Smithers 1994 B.C. Winter Games Society Fonds Fonds No. AF11 Physical Description: 133 colour photographs; 16 b&w photograph; 3.5 cm of textual records; 1 audio recording Date Range: 1992-1994 Accession number: 1995.15, 2020.34

Administrative History/Biographical Sketch 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 has been artificially arranged into 4 files: scrapbooks, promotional materials, address books, and audio cassettes.

Scrapbooks Series no.: S1 Part of: Smithers 1994 B.C. Winter Games Society fonds Related accessions: 1995.15 Physical description: 133 colour photographs; 15 b/w photographs; 2 pins; 1 medal Date range: 1994

Scope and content File contains a large brown scrapbook with attached scrapbook pages outlining the highlights of the Winter Games in Smithers. Scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, photographs, pins, a medal, and Winter Games pamphlets. Promotional Materials Series no.: S2 Part of: Smithers 1994 B.C. Winter Games Society fonds Related accessions: 1995.15, 2020.34 Physical description: 2 cm of textual records Date range: 1994

Scope and content File consists of newspaper clippings, pamphlets, a flyer, a Games information sheet and a list of volunteer jobs from the 1994 Winter Games in Smithers. Guestbook Series no.: S3 Part of: Smithers 1994 B.C. Winter Games Society fonds Related accessions: 1995.15 Physical description: 1.5 cm of textual records Date range: 1993-1994

Scope and content File consists of a red and blue designed address book with 13 pages of guest signatures from the 1994 B.C. Winter Games. Audio Cassettes Series no.: S4 Part of: Smithers 1994 B.C. Winter Games Society fonds Related accessions: 1995.15 Physical description: 1 audio cassette Date range: 1992

Scope and content File consists of an audio cassette labelled: “The Smithers Winter Games ‘come together’ 9 cuts- September 1992,” stored in a clear plastic case.