Fall 2011 University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott Library Editor: Mike Korologos ‘You’ve Jumped a Long Way, Baby’ While becoming an Olympic sport in 2014, women ski jumpers have been competing for decades, as depicted in this 1933 photo at Utah’s Ecker Hill of Norway’s Johanna Kolstad, left, and legendary Alf Engen.. (Alan Engen Collection, PO413n01_04_188) 2011 Ski Affair The Ski Affair Turns 21 Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011 6 p.m. The J. Willard Marriott Library’s The Nips and Tucks Ɣ $60 admis- Little America Hotel & Tower Ski Archives’ annual fund-raiser, the sion (down from $80) Ɣ Open seating Ski Affair, turns 21 this year. And you Ɣ Delicious food stations Ɣ High value Salt Lake City, UT know what happens when that magical silent auction Ɣ High value live auction year comes around?... the inevitable Ɣ Short awards presentation program $60 per person change or two…a nip here and a tuck And at the Core Ɣ A nostalgic there…a flare of excitement…a state of flashback on the 10th anniversary of the anticipation. Olympic Winter Games of 2002 Ɣ Hon- Reserve Your Spot Today! And so it will be with this year’s oring the history-making Women’s Ski Ski Affair on Oct. 27 at the Little Jumping USA for making their sport an America Hotel in downtown Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games event Ɣ 500- Call: Judy at 801-581-3421 City. There’ll be a smattering of embel- plus ski enthusiasts mixing and mingling email: [email protected] lishments that will enliven the Ski Af- Ɣ Open cash bars Ɣ Historic photo ex- fair’s core amenities of 1.) a fun launch hibits of the new ski season with old and new RESERVE BY: OCT. 21, 2011 acquaintance, and 2.) generating sup- It’s all part of making the Ski Affair port (a.k.a. funds and friends) for the of 2011 your date with history. Don’t library’s world renowned Ski Archives. miss it. You only turn 21 once! Complimentary opportunity ticket for a ski pass! Ski Affair to Honor Women’s Ski Jumping USA For Its Leap into the Olympic Winter Games This fledging Women’s Ski Jumping history in the nation and is used by histori- USA scored a triumphant coup earlier this ans, writers, reporters and researchers world- year when the International Olympic Com- wide. The recognition will be one of the mittee (IOC) announced that for the first time highlights of the 2011 Ski Affair. women will participate in ski jumping com- “Women’s ski jumping has been growing petition in the Olympic Winter Games begin- over the past 10 years, but inclusion in the ning in Sochi, Russia in 2014. Spearheading Olympic Winter Games is what our sport this effort to have the sport become an Olym- needed to take the neXt step,” enthused pic games event was the WSJUSA, which Lindsey Van, the 2009 women’s world ski was established in 2003 and is headquartered jumping champion and member of the VISA in Park City, Utah. The IOC made the an- Women’s Ski Jumping Team. nouncement April 6, 2011 in London, site of The primary goals of the non-profit the 2012 Olympic Games. WSJUSA are to have women Nordic ski The historic leap will merit special recog- jumpers worldwide recognized for their ac- nition from keepers of the skiing history of complishments and to foster development the region, the Ski Archives at the J. Willard level athletes throughout the United States. It Marriott Library at the University of Utah. promotes the sport by interacting with Na- Medal-winning ski jumper Established in 1989, the archives has become tional Governing Bodies (NGBs) and the Johanna Kolstad of Norway as he one of the most comprehensive caches of ski International Ski Federation (FIS). appeared at Ecker Hill in 1933. (Alan Engen Collection, P0413_#01_04_189) Ski Affair to Rekindle 2002 Olympic Winter Games’ ‘Fire Within’ We lit “the fire within”. We proudly welcomed the world. We carried the Olympic Torch throughout the region. We volunteered – 50,000 strong. And we triumphantly set the standard for planning and staging the Olympic Winter Games of the future. It was a magical time that storied The event annually is a fund- February in 2002. Festive, friendly, raising activity for the University of frenzied. One million visitors. Curling Utah J. Willard Marriott Library Ski and skeleton. Bobsleds and trading Archives that house one of the coun- pins. Building wraps and presidential try’s most comprehensive collections visits. Tears of triumph, laughter of of skiing and winter sports history. hospitality houses. Pomp and patriot- Proceeds from the event are used to ism. Speed and grace. Medals and identify, collect, catalogue and make media. They were all here. available to researchers, writers, histo- Ah, those were