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Vic Kutschera fonds
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- Part Of
- Vic Kutschera fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of correspondence, manuscripts, financial papers and photographs regarding personal matters, skiing, publishing, inventions, etc. I. Personal, 1905-1950, 8.5 cm of papers and 170 photographs; includes correspondence, financial and legal papers, photographs, newsclippings, memorabilia…
- Date Range
- 1905-1950
- Reference Code
- M103 / V248
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Vic Kutschera fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 103
- V 248
- Sous-Fonds
- M 103
- V 248
- Accession Number
- 2931
- Reference Code
- M103 / V248
- Date Range
- 1905-1950
- Physical Description
- ca.1 m of textual records. -- ca.300 photographs : prints, negatives
- History / Biographical
- Vigo Victor Kutschera, 1905-1990, was a ski guide and ski instructor at Banff, Alberta and Spillimacheen, British Columbia, Canada. Kutschera received training at the former Austro-Imperial Military Artillery Academy of Traiskirchen, Austria and was an expert alpine skier by the 1920s. During the 1930s, he helped develop the Skoki ski area, worked as a ski instructor and guide there and achieved prominence in downhill slalom racing. Kutschera also worked as a mountain guide. In later years he invented glacial-alpine and arctic warfare equipment, skiing equipment and industrial designs.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of correspondence, manuscripts, financial papers and photographs regarding personal matters, skiing, publishing, inventions, etc. I. Personal, 1905-1950, 8.5 cm of papers and 170 photographs; includes correspondence, financial and legal papers, photographs, newsclippings, memorabilia and other. II. Professional, 1925-1950, 12 v. and ca.35 cm of papers and ca.85 photographs; pertains to ski-instructing and guiding, inventing, writing and other. III. Other, 1935-1950, .6 cm of papers and ca.50 photographs; includes collected textual material, photographs of the Canadian Rockies and other photographs.
- Accompanied by artifacts pertaining mainly to inventions (Heritage Collection)
- Name Access
- Kutschera, Vic
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: file description and index
- Creator
- Kutschera, Vic
- Biographical Source Notes
- Life dates provided by nephew, Harry Schmidt, and neice, Helda Roegle, 2004
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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