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P1379
Robbins, Paul, 1939-2008
Paul Robbins photograph collection
1960s-2005
4 boxes
Paul Robbins (1939-2008) was a ski and travel writer who served as historian for the U.S. Ski Team for over thirty years. This collection contains photographs documenting Robbins career in sports journalism dating from approximately 1960 to 2005.
Collection materials are in
English.
Biographical Note
Paul K. Robbins was born on August 13, 1939 to Calvin Boardman and Eleanor Kelleher Robbins. He grew up in New Jersey and served in the United States Army as a military information officer during the Korean War. After leaving the military, Robbins went to work for the United Press International in Boston as the New England Bureau Chief.
In the 1970s, Tony Wise hired Robbins to write about World Cup Nordic ski racing at the Telemark Lodge in Wisconsin to publicize the event. Around the same time, Robbins wrote a weekly news feed for Phil Camp’s New England Ski Areas Council. In the early 1980s, Robbins took a job as a traveling correspondent with the United States Ski Team. He covered eight Olympic Winter Games beginning in 1980 in Lake Placid. Robbins served as the ski historian for the US Ski Team. His work appeared in numerous industry publications, and he served as a commentator for Nordic sports for CBS and NBC. Over the course of his career in sports journalism, Robbins expanded from covering Nordic skiing to include various winter sports including snowboarding. Paul Robbins died on February 23, 2008.
The Paul Robbins photograph collection consists of 4 boxes containing 3,059 color slides, transparencies, postcards, negatives and black-and-white photographs and negatives collected and taken by Robbins over the course of his career as a ski journalist and historian. The collection spans from approximately the 1960s to 2005. Box 1 contains color slides and transparencies documenting a United States Ski Association Eastern Championship series. The images were removed from a binder titled" USSA 1186 FIS Regional Series Slide Production" and also contain views of the mountain at Mt. Snow Ski and Golf Resort, Times Square in New York City, ski resort in Italy and a ski lodge. The images in Box 1 may not have been produced by Robbins, since most are labeled either "David K. Verner," "FUZZ," and "Mt. Snow Ski and Golf Resort c. Bob Perry."
Box 2 contains black-and-white and color photographs and negatives of members of the U.S. Ski Team and other skiers, primarily taken by Robbins in the course of his work as a ski journalist. The images are alphabetized by the last name of the athlete. Box 3 continues the portraits of skiers and contains photographs of unidentified and identified ski competitions and training. Box 4 contains photographs of ski areas, resorts, and events in Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Utah, and Vermont. There are also imges of events and scenes in Austria, Canada, Norway and Switzerland. There is a large concentration of images of skiing in New England, where Robbins lived; particularly Vermont and New Hampshire.
Arranged by subject
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.
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Paul Robbins photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator.
Initial Citation:
Paul Robbins photograph collection, P1379,
Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott Library. Salt Lake City, Utah.
Following Citations: P1379.
Donated by Kathe Robbins in 2009.
Processed by Special Collections staff.
See also the Paul Robbins Papers (ACCN 2477) in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections
This collection forms part of the Utah Ski Archive, which is part of the S.J. Quinney Outdoor Recreation Archive.
Robbins, Paul, 1939-2008
Skis and skiing
Ski racing
Ski resorts--Vermont
Snowboarding
Photographs
black-and-white prints (photographs)
color prints (photographs)
color slides
negatives (photographs)
1
1
Postcards
1
2
United States Ski Association (USSA), Eastern Championship Series
1
3
USSA Eastern Championship Series
1
4
One Set and USSA Eastern Championship Series
1
5
Group Photo and Poduim Ceremony
1
6
USSA Eastern Championship Series, continued
1
7
USSA Eastern Championship Series, continued
1
8
USSA Eastern Championship Series, continued
1
9
USSA Eastern Championship Series, continued
1
10
USSA Eastern Championship Series negatives
1
11
Mount Snow Ski and Gold Resort
2
1
Skiers A-E
2
2
Paul Robbins
2
3
Team Photos
2
4
Bill Bakke
2
5
Scott Berry
2
6
Matt Bimonte
2
7
Bela A. Bodnar
2
8
Joe Bristol
2
9
Babara Britch
2
10
Tim Denisson
2
11
Joson Densmore
2
12
Peter Dovis
2
13
Dick Durrance with Paul Robbins
2
14
Mike Elliott
2
15
Skiers F-H
2
16
Mike Gallagher
2
17
Skiers I-L
2
18
Bruce Jennings
2
19
Charles Kellogg
2
20
Nina Kemppel and Kerrin Pelly
2
21
Bob Kendall
2
22
Bill Koch
2
23
Adolf Kuss
2
24
Frank Lutcik
2
25
Skiers M-O
2
26
Jim Miller
2
27
Ron Neal
2
28
Dave Norby
2
29
Trudy Owen
2
30
Skiers P-R
2
31
George Perry
2
32
Polonka
3
1
Skiers S-Z
3
2
Roger Sanstad
3
3
Edward P. Schissler
3
4
Mike Scott
3
5
Marcia Skaro
3
6
Jim Speck
3
7
Alison Owen-Spencer
3
8
Greg Swor
3
9
Anne Thomas
3
10
Dick Trafton
3
11
Adrain Watt
3
12
Teyck Weed
3
13
Bernie Wells
3
14
Sven Wiik
3
15
Kris Zdechlik
3
16
Dana Zelanakas
3
17
10th Mountain Division
3
18
Skiers, LeBrassus, Switzerland
3
19
Skiers: Unidentified
3
20
Alpine: Unidentified
3
21
Cross Country: Unidentified
3
22
The Birkie
3
23
The Burke Cup, Burke Mountain Recreation, Inc East Burke, Vermont
3
24
Cross Country Nationals 50k/30k Soldier Hollow, January 2000
3
25
Marlboro Ski Challenge
3
26
Nordic Combined Worldcup Steamboat, Colorado, December 19, 1988
3
27
Unidentified U.S. Ski Team Event
3
28
Harry Chapin Singer, Song Writer in Vermont
3
29
Peegoet Tour
3
30
Training
3
31
Training continued
3
32
Skiers negatives
3
33
General
4
1
Colorado
4
2
Maine
4
3
Massachusetts
4
4
Minnesota: Giants Ridge
4
5
New Hampshire: Loon, Mount Washington, Waterville Valley
4
6
Utah Resorts
4
7
Vermont: Bromley Mountain
4
8
Vermont: Killington Ski Resort
4
9
Vermont: Mad River Glen, Waitsfield
4
10
Vermont: Mount Snow
4
11
Vermont: Smuggler's Notch, Jeffersonville
4
12
Vermont: Stowe
4
13
Vermont: Stratton Mountain Resort
4
14
Vermont: Woodstock
4
15
Vermont: General
4
16
Ski New England
4
17
Austria
4
18
Canada
4
19
Norway
4
20
Davos, Switzerland
4
21
St. Martin, Switzerland
4
22
Zermatt, Matlehorn, Switzerland
4
23
Zurich, Switzerland
4
24
100 Years of Winter Sports in Switzerland
4
25
Switzerland
4
26
Skiers