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Dean Roberts digital photograph collection, 1946-1990s
Overview of the Collection
- Collector
- Roberts, Dean, 1931-2015
- Title
- Dean Roberts digital photograph collection
- Dates
- 1946-1990s (inclusive)19461999
- Quantity
- 46 items
- Collection Number
- P0977
- Summary
- The Dean Roberts photograph collection consists of digital scans made from color and black and white prints loaned to the Special Collections Department by Dean Roberts for the Utah Ski Archives Ski Affair. Captions listed below were taken directly from the original prints before they were returned.
- Repository
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University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860
Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu - Access Restrictions
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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.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Dean Roberts (1931 - 2015)
As a child, Dean Roberts carried his skis to school so he could “fly” off jumps he built along the way. He held a natural passion for the sport and by the eighth grade, he was a regular at Snowbasin, learning the art of alpine skiing.
At age 17 Dean was a competitive ski jumper and member of both the Weber State and U of U alpine ski teams. In 1959, Dean certified with the Intermountain Ski Instructors Association. Five years later Dean became the owner and director of the ski school at Solitude - the mountain he loved more than any other. In 1994 he became Solitude’s Director of Skiing.
Dean is an Honorary Lifetime member of the PSIA-Intermountain Division, and in 2006 was selected to the PSIA-AASI-Intermountain Ski Instructors Hall of Fame. In 2011 he received his 50-year pin - along with a letter which encapsulates the essence of his remarkable career and echoes the sentiments of a grateful ski industry.
The letter reads: “Thank you for introducing thousands to the wonders of sliding on snow.”
Roberts was inducted into the Intermountain Ski Hall of Fame in 2017. The above biograpical note is from that event.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Dean Roberts photograph collection consists of digital scans made from color and black and white prints loaned to the Special Collections department by Dean Roberts for the Utah Ski Archives Ski Affair. High-resolution scans were made of the original prints and they were then returned to the donor. Roberts began skiing near his home in Pocatello, Idaho, in the late 1930s. In 1944, his family moved to Ogden, Utah, where he soon began skiing at Snow Basin ski area. After that, he was on the Weber College and University of Utah ski teams, was a ski instructor at Snow Basin ski area from 1957 to 1960; at Brighton ski area from 1960 to 1963, and served as the co-director of the Mt. Empire ski school at Solitude Mountain Resort. He directed the Solitude ski school from 1969 to 1994, and later became the director of skiing at the same resort. He was a lifetime member of the Professional Ski Instructors Association. Mr. Roberts was honored as a History-Maker by the Utah Ski Archives in 2003.
Captions listed below were taken directly from the original prints before they were returned. Captions in brackets were supplied by the processor.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
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.
Preferred Citation
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | |
| 1 | 1 | General images
|
| 2 | 1 | News
|
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Skiers--Photographs
- Skis and skiing--Utah--Photographs
Personal Names
- Roberts, Dean, 1931-2015--Photographs
Geographical Names
- Snowbird (Utah)
Form or Genre Terms
- digital photographs
Finding aid created by Roy Webb.
2003 (last modified: 2018)
