Karen Huntoon Miller photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P0921
Scope and Contents
Karen Huntoon Miller was a freestyle skier sponsored by Colgate during the 1970s and early 1980s. This collection contains images of Miller and her associates skiing in a variety of competitions, receiving awards, and working at summer training camps. Few of the images are identified. For further information and the papers of Karen Huntoon Miller, see Manuscript Accn 1921.
Dates
- circa 1970-1989
Creator
- Miller, Karen Huntoon, 1949- (Person)
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.
Biographical Note
Karen Huntoon-Miller (1949 - )
Even though she was born in the flatlands of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Karen Huntoon-Miller helped elevate the fledgling sport of mogul freestyle skiing from its “hot dogging” status in the 1970s to an art form that became a popular staple of World Cup and Olympic Winter Games competitions.
Skiing from age two, Karen nurtured her freestyle skiing passion in Rutland, Vermont where the bumpy natural terrain allowed her to improvise tricks, jumps and turns. From 1974 through 1980 she became a five-time World Mogul Champion. In 1975 she stepped to the top of the podium when she was Women’s World Cup Overall Champion.
A Park City resident since 1973, Karen helped the image of her sport soar even higher between 1975 and 1978 when she appeared in two Warren Miller ski movie specials, in three “ABC Wide World of Sports” programs and in a “CBS Sports Spectacular” program. She also appeared as a stuntwoman on a Universal Studios’ film, “The Return of Maxwell Smart.”
With an unbending dedication to her sport, her daring-do pioneering spirit and with her world championship performances, Karen Huntoon Miller permanently instilled the thrill and beauty of mogul freestyle skiing into the psyche of the sports world.
Karen was inducted into the Intermountain Ski Hall of Fame in 2015. The above biograpical note is from that event.
Even though she was born in the flatlands of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Karen Huntoon-Miller helped elevate the fledgling sport of mogul freestyle skiing from its “hot dogging” status in the 1970s to an art form that became a popular staple of World Cup and Olympic Winter Games competitions.
Skiing from age two, Karen nurtured her freestyle skiing passion in Rutland, Vermont where the bumpy natural terrain allowed her to improvise tricks, jumps and turns. From 1974 through 1980 she became a five-time World Mogul Champion. In 1975 she stepped to the top of the podium when she was Women’s World Cup Overall Champion.
A Park City resident since 1973, Karen helped the image of her sport soar even higher between 1975 and 1978 when she appeared in two Warren Miller ski movie specials, in three “ABC Wide World of Sports” programs and in a “CBS Sports Spectacular” program. She also appeared as a stuntwoman on a Universal Studios’ film, “The Return of Maxwell Smart.”
With an unbending dedication to her sport, her daring-do pioneering spirit and with her world championship performances, Karen Huntoon Miller permanently instilled the thrill and beauty of mogul freestyle skiing into the psyche of the sports world.
Karen was inducted into the Intermountain Ski Hall of Fame in 2015. The above biograpical note is from that event.
Extent
2 Boxes
Abstract
The Karen Huntoon Miller photograph collection conists of images and slides of Karen Miller and associates skiing.
Arrangement
Collection is arranged topically.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Karen Huntoon Miller.
Separated Materials
See also the Karen Huntoon Miller papers (ACCN 1921) located in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections.
Processing Information
Processed by Mary Ann Curtis and Jamie Colton in 2001.
Creator
- Miller, Karen Huntoon, 1949- (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Karen Huntoon Miller photograph collection, circa 1970-1989
- Author
- Finding aid created by Mary Ann Curtis and Jamie Colton.
- Date
- 2001 (last modified: 2018)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- 2019: Finding aid revised and re-encoded by Sara Davis.
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu