A supplement to the Calgary Herald newspaper on February 22, 1985, November 23, 1985; March 29, 1986 pertaining to the 1988 Winter Olympics to be in held in Calgary, Alberta
A look at all the Olympic athletes that have come out of the valley in various sports including: Thomas Grandi, Sara Renner, Mike Robertson, Robin McKeever, Milaine Theriault, Emily Brydon, Robin Clegg, Alison Forsyth, and Brian McKeever
Fonds consists mainly of personal and professional papers pertaining to Pat Judge's involvement with freestyle skiing, numerous ski organizations and committees and the 1988 Olympic Games. Includes correspondence, financial papers, lists, schedules, reports, publications etc. Also includes two scr…
ca.50 cm of textual records. -- ca.150 photographs : prints, negatives. -- 4 video recordings
History / Biographical
Patrick Russell Judge, 1928-2003, was a clergyman and development officer at Calgary and Banff, Alberta, Canada. Born and educated at Montreal, Quebec, Judge came to Banff in 1953 to assist Rev. H. Tully Montgomery of St. George's in the Pines Anglican Church and work as a room service waiter at the Banff Springs Hotel. He also worked as an extra on the film "Saskatchewan".
Judge returned west after completing studies at McGill and Sir George Williams universties, serving as an Anglican minister in Calgary for a number of years. Judge subsequently became a director of development at the University of Calgary and, later, Vice-President of Development at the Banff Centre. He conducted annual Christmas and Easter worship services at Sunshine Village ski area near Banff for nearly 20 years.
Between 1984 and 1988, Judge was actively involved with the sport of freestyle skiing, serving in numerous official positions with national and international organizations, competitions and the 1988 Winter Olympic Games at Calgary, Alberta. He was a key figure in getting freestyle skiing as a demonstration event at the 1988 games.
Pat and Fay Judge continued to live at Canmore, Alberta after retirement from the Banff Centre in ca.1992.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists mainly of personal and professional papers pertaining to Pat Judge's involvement with freestyle skiing, numerous ski organizations and committees and the 1988 Olympic Games. Includes correspondence, financial papers, lists, schedules, reports, publications etc. Also includes two screen plays for movie "Saskatchewan", one autographed.
Photographs are primarily publicity continuity stills by staff photographer assigned to movie "Saskatchewan", 1953, 144 items; also small number of other items pertaining to, or collected by, Pat Judge. Four video recordings pertain to freestyle skiing, 1981-1988.