HTM_WCMss13.xml Guide to the Blue Mountain Ski Club Records Blue Mountain Ski Club Records Colleen McFarland Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Whitman College and Northwest Archives 2005
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-10-27. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. 2020 Updated by Katy Sassara to include accession 2019-017. Whitman College and Northwest Archives Blue Mountain Ski Club Records Blue Mountain Ski Club WCMss.013 1.2 linear feet 4 hollinger boxes 1961-1984 The Blue Mountain Ski Club was an amateur ski club founded in 1938. The Blue Mountain Ski Club Records, which dates from 1961 to 1984, consists largely of the financial, membership, and competition records of the club. English .

Collection is open for research.

Donated to the Whitman College and Northwest Archives by Mel Haas in August 2005. The accession number is 2005-011. Additional material donated by Joe Drazan on behalf of Loleta Haas in 2019. The accession number for this material is 2019-017

The Blue Mountain Ski Club was founded in 1938. Its members hailed from southeastern Washington and northeastern Oregon and included faculty and administrators at Whitman College. The club first skied in Tollgate, Oregon (1938-1946) and later moved to the Spout Springs Ski Area in the Umatilla Forest. The club was a non-profit organization that sponsored ski competitions from the 1950s to the 1970s and contributed to the construction of downhill ski infrastructure, including a rope tow (1940s) and T-bar ski lift (1959) at Spout Springs.

While club members were active throughout the 1960s and 1970s, interest in the club dwindled by 1980. In 1983, members discussed the legal dissolution of the Blue Mountain Ski Club and donation of its assets to Whitman College to fund the Outdoor Program. On March 8, 1984, the organization was dissolved.

The Blue Mountain Ski Club Records consists largely of financial, membership, and competition records. Financial records include federal tax returns from the 1960s and 1970s and handwritten annual financial statements from the same period. Membership records include the names, addresses, and dues paid by members from the late 1960s through the mid 1970s. The earlier of the two membership books contains board meeting minutes from 1971. Competition records include participant lists, time sheets, and results of Nordic and downhill ski races held in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The remainder of the collection includes an annual schedule of events for 1961-1962, records regarding the dissolution of the club, promotional brochures for Spout Springs, and the 1973 Pacific Northwest Ski Association Articles and Bylaws.

