Ida Shimizu Tateoka photograph collection

Collection

Identifier: P0923

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Ida Tateoka photograph collection contains images of Tateoka and her peers ice-skating at Hygeia, notable Utah and international ice-skaters, various competitions and competitors, and sites seen while judging events. Almost the entire collection consists of digital scans taken from framed photographs, articles and photograph albums lent to the University of Utah by Ida Tateoka who retains the originals. Folder six contains color photocopies and photographs of the Cottonwood Heights Synchronized Figure Skating Club from 1987-2002 and a brief history of the club.

Dates

1940-2002

Creator

Tateoka, Ida Shimizu, 1923-2016 (Person)

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.

Biographical Sketch

World Figure Skating Judge Ida Shimizu Tateoka began ice-skating as a small child in Los Angeles. To avoid being interned in a relocation camp during World War II, the Shimizu family moved to Utah. Once in Utah, Ida continued her skating career at the first man-made ice rink, Hygeia, which was opened in 1949.

Tateoka joined the Utah Figure Skating Club in the late 1940s and took her skating tests at Broadmore in Colorado Springs, CO. In 1982, Tateoka passed her World Figure Skating test, making her Utah's first World Figure Skating Judge. Ida Tateoka has been a judge at Nationals, Worlds, Olympic Winter Games, and other notable events for the past 20 years. Salt Lake City has hosted the Figure Skating Nationals three times in two decades; several people give credit to Ida Tateoka for this unprecedented honor.

Extent

434 Items

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Ida Shimizu Tateoka photograph collection consists of images of ice skaters during competitions.

Arrangement

Majority of collection retains original order, remaining images organized topically.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Ida Shimizu Tateoka.

Related Materials

Forms part of the Ski and Snow Sports Archives (S.J. Quinney Outdoor Recreation Archives).

Forms part of the Mitsugi M. Kasai Memorial Japanese American Archives.