Pat Miller photograph collection

Pat Miller photograph collection, 1950-2005

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Miller, Pat, 1948-2013
Title: Pat Miller photograph collection
Dates: 1950-2005 (inclusive)
19502005
Quantity: 0.25 linear feet, (1 archives box) : 128 items
Collection Number: P1367
Summary: Pat Miller (1948-2013) served as head coach of the University of Utah Ski Team, as president of the Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association and as a member of the National Collegiate Athletics Association Skiing Rules Committee. This collection consists of digital-only photographs of Miller's personal life as well as photographs depicting the University of Utah Ski Team and ski-related events and activities. This collection is entirely digitalized and available online in our Digital Library.
Repository: 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: 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

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Patrick "Pat" N. Miller (1948-2013) was born in Mexico, Maine and attended Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. He was a member of the United States national Nordic combined ski team from 1968 to 1974. Miller was named "All-American in Nordic Combined" (1970). Miller received his Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Fort Lewis and his Masters of Commercial Recreation from the University of Utah (1976). In 1974, he began working as an assistant ski coach. In 1976, he became head coach of the Men's and Women's Ski Team, a position he held for 21 years. Under his leadership, the team won several championships on the local and national level.

In addition to the work done with the University of Utah Ski Team, Miller also served as the Chair of the selection committee for collegiate skiing's All-American Team (1979), the Utah sports Hall of Fame Board of Directors, and on the boards of ski archives for both the Marriott Library and the state of Utah. Honors include: Utah Sports Hall of Fame; Intermountain Ski Hall of Fame; Main Ski Hall of Fame; and the Fort Lewis Athletic Hall of Fame. Pat Miller died in June 2013.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The collection was donated in four batches. The first one was in 2008 containing only digital scans. The second one was in 2012 containing news clippings, U of U Ski Team media guides, patches, resume and photographs. The third one in was in April 2013 containing photographs. The last one in was in July 2013 containing photographs, U of U Ski Team and NCAA media guides, news clippings, publications with articles about U of U Ski Team.

This collection is entirely digitalized and available online in our Digital Library.

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

Arrangement

Arranged by subject.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Pat Miller in 2008. Addendums in 2012 and 2013.

Processing Note

Processed by Special Collections staff.

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Separated Materials

See also the Patrick N. Miller collection (ACCN 1771) in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections.

Related Materials

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

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	1	Personal: Childhood (digital only) The original images were loaned to the library and were scanned and then returned to the donor. Proof sheets with thumbnails of the images have been printed and placed the folder for research purposes. The image files can be requested, but the library no longer has the original images.	1950s
1	2	Personal: Military (digital only) The original images were loaned to the library and were scanned and then returned to the donor. Proof sheets with thumbnails of the images have been printed and placed the folder for research purposes. The image files can be requested, but the library no longer has the original images.	circa 1970s
1	3	Personal: United States Ski Team (digital only) The original images were loaned to the library and were scanned and then returned to the donor. Proof sheets with thumbnails of the images have been printed and placed the folder for research purposes. The image files can be requested, but the library no longer has the original images.	circa 1968-1974
1	4	Personal: Family	circa 1950s-1960s
1	5	Personal: Outdoors	circa 1970s
1	6	Personal	circa 1980-1991
1	7	Ski, Maine	1966
1	8	Training with United States Ski Team	1969-1971
1	9	Pat Miller Skiing, including United States Ski Team	1970s
1	10	University of Utah Ski Team	1977-1992
1	11	University of Utah Ski Team	1978 February
1	12	National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Race at Alpine Meadows. Proofs	1985 January 5-6
1	13	Congratulations Ute Skiers, NCAA champions	1986
1	14	University of Utah Ski Team NCAA championships, photos by Warwick Craig Hansel	1990 March
1	15	University of Utah Ski Team	1993-1994
1	16	University of Utah Ski Team NCAA championship, Jackson, New Hampshire	1995 February 11
1	17	University of Utah ski Team Patches
1	18	Ski socials and events	circa 1995-2005
1	19	Ephemera	1997

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