Smithers 1994 B.C. Winter Games Society fonds
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- Date Range
- 1992-1994
- Collection
- Smithers 1994 B.C. Winter Games Society fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- textual record
- sound recording
- graphic material
- Scope and Content
- The fonds consists of various Winter Games promotional pamphlets, flyers, and pins, a Games information sheet, a list of volunteer jobs, an audio cassette, a guest book, and scrapbook containing various clippings from the 1994 event in Smithers.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Fonds No.
- AF11
- Accession No.
- 1995.15
- 2020.34
- Physical Description
- 133 colour photographs
- 16 b&w photograph
- 3.5 cm of textual records
- 1 audio recording
- Date Range
- 1992-1994
- History / Biographical
- The B.C. Winter Games is an annual event held for athletes at a provincial level to compete in a variety of sports. These include archery, badminton, biathlon, boxing, curling, figure skating, gymnastics, hockey, judo, karate, netball, ringette, skiing, and speed skating. For the purposes of selection of athletes, the province is divided into eight zones. In 1994, Smithers was the venue for the Winter Game, and was overseen by the Smithers 1994 B.C. Winter Games Society. Carole Young, the mayor of Smithers at the time, acted as President.
- Custodial History
- Records marked 1995.15 were donated to the Bulkley Valley Museum by Carol Morgentaler on August 1, 1995. Records marked 2020.34 were kept in the museum’s reference files for an unknown period of time until being removed and accessioned into this fonds in August 2020.
- Scope and Content
- The fonds consists of various Winter Games promotional pamphlets, flyers, and pins, a Games information sheet, a list of volunteer jobs, an audio cassette, a guest book, and scrapbook containing various clippings from the 1994 event in Smithers.
- Arrangement
- The fonds is artificially arranged into 4 files: scrapbooks, promotional materials, address books, and audio cassettes.
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description