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Places: Alta, Utah Ski School-Classes, 1940s-1970s

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 8

Scope and Contents

  1. Photograph number 1: Mark Nichol teaching a class in the Deseret News Ski School, circa 1949
  2. Photograph number 2: Spence Eccles showing an Ogden group the safe way to turn on skis.
  3. Photograph number 3: Alf Engen, Pamela Nichol and Cal McPhie
  4. Photograph number 4vSverre and Corey Engen teaching a Deseret News Ski School class, circa 1953.
  5. Photograph number 5: Deseret News Ski School instructor in front of the Peruvian Lodge at Alta, Utah, January 1949.
  6. Photograph number 6: D. Wayne Nichol with his young son, Larry, circa 1953.
  7. Photograph number 7: "Alf Engen, left, and Dieter Gratt, instructor from Austria who arrived in Utah Friday, offer tips to youngsters during the first sessions of the Deseret News Free Ski School held at Brighton, Saturday," Photo circa 1964.
  8. Photograph number 8: Instructor showing a class the proper way to turn
  9. Photograph number 9: Alf Engen shaking the hand of a Deseret News Ski School student, circa 1965
  10. Photograph number 10: Ski mother Marj Clark registers her daughter Jennie, age 5, in the Deseret News Ski School while Alf Engen and Gloria Schmidlan look on.
  11. Photograph number 11: Alf with a little girl at the Deseret News Ski School
  12. Photograph number 12: Alf with a student, circa 1980s
  13. Photograph number 13: Alf Engen with a ski school class
  14. Photograph number 14: Instructors and students
  15. Photograph number 15: Jim Gaddis helping a young lady learn to ski on grass at Sugarhouse Park, circa 1970s.
  16. Photograph number 16-19: Alf Engen with students
  17. Photograph number 20: Keith West with the Deseret New Ski School

Dates

  • 1940s-1970s

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Extent

From the Collection: 25 Boxes

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository

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