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Anti-Olympic Movement

Materials gathered by Sara Jennings which oppose the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, including a Whistler Watch pamphlet titled "Whistler Welcomes the World But ... at what cost?", an AWARE pamphlet titled "THESE GAMES ARE NOT GREEN!", and a poster for an "Inside the Olympics Industry" talk given by Dr. Helen Lensky of the University of Toronto. The material is intended to spread awareness of the environmental, financial, and social costs of the Olympic Games, and to encourage changes to be made by the International Olympic Committee.

Competitive Snowboarding

Materials donated by Caroline Dwyer regarding her time as a competitive snowboarder between 1998 and 2000 (early days of competitive snowboarding), including race information sheets from the BC Snowboard Provincial Series Finals at Big White in 2000 and photographs from the 1998 Olympic Selection Trials for snowboarding at Nakiska.

Correspondence and Invoices

Correspondence and invoices regarding sale and printing of photographs, potential for the Garibaldi region as an Olympic venue, and the inclusion of Haney in Garibaldi Provincial Park boundary.

Manuals

Planning booklets from the Resort Municipality of Whistler which include: Five-Year Financial Plan 2011-2015, Five-Year Financial Plan 2009-2014, Delivering the Dream 2010 Winter Games Strategic Framework Summary, Living the Dream 2010 Winter Games Post-Games Report, Investing in the Dream 2010 Winter Games Budget, and Whistler 2002: Charting a Course for the Future.

Molson World Downhill

Molson World Downhill Magazine published by Whistler Winterfest in March 1984.

Table of Contents:

p. 3: Sponsors
p. 8: Letters of Welcome
p. 12: Whistler Winterfest '84 - A calendar of special events culminating with the Molson World Downhill
p. 17: The World Looks at Whistler - Television coverage brings the Molson World Downhill to viewers around the globe. By Lynn Blanchard
p. 19: The Westside Course - A former Canadian alpine team member describes Whistler's challenging downhill course. By Dave Murray
p. 22: The World Cup Event - How the World Cup originated and how the downhill title is won
p. 24: Racer Profiles - Narratives of competitors on the World Cup downhill circuit. By Maxine Sevack
p. 34: A Canadian Tradition - The many aspects of Molson's involvement with skiing
p. 36: OCO '88 Trains at Sarajevo - The XV Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee gains first-hand experience at Sarajevo. By Frances Jackson
p. 40: From Pastoral Summer Playground to World Cup Host - An account of Whistler's metamorphosis from wilderness to resort destination. By Stew Muir
p. 45: Whistler's Year-Round Appeal - Discriminating vacationers will find a host of resort facilities and special events throughout the four seasons at Whistler
p. 48: The Conference Centre at Whistler - Whistler enters a new phase with full conference facilities scheduled for completion in 1985
p. 53: Challenge Yourself Through Molstar Participation - Fun and the spirit of competition with Molstar, recreational racing at its best
p. 55: 1983/84 Race Results - World Cup downhill results available at press time

Olympic Publications

Publications relating to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games, including guides, programs, and schedules.

Olympics

Items related to the Vancouver 2010 Olympics, including a Sea to Sky Highway Checkpoint permit.

Olympics

The series includes event tickets from the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, two temporary tattoos representing the 2010 Winter Olympic Games hosted in Whistler and Vancouver, stickers promoting the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, three DVDs from 2005-2010 that contain videos on a variety of topics regarding Olympic Games, one CD-R disc that contains one PDF of a study on the Whistler Athlete's Village heating system feasibility from 2004, an excel matrix, a promotional VHS tape for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games bid, a BC Transit brochure map that outlines its bus services during the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, a [dinner] menu prepared for His Royal Highness, the Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex by the Resort Municipality of Whistler [during his visit to the Paralympic Games in 2010], a paper booklet of a concept design for the Whistler Olympic Centre, a spiral bound paper booklet created for the Vancouver Whistler 2010 Bid Corporation Supporter Conference from November 23, 2001, a poster created by Tourism Whistler to advertise the temporary closure of the Whistler Public Library while the building functioned as the Whistler Canada Olympic House during the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, a congratulatory issue of TIME Magazine from July 14th, 2003 with a cover image of three local Whistler youth celebrating the Vancouver and Whistler 2010 Olympic bid victory in the Village Square, Whistler Village.

Olympics 2010 and Sea to Sky Corridor

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  • Series
  • 1980 - 2010
  • Part of Don MacLaurin

Series includes records concerning the Athlete's Village; maps; Callaghan Valley Nordic Sports Centre plans; Sea to Sky expansion plans and Sea to Sky forest sector documents; environmental assessments; Olympics 2010 bid information.

Pamphlets Collected by Don MacLaurin

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  • Series
  • 1960 - 2010
  • Part of Don MacLaurin

Pamphlets collected by Don MacLaurin during his lifetime. Series includes pamphlets concerning nature, as well as pamphlets specific to Whistler.

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