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Marthinius A. Strand photograph, circa 1930s
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Marthinius A. Strand photograph
- Dates
- circa 1930s (inclusive)19301939
- Quantity
- .2 linear feet, (1 archival box) : 1 image
- Collection Number
- P1306
- Summary
- The Marthinius A. Strand photograph collection is one image of him in his Utah Ski Club sweater on the out run of a jumping hill.
- Repository
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University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860
Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu - Access Restrictions
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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.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Marthinius Strand (1887 - 1965)
Marthinius (Mark or M.A.) Strand has been recognized as the "father of organized skiing". He established the first ski club in the Intermountain Region – the Norwegian Young Folks Society in 1915, the same year he staged the first ski jumping tournament in the region. It was the forerunner for numerous Strand-promoted world-class jumping competitions in the1920s and 1930s that attracted more than 10,000 spectators to Ecker Hill.
Strand helped organize the Intermountain Ski Association and was its historian for many years. Later he became vice president and then honorary director for life of the National Ski Association of America (now the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association). In 1939 he was one of three men who envisioned a ski lift at Alta's Collins Gulch, a vision that resulted in his building the first chairlift in Utah. He was a member of the U.S. Olympic Committee in 1932 and 1952 and in 1931, 1952, 1954 and 1962 was the U.S. representative at World Ski Congress in Stockholm, Sweden. He was a ski jumping official for national collegiate and National Ski Association tournaments as well as a board member of the National Ski Association National Ski Museum. When he was inducted into the U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame in 1959 he was called "the foremost man in the Intermountain Ski world."
Strand immigrated to the United States from Norway in 1910 at age of 23. A skilled gun-maker, M.A. was an electrical engineer and founded Strand Electric Company in Salt Lake City in 1924.
Strand was inducted into the Intermountain Ski Hall of Fame in 2006. The above biograpical note is from that event.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection consists of one photograph of Marthinius "Mark" A. Strand, a ski pioneer in the early days of Utah skiing.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on 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.
Preferred Citation
Initial Citation: Marthinius A. Strand photograph collection, P1306, Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott. Salt Lake City, Utah.
Following Citations: P1306.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | |
| 1 | 1 | General images
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Skis and skiing--Utah--History--Photographs
Finding aid created by Ashley Arave
2006 (last modified: 2018)
