David Powers ski films collection
Collection
Identifier: A1159
Abstract
The David Powers audio-visual collection consists of home movies of Powers and his peers skiing in Little Cottonwood Canyon, Snowbird, and Alta, Utah.
Dates
- Majority of material found within 1977-1985
Creator
- Powers, David (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 / Historical
David Powers is an experienced skier and has been skiing at Snowbird, Alta, Utah for 35 years. To this day, he provides daily observations on snow conditions in Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah to help and inform other skiers and snowboarders. Powers makes his assessments at Snowbird by personally sampling the snow every day, averaging about 130 days of skiing every year.
Extent
4 Super 8mm film
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The materials are arranged roughly chronologically.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by David Powers in 2013.
Separated Materials
See also the Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort audiovisual collection A1056.
Processing Information
Processed by Special Collections Staff in 2023.
Creator
- Powers, David (Person)
- Title
- David Powers ski films collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid written by Special Collections Staff.
- Date
- 2023
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- The finding aid was written in English.
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