J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections
David Hanscom papers
Hanscom, David
ACCN 2424
19.75 linear feet
1961-2008
The David Hanscom papers (1961-2008) contain materials and notes on the Wasatch Tours series which Hanscom co-authored. This collection also contains Olympic race materials, correspondence, Olympic Feasibility Committee materials, notes, Wasatch Citizens series materials, Utah Nordic Alliance newsletters and event materials, venue information, and ski posters and flyers.
English
After completing his PhD in Electrical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University in 1970, Hanscom went to work at Sperry Univac (now Unisys), where he was involved in the design of communications processors and peripheral devices for 12 years.
From 1982 to 2006, Hanscom was a professor and director of undergraduate studies in the School of Computing, and faculty advisor for the computer science and computer engineering programs. He was effective in recruiting top students to the computer science program through the High School Computing Institute and High School Programming Contest, which involve campus enrichment activities for high school juniors and seniors for five weeks during the summer. He has also advised scores of teaching assistants through his annual TA training workshop, and has served as a primary link between the school and its undergraduates by teaching many freshmen and sophomores in required classes. In 2002 Hanscom received the College of Engineering's Outstanding Teaching Award, and has received the dean's commendation for outstanding teaching five times. In 2006, Hanscom retired from the University of Utah.
Off campus, Hanscom is a cross-country skiing enthusiast. He wrote Wasatch Tours, a three-volume guide to cross-country skiing in the Wasatch Mountains, and has organized cross-country ski races for about 15 years. He was assistant chief of timing for cross country and biathlon events in the 2002 Olympic Winter Games and the Paralympic Games. He and his wife, Mary, have been married 40 years and have two sons and two grandchildren.
The David Hanscom papers contain materials and notes on the
Wasatch Tours series which Hanscom co-authored. This collection also contains Olympic race materials, correspondence, Olympic Feasibility Committee materials, notes, Wasatch Citizens series materials, Utah Nordic Alliance newsletters and event materials, venue information, and ski posters and flyers.
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Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Photographs were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P1370).
Donated by David Hanscom in 2008.
Box 32 donated by David Hanscom circa 2016.
Processed by Erin McCarthy in 2008.
Box 32 processed by Betsey Welland in 2018.
Forms part of the Utah Ski Archive.
Utah Nordic Alliance
Olympic Winter Games (19th : 2002 : Salt Lake City, Utah)
Paralympic Winter Games (8th: 2002: Salt Lake City, Utah)
Cross-country skiing--Wasatch Range (Utah and Idaho)
Sports and Recreation
Newsletters
Posters
Advertising fliers
Notes (documents)
Correspondence
Wasatch Tours
Wasatch Tours , Volume 1, copy
1993
1
1
Wasatch Tours , Volume 1, Preview Copy
1993
1
2
Wasatch Tours , information
1975-1989
1
3
This folder contains book information, royalty materials, and news clippings.
Wasatch Tours , Volume 2, Preview Copy
1994
2
1
Wasatch Tours , Volume 2, Previews
1995
2
2-3
Wasatch Tours , Volume 2, Miscellaneous
2
4
This folder contains notes and new clippings relating to volume two of the series.
Wasatch Tours , Volume 2, Beginner Tours
1990-1993
2
5
Chapter 2, Northern Wasatch, Research
1991-1997
2
6
Chapter 3, Nothern S.L. County, Research
1988-1996
2
7
Chapter 4, Willcreek
1996
2
8
Chapter 5-6, Big and Little Cottonwood, Information
1983-1995
2
9
Chapter 7, Wasatch Front, Information
1983-1994
2
10
Diamond Fork
1994-1997
3
1
Wasatch Tours , Volume 2, Equipment
1989-1993
3
2
Wasatch Tours , Volume 2, Hazards
1979-1995
3
3
Kamas Ranger District
1992-1998
3
4-5
South Fork, Provo
1988-1998
3
6
Wasatch Tours , Volume 3, Early Draft
1995
4
1
Wasatch Tours , Volume 3, Preview Copies
1998
4
2-5
Heber Ranger District
1992-2001
4
6
Notes and Articles
1996-2003
4
7
Wasatch Citizens Series
Race and General Materials
1984-2005
5-9
Olympic Feasibility Committee
Utah Winter Games
1984
10
1-2
Utah Winter Games Feasibility Study, Vol. 1
1985
10
3-4
Executive Summary
1985
10
5
Utah Winter Games Feasibility Study, Vol. 2
1985
11
1
Utah Winter Games Impact Study, Vol. 1
1984
11
2
Utan Winter Games Impact Study, Vol. 2
1984
11
3
Ritchie, J.R., Assessing the Impact of Hallmark Events
1984
11
4
Ritchie, J.R. and Aitken, Catherine, Assessing the Impacts of the 1988 Olympic Winter Games
1984
11
5
Winter Olympics Games Proposal
1984
11
6
Olympic Survey Results, U of U Survey Research Lab
12
1
Winter Olympics, manuscript
12
2
Cross-Country Information
12
3
Magazine, Subaru, Park City
1985
12
4
Supplement to Task Notes
12
5
New Clippings
1984-1985
12
6
Utah Nordic Ski Association
UNSA History
1984-1996
13
1
Utah Nordic Ski Association information
1984-1987
13
2
UNSA; minutes, correspondence, finances
1984-1991
13
3-4
Cross Country Ski Area Operations Survey
1988-1989
13
5
UNSA, Current
1985
13
6
Sno-Park
1975-1998
13
7
Dissolution Documents
2007
13
8
Utah Winter Games
Utah Winter Games
1985-2003
14
1-4
The Utah Nordic Alliance (TUNA)
1990-2002
Meeting minutes, member correspondence, articles of incorporation and bylaws
1990-1998
15
1
Meeting minutes and financial reports
1998-2002
15
2-3
Correspondence and notes
2002-2005
16
1
Correspondence
2005-2006
16
2
TUNA Duathlon
1999-2002
16
3
TUNA Mountain Challenge
2000-2002
16
4
Newsletters
Nordic Ski Club of Park City, News for Nords
1987-1990
17
1
This folder contains the following issues: 1987 August; 1987 November-1988 March; 1988 September-1988 October; 1988 December-1989 March; and 1989 September-1990 March.
