International Ski History Association photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P0976
Scope and Contents
The International Ski History Association photograph collection contains materials realted to the history of skiing and the people involved with the Ski History Assocaition
Dates
- 2002-2003
Creator
- International Ski History Association (Organization)
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
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from The International Ski History Association photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator.
Permission to publish material from The International Ski History Association photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator.
Historical Note
The International Skiing History Association (ISHA) is a not-for-profit corporation, whose mission is to preserve and advance the knowledge of ski history and to increase public awareness of the sport’s heritage.
Almost two thousand skiers belong to ISHA. They hail from many nations,though mostly from the United States. Members are defined by their love of the sport and its rich past.
ISHA's mission has been enthusiastically endorsed by many former World Cup and Olympic champions, including Jean-Claude Killy, Billy Kidd, Penny Pitou, Nancy Greene Raine and the late Stein Eriksen. Members include distinguished members of the FIS, 10th Mountain Division, the U.S. and Canadian national Halls of Fame, resort and industry pioneers, authors, historians and filmmakers. But you needn’t be a ski-world insider to belong. It merely takes an interest in this most beautiful of sports.
ISHA publishes a bimonthly magazine, Skiing History, filled with lively, carefully researched stories and stunning images from skiing’s past, prepared by the sport’s most experienced, most respected writers and editors. Enthusiastically read six times a year by several thousand subscribers, researchers, hall-of-fame members, and skiers around the world, Skiing History is recognized as the world’s best periodical of ski history published in any language.
ISHA was founded in 1991 by the late Mason Beekley, who amassed what is believed to be the world’s largest private collection of ski books and art. The collection opened to the public for the first time in December 2003 in a newly-created museum in Mammoth Lakes, California
In 1990, Beekley gathered a number of individuals whom he believed would share his vision for a skiing history organization assembled a group of “founders.” By November 1, 1990 he had convinced 36 prestigious prospects to become ISHA founders “to encourage and promote sharing, organizing, preserving, archiving, collecting and disseminating every aspect of the history of skiing.”
A May 1991 meeting of founders in Hanover, New Hampshire led to the founders’ list growing to 102 individuals. This meeting followed the Winter 1991 issuance of the Snow News newsletter as “The Official Journal of the International Skiing History Association.”
The first Skiing Heritage Week (now known as Skiing History Week) was held in 1992. The name Snow News was replaced by Skiing Heritage in 1993 and Morten Lund was hired as editor. The Fall 1994 issue of the journal carried the first full-length article on Gretchen Fraser. Over the years, Skiing Heritage expanded to 48 full-color pages, and its historical and entertaining articles have filled many of the holes in the documented record of skiing history.
The ISHA Website (skiinghistory.org) was launched in 2001. The magazine was renamed Skiing History in 2013. Today, it goes out bimonthly (six times a year) to more than 2,000 readers, including ISHA members and individuals who receive the magazine through our corporate sponsors and museum partners.
Histoic note taken from ISHA website (https://www.skiinghistory.org/about)
Almost two thousand skiers belong to ISHA. They hail from many nations,though mostly from the United States. Members are defined by their love of the sport and its rich past.
ISHA's mission has been enthusiastically endorsed by many former World Cup and Olympic champions, including Jean-Claude Killy, Billy Kidd, Penny Pitou, Nancy Greene Raine and the late Stein Eriksen. Members include distinguished members of the FIS, 10th Mountain Division, the U.S. and Canadian national Halls of Fame, resort and industry pioneers, authors, historians and filmmakers. But you needn’t be a ski-world insider to belong. It merely takes an interest in this most beautiful of sports.
ISHA publishes a bimonthly magazine, Skiing History, filled with lively, carefully researched stories and stunning images from skiing’s past, prepared by the sport’s most experienced, most respected writers and editors. Enthusiastically read six times a year by several thousand subscribers, researchers, hall-of-fame members, and skiers around the world, Skiing History is recognized as the world’s best periodical of ski history published in any language.
ISHA was founded in 1991 by the late Mason Beekley, who amassed what is believed to be the world’s largest private collection of ski books and art. The collection opened to the public for the first time in December 2003 in a newly-created museum in Mammoth Lakes, California
In 1990, Beekley gathered a number of individuals whom he believed would share his vision for a skiing history organization assembled a group of “founders.” By November 1, 1990 he had convinced 36 prestigious prospects to become ISHA founders “to encourage and promote sharing, organizing, preserving, archiving, collecting and disseminating every aspect of the history of skiing.”
A May 1991 meeting of founders in Hanover, New Hampshire led to the founders’ list growing to 102 individuals. This meeting followed the Winter 1991 issuance of the Snow News newsletter as “The Official Journal of the International Skiing History Association.”
The first Skiing Heritage Week (now known as Skiing History Week) was held in 1992. The name Snow News was replaced by Skiing Heritage in 1993 and Morten Lund was hired as editor. The Fall 1994 issue of the journal carried the first full-length article on Gretchen Fraser. Over the years, Skiing Heritage expanded to 48 full-color pages, and its historical and entertaining articles have filled many of the holes in the documented record of skiing history.
The ISHA Website (skiinghistory.org) was launched in 2001. The magazine was renamed Skiing History in 2013. Today, it goes out bimonthly (six times a year) to more than 2,000 readers, including ISHA members and individuals who receive the magazine through our corporate sponsors and museum partners.
Histoic note taken from ISHA website (https://www.skiinghistory.org/about)
Extent
1 Box (121 images (122 photos, 1 duplicate))
Abstract
The International Ski History Association photograph collection contains materials realted to the history of skiing and the people involved with the Ski History Assocaition
Arrangement
by folder and subject
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Dr. Greg Thompson in 2003.
Processing Information
Processed by Photo Archives Staff.
Creator
- International Ski History Association (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the International Ski History Association photograph collection, 2002-2003
- Author
- Finding aid created by Sara Davis
- Date
- 2015
- 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