Lou Lorenz papers

Collection

Identifier: ACCN 1644

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Dates

1951-1996

Creator

Lorenz, Lou (Person)

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

Lorenz started teaching skiing in the 1940s. He was a ski school director at Little Mountain and Solitude, president of Intermountain Ski Instructors of America (ISIA), and a charter member of the Utah Ski Archives Advisory Board. He serves on the Alf Engen Museum Foundation Board of Directors.

Extent

1.5 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Lou Lorenz papers (1951-1996) contain correspondence, meeting materials, legal documents, instruction manuals, booklets, magazines, newsletters, journals, directories, posters, and general ski instruction. Lorenz started teaching skiing in the 1940s. He was a ski school director at Little Mountain and Solitude, president of Intermountain Ski Instructors of America (ISIA), and a charter member of the Utah Ski Archives Advisory Board. He serves on the Alf Engen Museum Foundation Board of Directors.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Box 1 was donated in 1996 (0.5 linear feet). Boxes 2-3 were donated 2002 (1 linear feet).

Related Materials

Forms part of the Ski and Snow Sports Archives (S.J. Quinney Outdoor Recreation Archives).

Separated Materials

Various issues of The British Ski Year Book (1928-1952) were removed from this collection and placed in the Western Americana Division of Special Collections. Slides were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collection (P0944).