The Utah Nordic Alliance, TUNA News
1990-1991
17
2
This folder contains the following issues: 1990 September; 1990 November-1991 April; 1991 September; and 1991 October-1991 December.
The Utah Nordic Alliance, TUNA News
1992-1994
17
3
This folder contains the following issues: 1992 January-1993 September; 1993 November-1994 September; 1994 November-1994 December.
The Utah Nordic Alliance, TUNA News
1995-1997
17
4
This folder contains the following issues: 1995 January-1995 September; 1995 November-1996 February; 1996 Spring/Summer-1997 September; and 1997 November-1997 December.
The Utah Nordic Alliance, TUNA News
1998-2000
18
1
This folder contains the following issues: 1998 Janaury-1998 September; 1998 November-1999 September; 1999 November-2000 September; and 2000 November-2000 December.
The Utah Nordic Alliance, TUNA News
2001-2003
18
2
This folder contains the following issues: 2001 January-2001 September; 2001 November-2002 September; 2002 November-2003 January; and 2003 March-2003 September/October.
The Utah Nordic Alliance, TUNA News
2003-2005
18
3
This folder contains the following issues: 2003 November-2005 December.
The Utah Nordic Alliance, TUNA News
2006-2008
18
4
This folder contains the following issues: 2006 January-2008 Spring.
Pre-Olympic Races
Correspondence and Notes
1997-2002
19
1
Race Timing Crew
1997-2000
19
2
Jump Site Selection Sub-Committee
1990-1991
19
3
Newsletters and Event Packets
1998-1999
19
4
2001 Gold Cup
2001
19
5
2001 World Cuts
2000-2001
19
6-7
These folders contain correspondence, event information, newsletters, news clippings, and race results.
Nordic Combined Results
2001
19
8
Olympics Staff Passes
19
9
News Clippings
2003-2004
19
10
Nagano
Nagano Olympics Personal Materials
1998
20
1
Nagano Study Group Meeting Information
1998
20
2
Nagano, Magazines and Olympic Materials
1998
20
3
Nagano Olympics Materials
1997-1998
20
4-5
These folders also contain responses about the Nagano Olympics.
Competition Committee
Soldier Hollow: Competition Management
2001
21
1-2
Utah's Olympic Circus
21
3
Olympic Venues-Soldier Hollow and Mountain Dell Sites
Little Dell Lake Project
1995
22
1
Soldier Hollow Information, Cross Country
1997-1999
22
2
Soldier Hollow Information
1998-2001
22
3-4
Seiko Contract Book
1998
22
5
Mountain Dell, The Public Process; Group Meeting
1996
22
6
Soldier Hollow and Mountain Dell, research materials
1995-1997
23
1-3
These folders contain correspondence, pamplets, research on Soldier Hollow and Mountain Dell, meeting materials, and notes.
Mountain Dell consulting team, Golf Course and Canyon Area
1997
23
4
Maps
23
5-6
News Clippings
23
7
Olympic Volunteer Materials
Olympics, In Training
2001-2002
24
1-2
Seiko, Job Description, Skiing
2002
24
3
Olympic Volunteer Information
2001-2002
24
4-5
These folders contain correspondence and event packets.
Cross Country Sport Management Overview and Plan
2002
24
6
Olympics and Paralympics
Personal files
2001-2002
25
1
This folder contains volunteer information, correspondence, and picture photocopies.
Olympics, Results, Skiing Events
2002
25
2
IPC Overview of Nordic Management Plan, Paralympics
2002
25
3
Paralympic Events
2002
25
4
Miscellaneous Ski Materials
Helicopters
1989-1999
26
1
Interconnect
1983-1995
26
2
NCAA
1990-1991
26
3
Nordic Trails Task Force
1992-1993
26
4
1989 World Cup
1989
26
5
Yellowstone and Boulder Results
1983-1999
27
1
Miscellaneous Clippings and Articles
1987-2002
27
2
Logos, Flyers, and Newsletters
1986-1996
28
1
Flyers and Posters
1996-2008
28
2
SLC Bid Book for 1992 Olympics (For USOC)
1985
29
Paralympics Long Distance Skiing Jersey
2002
30
Ski Posters
31
This box contains ski event posters. Many of the posters are water damaged.
Water damaged ski posters and Books
There are 200 ski posters that are water damaged. Most are duplicates of posters contained in the collection. Four bound copies of the series were also removed.
David Hanscom, "Skiing in the Wasatch Mountains"
1978
32
1
Nordic Meet Results, Lyndonville, Vermont
1961
32
2
Articles about Hanscom
1968-2007
32
3