Keith Lange digital photograph collection

Collection

Identifier: P0948

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Keith Lange collection consists of sixteen digital scans of color and black and white prints loaned to the Special Collections Dept. for scanning in November 2003. The images document his career as a skier, ski instructor, ski jumper, and member of professional ski organizations. Mr. Lange has been involved in professional associations such as the Intermountain Ski Instructors Association, and the Professional Ski Instructors Association, both of which he served as president. He has coached ski racers and served as a consultant for ski films, and, as a member of the US Army's 10th Mountain Division, trained troops on mountain survival techniques. He was a member of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and was honored by President Gerald Ford. He also competed on a local and national level in gelande championships, as well as in many different ski races.

This collection is mostly digital; originals returned to the donor. The captions listed below were taken directly from the original prints before they were returned.

Dates

1950s-1970s

Creator

Lange, Keith (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

Rights NOT assigned to the University of Utah.

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

Keith Lange (1933 - )

Keith Lange personifies the ski instructor’s ski instructor. His multi-faceted accomplishments and contributions to the sport began in 1950 and range from coaching to competition to clinics and from national demonstration teams to the designation as a Master Ski Instructor. He became involved with the Intermountain and Professional Ski Instructors Associations from the time they were formed and became a certified instructor in 1952. He served for 23 years as a board member of the Intermountain Ski Instructors Association (ISIA), including positions as president, vice president, clinic leader, examiner, demonstration team member and coach. His Professional Ski Instructors Association (PSIA) contributions include serving as president, vice president, board member, coach of the national demonstration team and as a member of its first American Ski Technique Demonstration Team. He designed the original PSIA badge and logo. Keith was awarded Lifetime Membership status in both organizations and was selected to the PSIA Hall of Fame in 1995.

Keith won first place in the inaugural National Gelande Champion-ships, raced in the Snow Cup and was a Nordic ski jump competitor at Ecker Hill. Keith coached local junior racers in the National Junior Championships, coached the Deaf Olympic Team, and supervised teaching U.S. Army Mountain Troops at Camp Hale, Colorado. He was a member of the President’s Council on Fitness, charter member of the University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library Ski Archives and was honored as a History Maker by the Ski Archives.

Lange was inducted into the Intermountain Ski Hall of Fame in 2005. The above biograpical note is from that event.

Extent

20 Items

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Keith Lange digital photograph collection consists of sixteen digital scans of color and black and white prints loaned to the Special Collections Department for scanning in November 2003. The images document his career as a skier, ski instructor, ski jumper, and member of professional ski organizations.