Cal McPhie, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Joe Arave

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Title Cal McPhie, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Joe Arave
Alternative Title No.387, Cal McPhie, interview by Joe Arave
Creator McPhie, Cal, 1923-2014
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 1991-08-19
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Date Digital 2014-10-27
Spatial Coverage Alta, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5770692/ ; Summit County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5782267/
Subject McPhie, Cal, 1923-2014--Interviews; Skiers--Utah--Biography; Skis and skiing--Utah--History; Ski resorts--Utah--Salt Lake County--History; Ski resorts--Utah--Summit County--History
Description Transcript (28 pages) of interview by Joseph Arave with Cal McPhie, former operator of Little Mountain and Gorgoza ski areas, on August 19, 1991. This interview is no. 387 in the Everett L. Cooley Oral History Project, and tape no. U-1427
Abstract McPhie talks about the eighteen years he owned and operated Little Mountain Ski Area, where he introduced such innovations as lights for night skiing, using a snow packer, grooming slopes, and planting long crested wheat to protect the slopes during summertime. McPhie also discussed his plans for a multiple-use facility at Gargoza which he managed 1968-1972. Interviewer: Joe Arave
Type Text; Sound
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
ARK ark:/87278/s6hq5md4
Topic Skiers; Skis and skiing; Ski resorts
Setname uum_elc
ID 828335
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6hq5md4