken by Dorthy Helmer at Alta Lake in the 1930s. Photographs include staff, visitors, and people visiting or working at Rainbow Lodge.

These names are marked on the back of some of the photographs: "Myrtle Philip", "Gillespie", and "Helmer".

Helmer, Dorothy

Thompson

  • WA_2019_025
  • Fonds
  • 1932

Materials gathered by Pearl and George Thompson, early guests of Rainbow Lodge, including a letter written to the couple from Lam Shu, the chef at Rainbow Lodge.

Richard "Dick" Fairhurst Fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1935 - 1948

Postcards of Rainbow Lodge and Garibaldi Provincial Park, water licences, and original stories written by Richard "Dick" Fairhurst.

WA_88_25_01: Postcard of Rainbow Lodge.
WA_93_01: Black and white postcards of Garibaldi Provincial Park.
WA_988_22: Conditional Water Licence (license), Water Rights Branch Province of British Columbia (1947).
Water Licence, Department of Lands and Forests Province of British Columbia (1958).
WA_92_14: Original Stories Written by Richard Fairhurst.

This fonds record has been transferred from old FileMaker Pro records, and as such, may be missing information and may not entirely adhere to RAD.

Don Gaynor

  • WA_2019_038
  • Fonds
  • 1964

Photographs by Don Gaynor, including of Phil Tapley's house, the Tapley's Farm, and Rainbow Lodge in 1964.

Brian Buchholz Fonds

  • BBUC
  • Fonds
  • 1988-2017

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.