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Sports and Recreation

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 456 Collections and/or Records:

Lee's Ferry photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0277
Abstract The Lee's Ferry photograph collection contains photographs of the area around Lees Ferry taken by Roy D. Webb.
Dates: 1985

Harold Herbert Leich papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1973
Abstract The Harold Herbert Leich papers (1910-1985) contain a journal, correspondence, manuscripts, publications, magazine articles, news clippings, and maps. Harold Leich worked for the Civil Service Commission and helped organize the Environmental Protection Agency. He was an active outdoorsman and took extended river trips on the Yellowstone and Colorado Rivers. He wrote articles on water pollution for a variety of magazines.
Dates: 1910-1985

William H. Levitt oral history video recording

 Collection
Identifier: A0022
Abstract The William H. Levitt oral history video recording collection contains 1 DVD with an interview with Bill Levitt.
Dates: 2007

Ted Ligety digital photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1319
Abstract The Ted Ligety digital photograph collection consists of images of Ligety's participation in the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin, Italy as a downhill skier, along with other skiing events.
Dates: 2005-2006

Little Cottonwood Canyon history collection [microform]

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0632
Abstract The Little Cottonwood Canyon history collection (1870-1965) consist of a microfilmed copy of a collection of clippings, notes, and transcriptions on the history of Little Cottonwood Canyon, kept by Lawrence P. James. The materials are weighted heavily toward mining in the nineteenth century, but contain information on the development of the ski industry in the twentieth.
Dates: 1870-1965

Little Mountain Ski Area photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0387
Abstract The Little Mountain Ski Area photograph collection contains three black and white views of the small, short-lived ski resort at Little Mountain in Emigration Canyon.
Dates: 1960-1969

Charles W. Lockerbie photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0330
Abstract The Charles W. Lockerbie photograph collection contains portraits of Charles Lockerbie, his wife, Lillian, and other family members. The collection also contains photographs of travel and camping trips.
Dates: 1890s-1950s

Albert "Bert" and Rachel Jamison Loper papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2090
Abstract The Albert "Bert" Loper and Rachel Jamison Loper papers (1893-1975) contain travel logs, commentary, river reports, correspondence, and newspaper articles from both Albert Loper (1869-1949) and Rachel Loper (1892-1975). Bert Loper know as the "The Grand Old Man of the Colorado" is one of the most well know early river runners. He was said to have covered more miles over the Colorado than any other man during his lifetime. After his death in 1949, his remains were found 26 years later in April,...
Dates: 1893-1975

Lou Lorenz papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1644
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...
Dates: 1951-1996

Lou Lorenz photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0944
Abstract The Lou Lorenz photograph collection consists of one color print of Mr. Lorenz and thirty black and white 35mm transparencies depicting skiing in the United States from 1891 through 1948.
Dates: 1891-1990s