UUM_P0404.xml Bill Lash photograph collection Lash (Bill) photograph collection Finding aid prepared by Martha Quinn. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

1999 (last modified: 2025)
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-09-24. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. 2022 Revised by Sara Davis. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Bill Lash photograph collection Lash, Bill P0404 .5 linear feet 1 archives box 1958 The Bill Lash photograph collection collection contains photographs of Bill Lash, Willy Schaeffler, and the Solitude Ski School in 1958. English

William "Bill" Lash (b. Feb. 1, 1928) started skiing at an early age in Sun Valley, Idaho. He helped design and build a ski lift at Magic Mountain Ski Area and ran its ski school from 1947-1949. He attended the University of Utah in early 1950s and directed its ski program. He became certified with the Intermountain Ski Instructors Association in 1950 and served as its second president from 1951-1953, and again from 1955-1962. He was a ski instructor at Alta and founded the Professional Ski Instructors of America in 1961, serving as president for nine years. He was a key figure in the founding of the Professional Ski Instructors Association (PSIA) serving as its founding president from 1960 to 1968.

Lash was inducted into the United States Ski Hall of Fame in 1983 and in the PSIA-Intermountain Hall of Fame in 1989. He is the co-founder of the Veterans Ski Instructor Alliance.

This collection consists of 1 color Polaroid and 49 transparencies (34 35mm, 15 2X2). The subjects include Bill Lash, Willy Schaeffler, and the Solitude Ski School in 1958.

The Bill Lash photograph collection collection is digitized.

Collection is arranged topically.

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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.

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Processed by Martha Quinn in 1999.

Audio-visual materials were transferred to the Bill Lash audio-visual collection (A0424).

Forms part of the Ski and Snow Sports Archives (S.J. Quinney Outdoor Recreation Archives).

 Schaeffler, Willy, 1915-1988--Photographs Solitude Ski School--Photographs Solitude Mountain Resort (Utah)--Photographs Skis and skiing--Training--Utah--20th century--Photographs Ski resorts--Utah--20th century--Photographs Sports and Recreation Images Color transparencies Bill Lash, Willy Schaeffler, and the Solitude Ski School Bill Lash 1 1 Photograph number 1: Bill Lash sitting at desk Willy Schaeffler 1 2 Photograph number 2: Ski school class Photograph number 3: Ski school class Photograph number 4-34: Demonstration of ski technique Photograph number 35: Two men standing on ski slope (Lash and Engen?) Solitude Ski School 1 3 Photograph number 36-37: Lou Lorenz and Sven Coomer in front of Solitude Ski School sign Photograph number 38: Four men standing under "finish" banner Photograph number 39: Huch Aoki and Claude Jones (Phil's father) Solitude Ski School 1 4 Photograph number 40-43: Ski school class Solitude Ski School 1 5 Photograph number 40: Ski school class Photograph number 41: Two men sitting on bench Photograph number 42: Young boy standing on skis Photograph number 43: Young boy on skis and man Solitude Ski School 1 6 Photograph number 44: Ski school class Photograph number 45: Ski instructors sitting on a bench Photograph number 46:Bruce Aoki at Solitude Photograph number 47: Bruce Aoki with his ski instructor David Thurgood at Solitude Solitude Ski School 1 7 Photograph number 48: Ski school class Photograph number 49: Ski school class Photograph number 50: unknown boy on the slopes