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Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) Fonds

  • RMOW
  • Fonds
  • 1912-2020

Photographic and textual material created and collected by the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) relating to planning and development of Whistler Village and the resort municipality, events held in Whistler, land management, culture and public art, ecology, resort development, the environment, transportation, heritage, schools, architecture, sustainability, and municipal politics.

Sara Jennings

  • SJEN
  • Fonds
  • 1986-[2010]

Materials gathered by Sara Jennings, including a Myrtle Philip Elementary School newsletter from 1986, assignments completed by Sara for classes at Pemberton Secondary School from 1990-1994, and two pamphlets and a poster representing the anti-2010 Olympic Games perspective.

Gordon McKeever Fonds

  • GMCK
  • Fonds
  • 1970-2009

Fond consists of material donated by Gordon McKeever and includes promotional stickers for Whistler Mountain and Whistler Blackcomb, a promotional book for Whistler's restaurants, four travel planners created by the Whistler Resort Association to promote both Winter and Summer seasons between 1997 and 2000, a paper spiral bound guide for Whistler Resort Association (WRA) members from November 15th, 1996, a 1999 VHS promotional resort video guide for the Resort Municipality of Whistler, a variety of materials supporting the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, four paper business directory booklets printed for the Whistler Chamber of Commerce dating from 1994, 1996, and 1999, and sixteen posters depicting a variety of subject matter including Whistler festivals, ski racing events, concert series, car shows, heli-skiing, Molson and Shell Cups, and Whistler Resort tourism.

Greg Griffith

  • GRI
  • Fonds
  • 1969-2007

Original slides, transparencies, negatives, contact sheets, and prints of photographs taken by Greg Griffith, local photographer and owner of Mountain Moments Photography. The photographs are chiefly of skiing, snowboarding, mountain scenery, aerial shots, Whistler Village, skiing and snowboarding competitions (including the Molson World Cup Downhill), summer sports, freestyle skiing and snowboarding, heli-skiing, heli-boarding, and hotels and condominiums. The collection also includes photographs of well-known Whistler residents, historical moments in Whistler (such as the opening of Blackcomb Mountain, the construction of Whistler Village, squatter culture), and various events in Whistler.

Bryan Vogler

  • WA_2018_017
  • Fonds
  • 2003-2006

Fonds consists of two letters representing the proposal that started the Whistler Express train, in which donor (Bryan Vogler) played a role. The proposal was a bid process between VIA Rail and the Rocky Mountaineer Rail Group; the Rocky Mountaineer was ultimately successful. The letters talk of the necessity of developing a Commuter Rail Service to facilitate tourist transportation between Whistler, Squamish, and North Vancouver.

Contents include:

  • VOG_001: Letter, Dena Coward (Manager of Transportation & Paralympics) to Peter Milburn (Executive Project Director, Ministry of Transportation, Sea to Sky Project Office) cc Bryan Vogler, February 6 2003.
  • VOG_002: Letter, Bryan Vogler to Peter Milburn, May 11 2006 (2 pages).

Geoff Pearce

  • WA_2019_037
  • Fonds
  • 1976-2006

Materials gathered by Geoff Pearce during his time in Whistler, including between 1976 and 1986 as Clerk-Treasurer for Whistler's first municipal council (RMOW). Documents include Official Community Plan drafts and revisions, a Resort Municipality of Whistler Newsletter, a Commercial Accommodation Market Survey & Analysis, a Whistler Blackcomb Vacation Guide, a Whistler Town Center Development Program, two Whistler Village land proposals, a Promotional Development Package, a 1984 Annual Report, a RMOW Organization Report, a Community Recreation Complex Committee Report #1, and financial statements.

Jinny Ladner Fonds

  • WA_2016_008
  • Fonds
  • 1947-2004

Documents relating to the purchase of membership to Whistler Mountain Ski Club, the purchase of annual ski passes from Garibaldi Lifts Ltd., the du Maurier International Slalom on Whistler Mountain, the purchase of ski gear, Whistler Mountain's Silver Anniversary, tourism pamphlets for ski camps and Garibaldi Lodge, summer ski camp certificates, and the Vancouver 2010 Olympics.

Janet Love Morrison Fonds

  • WA_2016_035
  • Fonds
  • 1950-1998

Photographs and documents gathered and/or created by Janet Love Morrison for use in her publications, as well as items relating to the re-opening of the Roundhouse in 1998.

Walter Zebrowski

  • ZEB
  • Fonds
  • 1964-1996

Materials created by Walter Zebrowski, including an annotated letter critiquing Bill 130 regarding the creation of the Resort Municipality of Whistler from July 8, 1975.

Raine Fonds

  • WA_1995_015
  • Fonds
  • 1989-1995

Promotional videos for tourism and activities in the Whistler area, including the Whistler Cup.

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