Alf Engen newspaper clippings, photographs, and telegrams, 1934 - 1942

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Title Alf Engen newspaper clippings, photographs, and telegrams, 1934 - 1942
Contributor Engen, Alf, 1909-1997
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942
Date Digital 2015-08-19
Spatial Coverage Alta Ski Area, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5770704
Subject Engen, Alf, 1909-1997--Archives; Skis and skiing--Utah--History; Ski jumping--United States--History; Skis and skiing--Tournaments
Description Clippings from newspapers [some in Norwegian] in the 1930s and 1940s about Alf Engen and various ski jumping events in Utah, Idaho, the Midwest, and elsewhere. Includes articles about early days of the ski school at Alta; efforts in 1934 to make Salt Lake a winter sports center; Engen's competition with Torger Tokle in 1941 and 1942; and stories of Tokle's death in World War II. Telegrams include wedding congratulations to Alf and Evelyn Engen
Collection Number and Name Accn1006 Alf Engen papers, 1915-1972
Type Text
Format application/pdf
Language eng
Rights
Relation http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv43640
Is Part of Ski and Snow Sports Archives
Scanning Technician Niko Maya; Halima Noor
Conversion Specifications Original scanned on Epson Expression 10000 XL and saved as 600 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in Acrobat Pro X as PDF
ARK ark:/87278/s6vh7kbm
Setname uum_aep
ID 759120
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6vh7kbm
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