| Title |
Leslie Ellison, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Elizabeth Shuput |
| Alternative Title |
No.455 Leslie Ellison |
| Creator |
Ellison, Les |
| Contributor |
Cooley, Everett L.; University of Utah. American West Center; Shuput, Elizabeth |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2006-10-25 |
| Access Rights |
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| Date Digital |
2014-06-11 |
| Spatial Coverage |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5780993/ |
| Subject |
Ellison, Les--Interviews; Rock climbing--Utah; Mountaineering--Utah |
| Description |
Transcript (36 pages) of interview by Elizabeth Shuput with Leslie Ellison, a rock climbing expert, on October 25, 2006 |
| Abstract |
Leslie Ellison (b. 1951) grew up in Connecticut, where he learned to climb. He received a degree in Anthropology from the University of Maine in 1973. In the early seventies he came out to Utah with his brother Bruce to ski, and came the next season with Kurt Ottman to climb. He fell in love with the granite in Little Cottonwood Canyon, and applied to to graduate school at the University of Utah, where he received a master's degree in 1976 in Parks and Recreation Administration. Ellison discusses climbing with many famous Utah climbers, describes various climbs, and talks about first ascents. He has also climbed in South America, Canada, on Baffin Island, and in the Himalayas. Outdoor Recreation Project. Interviewer: Elizabeth Shuput |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Scanning Technician |
Matt Wilkinson |
| Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned with Kirtas 2400 and saved as 400 ppi uncompressed TIFF. PDF generated by Adobe Acrobat Pro X for CONTENTdm display |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6tx4zsp |
| Topic |
Rock climbing; Mountaineering |
| Setname |
uum_elc |
| ID |
788357 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6tx4zsp |