 Skis and skiing Oregon Sports and Recreation Blue Mountain Ski Club 1 1935-1984 English. Competition records 1956-1957 English. 1 1 Competition records 1958-1959 English. 1 2 Competition records 1959-1960 English. 1 3 Competition records 1961 English. 1 4 Competition records 1962 English. 1 5 Competition records 1964 English. 1 6 Competition records 1965 English. 1 7 Competition records 1966 English. 1 8 Competition records 1967 English. 1 9 Competition records 1968 English. 1 10 Competition records 1969 English. 1 11 Competition records 1970 English. 1 12 Competition records 1971 English. 1 13 Competition records 1972 English. 1 14 Competition records 1973 English. 1 15 Competition records undated English. 1 16 FIS Rainier World Cup 1972 English. 1 17 Rainier World Cup programs 1972 English. 1 18 Meeting minutes 1935-1950 English. 1 19-20 Meeting minutes 1951-1953 English. 2 1 Meeting minutes 1953-1955 English. 2 2 Meeting minutes 1956-1958 English. 2 3 Meeting minutes 1959-1964 English. 2 4 Meeting materials 1963-1973 English. 2 5 Federal tax returns 1964-1980 English. 2 6 Financial statements 1949, 1959-1978 English. 2 7 Membership 1960-1961 English. 2 8 Membership book 1968-1974 English. 2 9 Membership book 1974-1978 English. 2 10 Articles of incorporation and by-laws 1949 English. 2 11 Correspondence 1941-1949 English. 2 12 Correspondence 1950-1953 English. 2 13 Correspondence 1954-1963, 1969 English. 2 14 Correspondence 1970-1971, undated English. 2 15 Publications 1949-1964 English. 3 1 Ski tow and equipment 1947-1948, 1959 English. 3 2 The Yodel, the Blue Mountain Ski Club newsletter 1958-1959 English. 3 3 Summary, the Blue Mountain Ski Club activities 1967-1968 English. 3 4 Dissolution records 1983-1984 English. 3 5 Pacific Northwest Ski Association 2 1948-1978 English. Meeting minutes 1948 English. 3 6 Convention material 1959 English. 3 7 Convention materials 1960 English. 3 8 Meeting materials 1960 English. 3 9 Publications 1960-1962, 1966 English. 3 10 Meeting materials 1961 English. 3 11 Convention materials 1962 English. 3 12 Convention materials 1963 English. 3 13 Correspondence with Boyd, Olofson and Company 1663 English. 3 14 Meeting materials 1964 English. 3 15 Convention materials 1964 English. 3 16 Convention materials 1966 English. 3 17 Convention minutes 1967 English. 3 18 Convention materials 1968 English. 3 19 Meeting materials 1968 English. 3 20 Convention materials 1969 English. 3 21 Meeting materials 1969 English. 3 22 Convention materials 1970 English. 3 23 Meeting materials 1970 English. 3 24 Convention materials 1971 English. 3 25 Meeting materials 1971 English. 3 26 Correspondence 1971 English. 3 27 Officials 1971 English. 4 1 Handbook 1971-1972 English. 4 2 Convention materials 1972 English. 4 3 Meeting materials 1972 English. 4 4 Convention materials 1973 English. 4 5 Meeting materials 1973 English. 4 6 Correspondence 1973 English. 4 7 Articles and by-laws 1973 English. 4 8 Convention materials 1974 English. 4 9 Correspondence 1974 English. 4 10 Convention materials 1976 English. 4 11 Convention materials 1977 English. 4 12 Convention materials 1978 English. 4 13 Educational Foundation article and by-laws undated English. 4 14 Jumping tournament duties and instructions undated English. 4 15 Correspondence undated English. 4 16 Notes undated English. 4 17 Official examination undated English. 4 18 United States Ski Association 3 1956-1980 English. National Ski Association of America, Official racing rules 1956-1957 English. 4 19 National Ski Association of America, official racing rules for alpine events 1960 English. 4 20 National Ski Association of America, directory 1961 English. 4 21 Coaches system meeting material 1964 English. 4 22 Alpine report 1966 English. 4 23 Directory 1969 English. 4 24 Convention materials 1970 English. 4 25 Correspondence 1970 English. 5 1 Directory 1970 English. 5 2 News releases 1970 English. 5 3 Materials 1970 English. 5 4 Convention materials 1971 English. 5 5 Correspondence 1971 English. 5 6 News releases 1971 English. 5 7 Materials 1971 English. 5 8 Directory 1980 English. 5 9 Materials undated English. 5 10 Miscellaneous Ski Publications and Ephemera 4 1946-1972 English. Tollgate Recreational Council Special Use Permit 1946 English. 5 11 Tollgate Ski Patrol incident report 1948 English. 5 12 Local events and publications 1950-1966 English. 5 13 Stevens Pass Athletic Club junior training program 1961 English. 5 14 Seattle Quilt Manufacturing Company parka sales 1961 English. 5 15 Downhill course regulations 1967 English. 5 16 Sun Valley International Team races 1968 English. 5 17 Spout Springs brochures 1968, undated English. 5 18 National Collegiate Athletic Association official skiing rules 1969 English. 5 19 Competition Policy Council meeting minutes 1971 English. 5 20 Oregon Junir Ski Championships 1972 English. 5 21 Ski Clubs at LaGrande Junior and Senior School undated English. 5 22 Map of Spout Springs-Tollgate area undated English. 5 23 Patches undated English. 5 24 Warren Miller's Ski Fantasy poster undated English. 5 25 Northwest Region Ski Patrol handbook undated English. 5 26 Head Ski pamphlet undated English. 5 27 Cross country trail preparation handbook undated English. 5 28 The Ski News Guide undated English. 5 29 Pacific Northwest Council Challenge Cup undated English. 5 30 The Recreational Skier and His Interests undated English. 5 31 United States Eastern Amateur Ski Association Alpine Guidebook undated English. 5 32 "A History of Skiing in the Walla Walla Valley" by Stu Reynolds and Robert Freeman 2018 January 5 33