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Intermountain Ski Instructors Association records, 1937-1998
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Intermountain Ski Instructors Association
- Title
- Intermountain Ski Instructors Association records
- Dates
- 1937-1998 (inclusive)19371998
- Quantity
- 4.25 linear feet, (11 boxes)
- Collection Number
- ACCN 0425
- Summary
- The Intermountain Ski Instructors Association records (1937-1998) contain materials documenting the activities of the Intermountain Ski Instructors and various other ski-related organizations, including the Professional Ski Instructors Association, the Far West Instructors, and the Rocky Mountain Ski Instructors. Included are meeting minutes, financial records, newsletters, correspondence, and reports. The Intermountain Ski Instructors Association was formed in 1950. The purpose of the organization was to promote skiing by providing competent ski instructors.
- 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
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The Intermountain Ski Instructors Association was formed in 1950. The purpose of the organization was to promote skiing by providing competent ski instructors. In addition to certifying instructors, the Association also conducted free clinics, sponsored a demonstration team, supported area competitions, and distributed a newsletter to members, area operators, the media, and various national ski organizations.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Intermountain Ski Instructors Association records (1937-1998) contains material on this association and other ski-related organizations. The records consist of meeting minutes, financial and business documents, event and committee records, certification documents, rosters, and newsletters. Boxes 1 and 2 contain board of directors records and meeting minutes. Box 3 contains correspondence, bylaws, reports, questionnaires, and meeting minutes produced by various committees. Similar documents relating to instructor certification are in box 4. Box 5 holds records regarding the business and financial aspects of the association. Box 6 contains event records, including party planning and seminar information, and newsletters. Ski school and other instruction-oriented documents are in box 7. Records from the Professional Ski Instructors Association are located in box 8. Correspondence, meeting minutes, newsletters, and pamphlets concerning the National Ski Association of America are in box 9. Documents regarding a variety of ski schools and ski associations, including the Far West Instructors and Rocky Mountain Ski Instructors associations, are housed in box 10.
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
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Acquisition Information
This collection was donated by officers of the Intermountain Ski Instructors Association in 1976.
The 2000 addendum was transferred from the Norm Burton papers (ACCN 1814) in 2000.
Processing Note
Processed by Jewel Nelson in 1998.
Addenda processed by Kate Kimball in 2000, Peter Goodro in 2002 and Lea Kinikini in 2003.
Separated Materials
Photographs and audio-visual items were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P0414 and A0543).
Related Materials
Forms part of the Ski and Snow Sports Archives (S.J. Quinney Outdoor Recreation Archives).
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
I: Board of DirectorsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1-2 | Executive Meetings and Board of Directors Meetings |
1956-1969 |
| 1 | 3 | Board of Directors Meetings and Organizational Papers |
1970 |
| 2 | 1-10 | Board of Directors Meetings |
1968-1972 |
| 2 | 11 | Original Board of Directors Packets |
1972 |
| 2 | 12 | Board of Directors Correspondence |
1972-1973 |
| 2 | 13-21 | Board of Directors Meetings |
1972-1974 |
II: CommitteesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 3 | 1-2 | Technical Committee |
1967; 1970-1971 |
| 3 | 3 | By-Laws Study Committee |
1969 |
| 3 | 4-6 | Credentials Committee |
1969-1971 |
| 3 | 7-8 | Ethics Committee |
1970-1972 |
| 3 | 9-11 | Executive Committee |
1970-1971 |
| 3 | 12-13 | Publicity Committee |
1970-1971 |
| 3 | 14-15 | Awards Committee |
1970-1972 |
| 3 | 16 | Demonstration Committee |
1970-1971 |
| 3 | 17 | Group Study Committee |
1970-1971 |
| 3 | 18 | Historical Committee |
1970-1971 |
| 3 | 19-20 | Clinic Committee |
1971 |
| 3 | 21 | Election Committee |
1971 |
| 3 | 22-23 | Ski School Directors Committee |
1971-1972 |
III: CertificationReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 4 | 1 | "Programs for the Certification of Ski Teachers by the USFASA" |
1937 |
| 4 | 2-10 | Certification Documents |
1963-1967; 1970-1974 |
| 4 | 11 | "Past, Present, and Future," 20th Anniversary Manuscript |
1971 |
| 4 | 12 | "Certified Ski Instructor" Sign |
IV: Business OperationsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 5 | 1 | Articles of Incorporation |
1964 |
| 5 | 2 | Proxy Records |
1965 |
| 5 | 3 | Secretaries Report |
1969-1971 |
| 5 | 4-7 | Fall Seminar |
1969-1971 |
| 5 | 8 | Ski Equipment for Instructors Records |
1969-1971 |
| 5 | 9 | Articles of Incorporation, Amended By-Laws |
1969-1970 |
| 5 | 10 | Intermountain Ski Areas Association |
1970-1971 |
| 5 | 11 | Study Group Correspondence and Reports |
1970-1971 |
| 5 | 12-13 | Executive Secretary
Photographs originally found with these documents have been photocopied and transferred to the Multimedia Division (P0414).
