Ralph Johnston, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Joe Arave

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Title Ralph Johnston, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Joe Arave
Alternative Title No.347, Ralph Johnston, interview by Joe Arave
Creator Johnston, Ralph, 1908-2002
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 1991-07-29; 1991-08-05
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Date Digital 2014-10-27
Spatial Coverage United States; Utah; Weber County; Snowbasin
Subject Johnston, Ralph, 1908-2002--Interviews; Skiers--Utah--Biography; Ski patrollers--Utah--Biography; Skis and skiing--Utah--History; Ski resorts--Utah--Snowbasin--History
Description Transcript (47 pages) of interview by Joseph Arave with Ralph Johnston, , on July 29 and August 5, 1991. This interview is no. 347 in the Everett L. Cooley Oral History Project, and tape no. U-1425
Abstract Johnston (b. 1908) recalls his Arizona boyhood, moving to Salt Lake City to attend high school, his days at the University of Utah, and the growth of skiing in the 1950s and 1960s. Topics covered include Snow Basin, an avalanche, the ski patrol, Wasatch Mountain Club, and the Air Force races. 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/s6pk23mn
Topic Skiers; Skis and skiing; Ski resorts; Ski patrollers
Setname uum_elc
ID 829143
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pk23mn
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