UUM_A1096.xml Beat and Nancy van Vleck von Allmen van Vleck von Allmen (Beat and Nancy) audio-visual collection Finding aid written by Deborah Landis. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

2022 (Last modified: 2025)
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-11-20. The finding aid was written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Beat and Nancy van Vleck von Allmen audio-visual collection Von Allmen, Beat Von Allmen, Nancy A1096 28 8mm film 1963-1983 The Beat von Allmen audio visual collection is a collection of home videos from the von Allmen family. The videos focus on skiing and family. Click here to view or request digitized materials from the collection or visit ArchivesSpace for a container level list of digitized materials. English

Beat von Allmen (1941- ) was born in Switzerland. Throught his life he has been a racer on the Swiss National Ski Team (1963-1967), a racer on the Swiss Olympic team (1964), a ski coach, and a civil engineer. He started the Snowbird Race Team in 1971 and he founded Alpentech, a ski area design consulting firm. Beat von Allmen has contributed much to the designing of transportation and maps for skiers and hikers in the Wasatch, Uinta, and Stansbury mountain ranges.

Materials are arranged mostly chronologically with the digitized items first.

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

Donated by Nancy von Allmen in 2012.

Processed by Molly Rose Steed in 2012 and Deborah Landis in 2019.

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See also the P1394 Beat von Allmen photograph collection in the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.

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

The Beat von Allmen audio visual collection consists of 8mm home videos of ski racing, family, and recreational skiing.

 Von Allmen, Beat Von Allmen, Nancy Snowbird (Utah) Amateur films--Utah Family life Skis and skiing home movies Moving images Championship Slalom 1963 8mm (photographic film size) 00:04:02, color, no sound 1

Home video of slalom skiiers in a ski race. Video ends with two men on a bridge and footage of mountains.

 Snowbird 1972 8mm (photographic film size) 00:03:20, color, no sound 2

Home video of a ski race at Snowbird ski resort mixed with close up footage of skiiers hanging out.

 Speeds Big Emma 1973 April 28 8mm (photographic film size) 00:03:26, black and white, no sound 3

Home video monitoring a skiier's speed. Footage taken at Snowbird on the Big Emma run.

 Roch Cup 1974 8mm (photographic film size) 00:03:25, black and white, no sound 4

Home video from the Roch cup at Aspen in Colorado. Footage of the downhill race.

 Snowbird Team 1975 January 23 8mm (photographic film size) 00:03:23, color, no sound 5

Home video of ski racing at Snowbird ski resort. Footage starts out a little washed out, but clears up about a minute into the video.

 Heidi 1975 February 8mm (photographic film size) 00:03:22, color, no sound 6

Home video of baby Heidi playing, learning to walk, and crawling.

 Heidi 1975 March 8mm (photographic film size) 00:03:22, color, no sound 7

Home video of baby Heidi walking outside, playing in snow, etc.

 Spring 1975 8mm (photographic film size) 00:03:23, color, no sound 8

Home video of skiiers at Snowbird, the tram, and the mountains. Also includes footage of a garden at a house and baby Heidi.

 Heidi Nancy Spring 1975 8mm (photographic film size) 00:03:21, color, no sound 9

Home video of baby Heidi playing outside. Continuation of the footage of Heidi from item 8.

 Snowbird 1975 August 11 8mm (photographic film size) 00:03:21, black and white, no sound 10

Home video of a giant slalom ski race at Snowbird ski resort.

 Jackson Wyoming 1975 8mm (photographic film size) 00:04:31, color, no sound 11

Home video of a giant slalom ski race at Snowbird ski resort. Video freezes on the last frame from 3:24 til the end.

 Snowbird ski with Heidi 1976 8mm (photographic film size) 00:03:22, color, no sound 12

Home video of two skiiers, baby Heidi, and mountain scenery at Snowbird ski resort.

 Salt Lake City 1977 June 8mm (photographic film size) 00:03:54, color, no sound 13

Home video of Heidi, a baby, and some adults playing in the backyard of a Salt Lake City home.

 Easter 1978 8mm (photographic film size) 00:03:23, color, no sound 14

Home video from Easter of Heidi and another young child participating in an easter egg hunt.

 Pick Strawberries SLC 1978 June 8mm (photographic film size) 00:03:31, color, no sound 15

Home video of Heidi and the other young child picking strawberries in Salt Lake City. Also includes a little bit of footage of people building a log cabin in the mountains.

 Home 1978 October 8mm (photographic film size) 00:03:20, color, no sound 16

Home video of building a log cabin in the mountains with assistance from a helicopter. Also includes footage of the children at the Salt Lake City home.

 Hart 1978 8mm (photographic film size) 00:03:20, color, no sound 17

Home video of a house party. Looks like a family celebration. Also has footage of sledding with three children and teaching Heidi to ski.

 Henry and Gale Snowbird 1979 8mm (photographic film size) 00:03:23, color, no sound 18

Home video of a family leaving a house, footage of different homes, and children playing in the snow. Also includes footage of skiing in Snowbird and teaching Heidi to ski.

 Easter Snowbird 1979 8mm (photographic film size) 00:03:23, color, no sound 19

Home video of Snowbird on Easter. There are mascots and an Easter egg hunt, and the family follows the celebration with skiing.

 Snowbird Easter 1979 8mm (photographic film size) 00:04:01, color, no sound 20

Home video with more footage of the family skiing on Easter at Snowbird ski resort.

 Winter 1981 8mm (photographic film size) 00:03:24, color, no sound 21

Home video of Heidi skiing and various views of the mountains at Snowbird ski resort.

 Snowbird 1981 March 8mm (photographic film size) 00:03:22, color, no sound 22

Home video with footage of the family skiing. The footage is not very good quality.

 Snowbird 1983 8mm (photographic film size) 00:03:24, color, no sound 23

Home video of the family at Snowbird. Shot of lifeflight flying overhead. Video goes blank from 1:34 to 1:55.

 Alta Cup 1983 8mm (photographic film size) 00:03:24, color, no sound 24

Home video of the Alta Cup ski race at Alta ski resort.

 Untitled undated 8mm (photographic film size) 00:05:29, black and white, no sound 25

Home video of men clearing out vegetation with a scythe in the mountains outside Hotel Belmont. Footage of the houses and surrounding scenery. Footage of men playing tennis and wrestling.

 Untitled undated 8mm (photographic film size) 00:02:31, black and white, no sound 26

Home video of various shots of a dog and some people on a very snowy day.

 Speeds Big Emma 1973 8mm (photographic film size) color, no sound 27

Home video tracking a skier's speed similar to item 3. Footage taken of the Big Emma run at Snowbird ski resort.

 Winter 1981 8mm (photographic film size) color, no sound 28

Home video of Heidi skiing.