Park City Mountain Resort records

Collection

Identifier: ACCN 1938

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Park City Mountain Resort records (1942-2002) contain correspondence, snow reports, accounting information, inspection reports, brochures, photography records, world cup records, memorabilia, magazines, news clippings, race materials, and engineering documents and drawings. The correspondence contains writings between the resort and the community. Snow reports include snow depth as well as open trails for the Park City Resort, in addition, the contracts for various businesses to receive faxed snow reports are also contained. The Ski Utah Reports contain snow depths for ski resorts in the entire state. Race Materials include publications and race results. Engineering Documents contain proposals, contracts, technical drawings, and manuals about Park City chair lifts. Of particular interest are the Craig Badami and Silver King folders. Craig Badami (1952-1989) was quite influential in the skiing world. Badami was vice president of the Park City Resort and leader of many ski organizations. Because of his dedication Utah hosted the World Cup, at which event he died in a helicopter accident. The Silver King, or Mid-Mountain lodge, was moved 4,245 feet in 1987. This move was submitted to the Guinness World Book of Records. Clippings about the move and correspondence between the city and others.

Dates

1942-2002

Creator

Park City Mountain Resort (Utah) (Organization)

Language of Materials

Collection materials are in English.

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.

Conditions Governing Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Organizational Sketch

The Park City Mountain resort evolved from a mining operation, which started in the late 1800s. When mining in the area decreased, more attention was devoted to the development of a ski area. By 1963 there was only one remaining mining company in Park City, which opened the Treasure Mountain Resort in December 1963. A few years later the name of the resort was changed to the Park City Resort. The resort was purchased several times before receiving its current name, The Park City Mountain Resort, in the mid 1990s. Since that time the resort has hosted numerous competitions, culminating in the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.

Extent

13 Linear Feet

Additional Description

Abstract

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of the Park City Mountain Resort in 2003.

Related Materials

Forms part of the Utah Ski Archive.

Separated Materials

Photographs and slides were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P0949).

Processing Information

Processed by Matt Homer in 2003-2004.

Boxes 18-21 were processed by Betsey Welland in 2018. These materials were transferred from Multimedia Archives and are from the original donation received in 2003.