Ted Johnson digital photograph collection

Collection

Identifier: P1334

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Ted Johnson photograph collection include still images from his participation in the movie, Stir Crazy. Also included are images of Johnson skiing and general photographs. These images are digital only; either born digital or scanned and returned. The library does not have the originals.

Dates

undated

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

Ted Johnson (1926 - 2018)

As the visionary and founder behind Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort, Ted Johnson forever altered the recreational landscape of Utah. The one-time beach enthusiast in his native California and later a do-it-all employee at Alta Ski Area, Ted in 1965 put his foresight and fortitude into a dream of establishing a resort with the purchase of the Blackjack mining claims, the catalyst to an 800-acre parcel abutting Wasatch National Forest lands in storied Little Cottonwood Canyon.

After persevering through five years of study and setbacks, heartbreak and breakthroughs, and orchestrating the construction of a canyon-long sewer line, Snowbird welcomed its first skiers in 1971. The resort’s environment-embracing sod-covered roofs, internationally-acclaimed ski runs, hotels and cuisine, and a skier/boarder/tourist conveyance system that includes a 120-passenger tram and a skier tunnel, stand as a legacy to the wily “Silver Fox,” an entrepreneur whose quest was not to be denied.

Ted was inducted into the Intermountain Ski Hall of Fame in 2007. The above biograpical note is from that event.

Extent

22 digital images

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Ted Johnson digital photograph collection includes still images from his participation in the movie, Stir Crazy. Also included are images of Johnson skiing and general photographs. These images are digital only; either born digital or scanned and returned. The library does not have the originals.