the days -- days of rians and reporters film, photos, spe- historic proportions. In observance of cial collections and related items dat- the 10th winter season since the Olym- ing to the earliest days of winter sports pic Winter Games of 2002, those fond in the region. memories will be rekindled with an And, quite appropriately, among “Olympic flashback” during the 2011 the Ski Archives’ most prized collec- Ski Affair, an annual launch of the ski tions are the records, photos, film, season in the region. The annual gath- documents, bid books, and media ma- ering of ski enthusiasts will occur on terials from the Salt Lake Organizing The iconic Olympic Caldron was a beacon of world peace through sport as it towered over Olympic Stadium in 2002. Thursday, Oct. 27 at the Little Amer- Committee of the Olympic Winter (Olympic EXperience Collection, P0932 #001_01_58) ica Hotel in downtown Salt Lake City. Games of 2002 (SLOC). Ski Racing Magazines Bolster Ski Archives Roy Webb K. Engen collection adds immeasurably to Multi-media Archivist, Marriott Library his ski history archives, already one of the most comprehensive and important in the This was another productive year for the Utah Ski Archives. J. Willard Marriott Librarys Utah Ski Ar- The other large contribution to the Utah chives in terms of new collections as several Ski Archives that will be recognized by ski- skiers and supporters donated items ranging ers is from Ski Racing Magazine, whose from a few digital photos to major research owner, Gary Black, had been negotiating collections. with the Special Collections Department for Many items came to the library as part of several years about his publications re- the preparations for the annual Ski Affair and cords. While many, if not most, of you are the Intermountain Ski Hall of Fames annual familiar with Ski Racing Magazine (and induction ceremony, including photos and some have appeared in its pages or know other memorabilia from Phil Jones, former Gary Black personally) what you might not president of Park City Resort and son of know is that in the course of half-century of Claude Jones, long-time ski pioneer in reporting on the ski racing scene, Gary and Idaho. Robert C. Ecker loaned a photo album Ski Racing accumulated an incredible archive to the librarys multimedia archives contain- of photographs and publications. ing photos of his late grandfather, Pete In September of 2010, the Multimedia Ecker, well-known photographer and ski Archives staff cleaned out a large storage promoter from Salt Lake City during the first locker in downtown Salt Lake City where the part of the last century whose name was em- entire archives of Ski Racing Magazine had blazoned on the storied ski jumping hill in been located since its move from Colo- Parleys Canyon, Ecker Hill. In addition, rado. We were astounded at what came out long-time Ski Archives contributors Marvin 6NL5DFLQJ0DJD]LQHFROOHFWLRQLQFOXGHV of that locker: box after box after box of Melville and Jim Gaddis added photographs LPDJHV slides and prints of ski racers and events cov- to their collections. The Utah Ski Archives ers; one recognizable to most Utah skiers, ering the entire later part of the 20th Cen- Advisory Board of Directors and the Inter- and one not as well-known. The first was tury. We later determined that the collection mountain Ski Hall of Fame Board of Direc- from Alan Engen, former Director of Skiing contained almost 100 cubic feet of photos tors contributed DVDs, records, photos, and at Alta and Intermountain Ski Hall of Fame and is estimated to contain almost 300,000 other materials to document their own histo- member. Upon his retirement from Alta Ski images. ries. Lifts, Alan found time to concentrate on his Later, we picked up over 100 bound vol- In the area of ski films and videos, Ski love of the history of skiing and donated 13 umes of the magazine, a complete run from Archives board member Nona Weatherbee, cartons of binders filled with historic ski im- its inception in the late 1940s to the pre- of Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort, do- agesover 10,000 photos!-- and many other sent. This is the largest donation the Utah nated a number of very interesting films that ski history items. This addendum to the Alan Ski Archives has ever received and we are she found in the resorts ski instructors of- very thankful to have this significant and fice. This donation included a mint copy of historic collection. the 33 rpm record Spectacular: Yodeling by Through the generosity of Utah Ski Ar- Arthur Brogli. We also received numerous chives board and other supporters, the Li- 16mm films relating to the National Ski Pa- brary was able to purchase a collection from trol.