Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp building their T-bar on Whistler Mountain in 1977.

Identification according to ADOUGLAS-03-011:

• 001 (28-4) – June 1977, “Tower 2 raising.”
• 002 (28-5) – June 1977, “Plowing road to tower 2.”
• 003 (28-9) – June 1977, “Me up on tower 2 connecting cable. 9 about the best.”
• 004 (28-11) – June 1977, “Me up on tower 2 connecting cable.”
• 005 (28-13) – June 1977, “Operation putting in new trash. P-13 has old trash out.”
• 006 (28-14) – June 1977, “Operation putting in new trash.”
• 007 (28-18) – June 1977, “Bringing down the main cable on the cat.”
• 008 (28-19) – June 1977, “Bringing down the main cable on the cat.”
• 009 (28-21) – June 1977, “Danny pushing the [cable?] under the [idler] wheels.”
• 010 (28-22) – June 1977, “Another shot of glacier. Noel coming down in Cat.”
• 011 (29-2) – June 1977, “Mike + Nole on a tower nice back drop.”
• 012 (29-3) – June 1977, “Mike, Nole, Alex putting cable on wheels.”
• 013 (29-4) – June 1977, “Mike, Nole, Alex putting cable on wheels.”
• 014 (29-6) – June 1977, “Nole + Mike on tensioner.”
• 015 (29-10) – June 1977, “[Crud] cab on top of Whistler.”
• 016 (37-2) – August 12 1977, “Helicopter at tower one, good shot of back of snow.”
• 017 (37-18) – August 12 1977, “Our stuff (towers) on the rocks.”

File contains 19 photographic prints, 1 newspaper photograph, and a postcard, showing individual skiers and groups at the Toni Sailer and Dave Murray Summer Ski Camps.

• 001 – large photographic print of a group of (probably) Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp participants on a rocky mountaintop, c. 1970s?
• 002 – b&w photographic print of a person in a striped hat skiing, with t-bar in the background.
• 003 – b&w photographic print of a woman skiing, with two poles in the foreground and two skiers in the distance.
• 004 – b&w mounted photograph of a person skiing, with t-bars in background.
• 005 – b&w mounted photograph of a woman with ‘39’ on her jacket skiing around poles.
• 006 – b&w mounted photograph of a woman with ‘60’ on her jacket skiing around a banner. Harvey Soicher photo.
• 007 – newspaper photograph from May, 1970 edition of Garibaldi’s Whistler News, showing the previous year’s staff of the Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp: Alan White, Dan Irwin, Yves Bienvenu, Rod Hebron, Al Menzies, Nancy Green, Karen Dokka, Andi Schall, Colin Haffie, Toni Sailer, Roy Ferris, Wayne Booth, and Dag Aabye. Originally adhered to a photo album page.
• 008 – framed Dave Murray Summer Ski Camp group photograph with Whistler Summer Ski Camp and Dachstein banners in the background, c. 1980s. "Mountain Moments" stamped on back.
• 009 – framed Dave Murray Summer Ski Camp group photograph with Whistler Summer Ski Camp and Atomic Ski banners in the background, c. 1980s. "Mountain Moments" stamped on back.
• 010 – Dave Murray Summer Ski Camp postcard showing group staff photograph, post-1990. Photo by Greg Griffith, produced by Mountain Moments.
• 011 – framed summer ski camp group photograph on mountain with Tyrolia banner. "Mountain Moments" stamped on back.
• 012 – framed summer ski camp group photograph on mountain with banner. Comes with an identification sheet giving the names of many people in the photograph.
• 013 - group photograph of Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp staff seated on rocks, c. 1970s. Back row: unknown, Wayne Wong, unknown, unknown. Middle row: Toni Sailer, unknown, Greg Lee, Don McQuaid, Nancy Green Raine, unknown. Seated in front: unknown, Floyd Wilkie.
• 014 – framed photograph of a man in a white shirt, dark overalls, sunglasses and cap skiing. The skis are pointing slightly upwards and there is a big spray of snow. Whistler Mountain Photo.
• 015 – framed group photograph of Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp participants on glacier with 'Willie Whistler' mascot and helicopter, 1981. Comes with an identification sheet giving the names of many people in the photograph.
• 016 – large print of a man with skis standing on front of multiple banners (Carrera, Dachstein, ess var, Whistler Summer Ski Camp, Descente, Toko) on the ski hill.
• 017 – b&w mounted photograph of a boy (?) skiing. Harvey Soicher photo.
• 018 – b&w print of girl or young woman with pigtails skiing.
• 019 - b&w print of a man on skis pointing.
• 020 – framed summer ski camp group photograph on mountainside with Tyrolia banner.
• 021 - b&w mounted photograph of a man skiing.

Series consists of documents relating to the Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp, Dave Murray Summer Ski Camp, and skiing in general.

Seymour Ski Country Fax Transmittal Sheet to Tes Sewell at Jim McConkey Sport Shop, from Alex Douglas, head of Rentals for Seymour Ski Country.

File contains e-mail correspondence, to-do lists, articles, and other documents relating to the 50th Anniversary of the Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp, with a particular focus on the planning of the anniversary celebration by Alex Douglas.

