Suzy Harris Rytting audio-visual ski collection, 1968-1991

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Rytting, Suzy Harris
Title
Suzy Harris Rytting audio-visual ski collection
Dates
1968-1991 (inclusive)
Quantity
11 8mm film
7 vhs
1 audiocassette
Collection Number
A0622
Summary
The Suzy Harris Rytting audio-visual ski collection (1968-1991) consists of films and videos related to Rytting's career as a competetive skier, coach, and ski professional.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Materials must be used on-site; no use of original material, access copies will be made available for viewing. Five business days advanced notice required. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law, condition of the material, or by donor.

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Suzy Harris Rytting (b. 1930) began her early skiing outings at Alta at age 13. She started representing Alta and her high school in ski racing two years later. From the mid 1940s though the early 1950s, Suzy cut a swath through the American ski racing scene as one of the finest women racers in the country.

A two time winner of Alta's prestigious Snow Cup race in both 1947 and 1948, she also won the Mary Cornelia National Collegiate Trophy in 1947 and set a course record in Sun Valley's Gold Sun Downhill Race in 1948. She was named an alternate on the U.S. Women's Olympic Ski Team in 1948 and named to the 1950 U.S. Women's International Ski Federation (FIS) world championship ski team and the United States Winter Olympic Ski Team in 1952.

Following her ski racing career, Suzy became Secretary for the Intermountain Ski Association, a position she held from 1952 through 1959. From 1967 through 1972, she served as coach for the United Alta Skiers Junior Racing Team (ages 10-18).

Throughout her lifetime, Suzy has distinguished herself by active participation in numerous ski-related and community affairs. She currently serves as a docent, along with her husband, Bill, at the Alf Engen Ski Museum. She also continues to be a life long supporter of Alta and gives periodic ski history presentations at Alta's "Fireside Chat" program, sponsored by the Alta Historical Society.

Suzy was elected to the U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame in 1988; the Utah Sports Hall of Fame in 1988; the University of Utah Athletes Crimson Club Hall of Fame in 1991; and in 1999 was named one of Utah's "50 Greatest Athletes of the 20th Century." In 2004, Suzy Harris Rytting was also inducted into the Intermountain Ski Hall of Fame and received the S.J. Quinney Award for "enhancing the image and popularity of skiing in the region" by the J. Willard Marriott Library Ski Archives.

Biography from the Alta Historical Society.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Suzy Harris Rytting audio-visual ski collection (1968-1991) consists of films and videos related to Rytting's career as a competetive skier, coach, and ski professional.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The materials are arranged by format type.

Related Materials

See also the Suzy Harris Rytting photograph collection (P0412).

Processing Note

Processed by Roy Webb in 2000.

Related Materials

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

Forms part of the Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archive.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Reel
1 Family Skiing
Includes some footage of Suzy skiing at Monte Bondone.
1968
2 United Alta Skiers Junior Racing Team (UAS) with coaches Suzy Harris Rytting and Jim Shafer
1969-1970
3 Gelande, Alta
1969
4 Jackson Hole, Wyoming
1970
5 Vacation
1968
6 UAS 1
undated
7 UAS 3
Snow Basin
undated
8 UAS 2
undated
9 Water skiing
Kalberer, Briggs, Rytting
1968
10 UAS, Logan
undated
11 Untitled film
undated
cassette
12 Suzy Harris Rytting's induction into the University of Utah's Crimson Club Hall of Fame.
1988
13 Suzy Harris Rytting's induction into the U.S. Hall of Fame.
undated
14 The United Alta Skiers at Alta, Solitude and Sundance
Suzy Harris Rytting, Jim Schater and Howard Fishman coaching
1960-1970
15 The United Alta Skiers participating in the slalom and expert downhill competitions at Parkwest for the Junior Nationals (p.c.w.)
undated
16 Texaco Star Award: Suzy Harris Rytting
2:30 minutes
undated
17 Interview with Alf Engen part 1
Interviewers: Suzy and Bill Rytting. U.S. Forest Service Project 1991-92 By Shirley Huckins Community Library, Ketchum, Idaho.
1991 October 02
18 Interview with Alf Engen part 2
Interviewers: Suzy and Bill Rytting. U.S. Forest Service Project 1991-92 By Shirley Huckins Community Library, Ketchum, Idaho.
1991 October 02
19 Interview with Suzy Harris Rytting
Interviewer: Bill Stearn This collection of three short pieces was originally broadcast on the radio, with radio host, Bill Stearn. The interviews detail Suzy's feelings after being told she would not be allowed to compete in the Olympics due to her early-term pregnancy.
undated

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Skiing--Utah--History

Corporate Names

  • United States Ski Team

Geographical Names

  • Alta (Utah)