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Long time friends from the greater Los
Angeles and Orange Council areas attended
the Library's Anniversary celebration.
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Chuck Morse, Former
Executive Director, FWSA; John Watson,
Past President & History Chair, FWSA;
Jane Wyckoff, Past President, FWSA;
Ingrid Wicken, Founder and Curator of the
California Ski Library; Doug Pfeiffer,
Former Editor of Skiing Magazine; and
Karen James, Former Treasurer of
Los Angeles Council of Ski Clubs.

Attending the
California Ski Library
15th Anniversary
were: Jane Wyckoff,
(right) former
Assistant Patrol
Leader at Kratka
Ridge Ski Area in
Wrightwood; with
Mary Hensley, former
owner of the Kratka
Ridge Ski Area.

The Library is a unique collection of photographs, autographs, cartoons, magazines, legal documents, books, posters, equipment, maps,
memorabilia and personal collections of authors and skiers. It's a history of skiing in the USA, with special attention to the West and Southern
California. It is open to the public and for research. The Library holds probably the largest collection of paper goods, mementos and graphic
material in the United States, outside of state-sponsored libraries. The Library invites historical material from industry and ski organizations.
See it at http://www.skilibrary.com/index.html.
Originally founded as the California Ski Library, the Ski Library is solely the creation of Ingrid Wicken. She started collecting papers on
skiing while still in graduate school and expanded the scope of her acquisition ambitions during her 30-year teaching career. She was a
Professor of Kinesiology in Moreno Valley College, part of the Riverside Community College District. Ingrid's Master's thesis was a biomechanical
investigation of the diagonal stride on skis vs. roller skis (she was and is an avid cross country skier). She now has time to do research, find
new historical treasures and continue her writing. She continues her work on Western Lost Ski Areas. She is the author of one section of the
authoritative book License to Jump on women in ski jumping. Her chapter in this book, published in Sweden, covers the history of western ski
jumping in North America from 1900-1950. She was a presenter at the International Ski History Congress held in Mammoth in 2009 (where
the movement for an Olympic event in women's ski jumping got it first big push).
Ingrid has written four books and three papers, and is working on a fifth, been awarded the Far West Ski Association's Western Ski
Heritage Prize four times, and the International Ski History Association's Skade Award four times. She was named a Snowsport Builder by
FWSA in 2018.
The Ski Library in Norco, California, is a fabulous treasure trove that preserves the interwoven strands and connections in skiing's history.
Museums devoted to showsport history have a hard time surviving. Those that exist today owe their survival to a dedicated group of community activists or to one person. That unique person is Ingrid Wicken. Donations to the Library are welcome, and can be made through the
Far West Ski Foundation. For additional information, contact John Watson, Far West Ski Foundation President, at FWSFPresident@gmail.com.
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