List of documents:

• 001 - article, “Museum Musings: Celebrating 50 years of summer skiing,” Jeff Slack, Whistler Question, April 25 2016.
• 002 - article, “Olympic Hero Toni Sailer Teaches Ski Racing Atop a Canadian Glacier,” Anita Verschoth, Sports Illustrated Vault, June 1 1981.
• 003 - advertisement for Brandy’s at The Keg, Creekbread and the Community, winter wear and cookbook, Mountain Life, winter/spring 2016.
• 004 - e-mail correspondence between Tam Peavoy and Alex Douglas, March 24-26 2016.
• 005 - Creekbread menu, c. 2015-16.
• 006 - e-mail correspondence between Alex Douglas and Wayne Wong, February 15-16 2016.
• 007 - e-mail correspondence between Jeff Slack and Alex Douglas, March 24 2016.
• 008 - scan of a TSSSC pamphlet: Racing/Freestyle/Recreational, with pictures of Toni Sailer, Nancy Greene Raine, Wayne Wong, and Bob Dufour.
• 009 - e-mail correspondence between Whistler Museum and Alex Douglas, October 15 2015.
• 010 - e-mail correspondence between Sarah Drewery and Alex Douglas, August 2 2013.
• 011 - e-mail correspondence between Karla Grenon and Alex Douglas, April-August 2015.
• 012 - Priority Communication Planner page with phone numbers, e-mails, and notes about the Whistler 50th Anniversary.
• 013 - Priority Communication Planner page with to-do-list (?) for planning 50th Anniversary.
• 014 - Priority Communication Planner page with notes regarding 50th Anniversary.
• 015 - e-mail correspondence between Alex Douglas, Doug Matthewman, Steven Threndyle, Alan White, and Scott Bridger, regarding date for 50 Summers at Whistler celebration.
• 016 - copy of April 2015 correspondence between Alex Douglas and Karla Grenon, with handwritten notes along the top and on the back.
• 017 - e-mail from Alex Douglas to Nancy Greene and Al Raine, April 26 2015.
• 018 - e-mail correspondence between Alex Douglas and Cate Webster, March-April 2015.
• 019 - Priority Communication Planner page with notes/to-do list for 50th Anniversary.
• 020 - e-mail from Alex Douglas to Gemma Prescott, March 16 2015.
• 021 - e-mail from Michelle Leroux to Alex Douglas, August 2 2013.
• 022 - e-mail correspondence between Harry Burgess and Nancy Greene Raine, May 9 2014.
• 023 - e-mail from Alex Douglas to Mark Taylor, October 7 2014.
• 024 - “Summer Skiing? A Whistler Tradition,” Whistorical blog, June 29 2013.

Item is a notebook in which Alex Douglas numbered the photographs he took and provided brief descriptions of them. These include photos of the Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camps of 1979 to 1983.

File is a cassette tape featuring Alex Douglas talking about an average day in the life of a staff member at the Dave Murray (or possibly Toni Sailer) Summer Ski Camp, as well as a triathlon he ran in Vancouver.

• A Side: Opens with discussion of windsurfing, jam-making, picking and stewing fruit. First half of "A Day in the Life at Whistler" - wake-up, breakfast at "Nasty Jack's," preparing the campers for the day, gondola/chair ride, hike up to glacier, skiing, daily tasks (salting snow, shovelling), helping campers, getting everyone off hill, afternoon activities, lunch, discipline, supper.

• B Side: Second half of "A Day in the Life at Whistler" - meetings, afternoon activities (volleyball, sauna, frisbee), bedtime, counsellor meetings, dealing with difficult campers, staff duties, working airport duty, dance on last night of camp, adults' camp, movie nights, friendships made at camp. Also discusses his participation in a triathlon held in Vancouver.

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.

This fonds consists of photographs, documents, audiovisual material and a tape relating primarily to the Toni Sailer and Dave Murray Summer Ski Camps held on Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains (especially during the 1970s-1990s when donor Alex Douglas worked there). Additional material relates to skiing in the Whistler area and in general.

Extra photographs that did not fit into Alex Douglas's albums. Subject include building the T-bar, skiing, snowy mountain vistas, Alta Lake, Whistler Mountain, snowshoeing, Red Chair, Vancouver, hotdogging, treewells, wildlife, and snowcats.

Identification according to ADOUGLAS-03-011:

• 001 (109-3) – Jan 1981, “new Ford Courier at Seymour.”
• 003 (112-17) – “TSSSC 1981, bottom station and terminal tower.”
• 008 (49-20) – May-June 1978, “nice shoot, Whistler Bowl after [blasting?]”
• 012 (108-18) – Dec-Jan 1980/81, “kids on Seymour.”
• 013 (6-22) – August 12-14 1976, “chair lift Seymour.”
• 014 (109-6) – Jan 1981, “one girl snowshoeing.”
• 015 (114-20) – [June 1981], “Mike + me.”
• 016 (112-19) – TSSSC 1981, “rock pile, note snow level.”
• 017 (111-18) – April 1981, “truck up in Seymour Parking lot with the most snow we had all year.”
• 018 (110-20) – February 1981, “ice on the [trees?]”
• 019 (111-13) – April 1981, “view of Seymour from Springer St.”
• 020 (111-11) – April 1981, “truck and house on Springer.”
• 021 (110-18) – February 1981, “ice on the [trees?]”
• 067 (117-11) – [1981], “of the Government Cabin.”