Downhill skiing

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This series contains ski boots ranging from 1965-2009 that were accessioned in 2017.

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Scrapbook from Sonja Savig with photographs and clippings from both her days on the University of Denver (DU) ski team, where she was one of three women (along with Barbara Kidder) and her time in the Lamont School of Music's dance department under Martha Wilcox. Theatre and Summer Stock.

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Clippings, papers, publications, and a scrapbook of photographs relating to 1949 May Day, University of Denver's theater, and skiing in Colorado.

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University of Denver alpine skier rounds a pole on a slalom course.

Abstract Folder contains 3 calendars: - The 1937 "Deutschalnder Ski Kalendar" is entriely in German and has tearable sheets, of which all sheet up till Ocetober have been torn out. October 17th is the first week. Each week includes ski or mountain imagery. - the 1947 "Ski Calendar for Engagements" is a weekly, comb-bound calendar with images on each week. The images were taken by several photographers including Walt Dyke, Eric M. Sanford, Winston Pote, Pierson Studio, Ray Atkeson, Josef Muench, Pati...

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This photograph, taken during the 1970 University of Denver Winter Carnival, shows a larger-than-life snow sculture of a skiier at the bottom of a ski slope, next to the finish line of the Winter Carnival ski race.

Scope and Contents

Series one contains scrapbooks, photographs, newspaper clippings and magazine clippings relating to Sonja Savig's time at the University of Denver as a student. The material relates to her time on the Ski Team and in the theatre department both as a student and faculty member.

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University of Denver female recreational alpine skier takes a spill.

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University of Denver alpine skier, wearing a helmet and using poles, skis downhill.

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University of Denver (DU) Pioneers alpine skier tucks low to gain speed on a downhill course.