Gustav F. Raaum papers
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2192
Scope and Contents
The Gustav F. Raaum papers (1940-1990) include newspaper clippings, copies of scrapbooks, and correspondence. The bulk of the collection's contents relate directly to Raaum's lifelong involvement in skiing and ski jumping.
Dates
- 1940-1990
Creator
- Raaum, Gustav F., 1926-2014 (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
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.
Conditions Governing Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Biographical Note
Raaum was born in Norway in 1926, and first came to the United States as part of a Norwegian ski jumping team at the age of twenty-one. As an avid and successful ski jumper in the 1940s and 1950s, Raaum won many awards. Concurently to his skiing activities he attended and graduated from the Univerisity of Washington with a B.A. in Business Administration. In his adult life, he became a successul accountant and was president of the Jackson Hole Ski Corporation, 1968-1970.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet
Abstract
The Gustav F. Raaum papers (1940-1990) include newspaper clippings, copies of scrapbooks, and correspondence. Raaum was born in Norway in 1926 and first came to the United States as part of a Norwegian ski jumping team. He won many awards for ski jumping in the 1940s and 1950s and later became a successful accountant and was president of the Jackson Hole Ski Corporation from 1968 to 1970.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Gustav F. Raaum in 2005.
Processing Information
Processed by Samuel Passey in 2005.
Creator
- Raaum, Gustav F., 1926-2014 (Person)
- Title
- Inventory of the Gustav F. Raaum papers, 1940-1990
- Author
- Finding aid created by Samuel Passey
- Date
- © 2005 (last modified: 2019)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid encoded in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu