Alan Engen, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Joseph Arave

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Title Alan Engen, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Joseph Arave
Alternative Title No.430 Alan Engen
Creator Engen, Alan K.
Contributor Arave, Joe (Andrew Joseph), 1957-2012; Cooley, Everett L.; University of Utah. American West Center
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1996-05-22; 1996-05-30; 1996-06-13; 1996-07-10
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Date Digital 2014-06-04
Spatial Coverage Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5780993/ ; Alta, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5770692/
Subject Engen, Alan K. --Interviews; Engen, Alf, 1909-1997; Skiers--Utah--Biography; Skis and skiing--Utah--History; Ski resorts--Utah--Alta--History; Alta (Utah)--History
Keywords U.S. Forest Service; U.S. Ski Team; Alta Ski Lift Company; Utah Ski Archives; Alf Engen Ski Museum
Description Transcript (173 pages) of interviews by Joseph Arave with Alan K. Engen, son of Alf Engen, on May 22 and 30, June 13, and July 10, 1996
Abstract Alan Engin (b. 1940) talks about his father Alf, and uncles Sverre and Corey. He recalls how his mother and father were a team, talks about his father's employment with the Forest Service, and reminisces about his experiences in learning to ski. Other topics covered include avalanches, going to Norway as an exchange student, the University of Utah ski team, competing with the U. S. Ski Team, his career in business, the lives of his sons, Alta Ski Lift Company, the genesis of the Utah Ski Archives, and the Alf Engen Ski Museum. Interviewer: Joe Arave
Type Text
Genre oral histories (literary works)
Format application/pdf
Language eng
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Is Part of Ski and Snow Sports Archives
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/s6v712v3
Topic Skiers; Skis and skiing; Ski resorts; Utah--Alta
Setname uum_elc
ID 790073
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6v712v3