Olympics: Programs, Newspapers, etc. 1948 Games, 1947-1948

File — Box: 11, Folder: 4

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Photograph number 1: Program cover for the 1948 Winter Olympic Team Alpine tryouts held at Sun Valley, Idaho in March 1947.
Photograph number 2-4: Inside pages of the program listing the competitors and where they were from.
Photograph number 5: Copy of the official announcement memo dated March 17, 1947 naming the final U. S. Team selection for the 1948 Winter Olympic Alpine and Classic Combined events. In Addition Alf Engen and Walter Prager were formally announced as co-coaches of the U. S. Olympic Ski Team.
Photograph number 6: Photo of the cover of Sun Valley Sun newsletter, dated March 26, 1947.
Photograph number 7: Article by Dick Movitz highlighting those named for the 1948 U. S. Alpine Olympic Ski Team and the co-coaches for the U. S. Team, Alf Engen and Walter Prager.
Photograph number 8: Brochure touting members of the 1948 U. S. Winter Olympic Ski Team from Utah.
Photograph number 9: The 1948 U. S. Winter Olympic patch
Photograph number 10: Opening Ceremonies of the 1948 Winter Olympic Games at St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Photograph number 11-13: 1947 Brochure put out by the State of Utah Department of Publicity that highlights Utahns who were to go to the 1948 Olympic Winter Games.
Photograph number 14-15: Enlarged photocopy of Alf Engen's 1948 Winter Olympic Identification Card signed by Avery Brundage, President of the U. S. Olympic Committee.
Photograph number 16: Photo of the official stamp set for the 1948 Olympic Winter Games
Photograph number 17: Copy of the 1948 Olympic Winter Games poster
Photograph number 18: The Sun Valley poster celebrating Gretchen Fraser's Olympic win in 1948.

Dates

1947-1948

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.