|
1970-1971 |
| 5 | 14 | Secretarial Correspondence |
1971 |
| 5 | 15 | Ski Industry Representative |
1971 |
| 5 | 16-17 | Business Meeting Records |
1971-1972 |
| 5 | 18 | Presidency Documents |
1971 |
| 5 | 19 | Vice-Presidency Documents |
1971 |
| 5 | 20 | Disbursement Records |
1972-1973 |
| 5 | 21 | Lifetime Membership Letter |
1972 |
| 5 | 22-23 | Correspondence, Administrative Vice President |
1970-1971; 1973 |
V: EventsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 6 | 1-2 | Demonstration Team Documents |
1964-1966; 1970-1971 |
| 6 | 3 | Party Documents |
|
| 6 | 4 | Assorted Newsletters |
1968-1973 |
| 6 | 5-6 | North American Ski Instructors Congress |
1970-1971 |
| 6 | 7 | Veteran Ski Instructors Reunion |
1992 |
VI: Ski InstructionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 7 | 1 | Coaches Report, 9th Interski |
1970 |
| 7 | 2-3 | Correspondence, Memos, Notes, Agendas, Minutes |
1970 |
| 7 | 4 | Ski School Report and Questionnaire |
1970 |
| 7 | 5-10 | Spring Clinic |
1970-1975 |
| 7 | 11 | Examiners College |
1975 |
VII: Professional Ski Instructors of AmericaReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 8 | 1 | "Modern Marketing and the Ski World," Conference Address |
1965 |
| 8 | 2 | Case Study |
1966 |
| 8 | 3 | Board of Directors Report, Ed Pond |
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| 8 | 4-8 | Board of Directors Meetings |
1966-1968; 1971-1973 |
| 8 | 9 | Correspondence |
1969 |
| 8 | 10 | Correspondence, Memos, Mailing Lists |
1969-1971 |
| 8 | 11 | Budget and Budget Forecast |
1972-1974 |
VIII: National Ski Association of AmericaReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 9 | 1-8 | Files of William Lash
These folders contain correspondence, memos, news clippings, and other documents collected by Lash, who was affiliated with the National Ski Association, the Intermountain Ski Instructors Association, and the Professional Ski Instructors of America.
|
1952-1953; 1958-1962; 1970-1971 |
| 9 | 9 | Correspondence, Paul Valar |
1968-1970 |
| 9 | 10 | Ski Industry Relations |
1960 |
| 9 | 11 | National Ski Association of America Correspondence |
1958-1961 |
| 9 | 12 | Certification Committee Meeting |
1958 |
| 9 | 13 | 44th Annual Convention Minutes |
1952 |
| 9 | 14 | Ski Instructors Committee |
1959 |
| 9 | 15 | Conference at Brighton |
1960 |
| 9 | 16 | Skiing Bibliography
This folder contains photocopies of bibliographic 3 x 5 cards containing information published on skiing between 1890 and 1968.
|
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| 9 | 17 | Intermountain Division, United States Ski Association Directory |
1964-1965 |
| 9 | 18 | Ski Publications and Communications |
|
| 9 | 19 |
Skiing: Allais Technique, by Robert Albouy |
IX: Schools and AssociationsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 10 | 1 | Progress Report and Correspondence, National Council of Ski Instructors of America |
1952-1953 |
| 10 | 2-5 | Far West Ski Instructors Documents |
1952; 1956-1962 |
| 10 | 6 | Northern Rocky Mountain Ski Instructors Association, Chuck Hibbard Correspondence |
1957-1960 |
| 10 | 7 | Southern Rocky Mountain Ski Instructors Association, George Engel and Curt Chase Correspondence |
1957-1960 |
| 10 | 8 | Pacific Northwest Ski Instructor's Association, Harlacher and Kihlman Correspondence |
1959-1960 |
| 10 | 9 | Greater Salt Lake Ski Schools, Inc. |
1963-1964 |
| 10 | 10 | Rocky Mountain Ski Instructors Association Certification Records |
1968 |
X: AddendaReturn to Top
The addendum, included in folders 1-5 (1978-1998), contains by-laws, articles, minutes, rosters, and publications. This addendum was transferred from The Norm Burton Papers (Accn 1814) in June 2000. This addendum, included in folders 16-18 was processed by Peter Goodro in January 2002 and contains articles and bylaws, policies, rosters, minutes and correspondence of the Intermountain Ski Instructors Association (ISIA). The addendum, included in folder 19 (2001), contains a booklet which was used at the PSIA-Intermountain-AASI Spring Clinic held at Snowbasin in April 2001. This addendum was donated by PSIA Intermountain Division in February 2003 and was prepared by Lea Kinikini in 2003.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 11 | 1 | By-Laws |
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| 11 | 2-9 | "The Instructors Edge: The Official Publication of PSIA-Intermountain" |
1979-1998 |
| 11 | 10-11 | Minutes
These folders contain information from board meetings.
|
1980-1982 |
| 11 | 12 | Newsletters |
1978-1979 |
| 11 | 13 |
The Professional Skier: The Official Publication of the Professional Ski Instructors of America
|
1992 |
| 11 | 14-15 | Rosters
These folders contain listings of board members, officers, and instructors.
|
1980-1985 |
| 11 | 16 | Articles and Bylaws, Policy |
1962-1972 |
| 11 | 17 | Rosters |
1968-1978 |
| 11 | 18 | Minutes, Correspondence, Ski Utah Pamphlet |
1967-1976 |
| 11 | 19 | Sid Jenson, PSIA-Intermountain-AASI 1951 to 2001: A Brief History
|
2001 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Skis and skiing--Training--Utah
- Skis and skiing--Training--West (U.S.)
- Skis and skiing--Utah--History--Sources
- Skis and skiings--West (U.S.)--History--Sources
Corporate Names
- Intermountain Ski Instructors Association--Archives
Form or Genre Terms
- Correspondence
- Financial records
- Minutes (Records)
- Newsletters
- Reports
Finding aid created by Jewel Nelson and Kate Kimball.
2000 (last modified: 2003 and 2018)
