This is a listing of museums and collections, both public and private, plus books & publications, which contain
information, photos, artifacts, and memorabilia related to the sport of ski jumping in North America, and a list of
links related to ski jumping.
If you know of any museums, collections, books, or publications not listed below, please click to our Collections
Questionnaire.
Major Ski Museums
* National Ski Hall of Fame, Ishpeming MI
* Engen Museum, Park City UT
Regional and Local Museums, Club Museums
* Ski Museum of Maine, Farmington ME
* Norge Ski Club, Fox River Grove IL
* Saint Paul Ski Club, Maplewood MN
Private Collections (no contact info provided unless authorized by collector or family)
* CARL DAROVICH COLLECTION, Sheboygan WI (some materials on display at museum)
Examples from Carl’s collection …
* Photo album 01 (148 images) index (pdf)
* Photo album 06 (40 images) index pending
* Photo album 07 (30 images) index pending
* Photo album 08 (74 images) index pending
* US records & long jumps
* Vern Powers - online biography of Vern’s career, by his son Ron, also a ski jumper NEW
* www.SkiLibrary.com, Ingrid Wicken, Norco CA This site has info on many publications & collections
* Mike Enich collection, Pengilly MN
* Bob Immens collection, Fox River Grove IL
Contact Scott Immens
* John Balfanz family collection, Osseo MN
Contact Roberta Gwen Johnson: billandgwen (at) webtv.net
* Wayne Martin collection, Plymouth MN
Contact Wayne Martin: wrmartinmn (at) gmail.com
Books & Publications (available from organization listed next to title)
* Midwest Skiing: A Glance Back; John Pontti & Ken Luostari - National Ski Hall of Fame
* On Wings of Wood; Wally Wakefield & Tom Harrington - St Paul Ski Club
* Sky Crashers; Fred Johnson - Goodhue County (MN) Historical Society
* The History of Ski Jumping; Tim Ashburner - Amazon.com and various booksellers
Use Google Search to find more info about ski jumping!
Gunstock NH History Book Includes Ski Jumping Legend Torger Tokle
Last year, Gunstock Ski Area in Gilford NH dedicated its jump complex to Torger Tokle, known in the early 1940s as
“The Babe Ruth of American Ski Jumping.” He died in action in the Italian Alps during the last days of WWII. The
history book introduced below covers the recreational ski area, too, but it’s notable for inclusion of Torger, a legend
who considered it “home.”
The History of Gunstock: Skiing in the Belknap Mountains
978.1.60949.136.9 { 160 pp, $19.99 } Click cover illustration to enlarge, click again to
return to normal size
Before it became home to generations of skiers, Gunstock Mountain began as a Works
Progress Administration recreation project during the Great Depression that transformed the
small farming community of Gilford into one of central New Hampshire’s most renowned skiing
resorts. Join local ski historian Carol Anderson as she takes on the triumphs and defeats of
four high-altitude jumps and the history of the snowy trails of the Gunstock Mountain Resort.
Approaching its seventy-fifth anniversary, Gunstock has molded the careers of champion
skiers and Olympians, including two-time silver medalist Penny Pitou, ski icon T. Gary Allen
and the ski jumping sensation Torger Tokle. Anderson pays tribute to those individuals who
have worked, skied or played a part in this iconic mountain of the Lakes Region.
The History Press
635 Rutledge Ave.
Suite 107
Charleston, SC 29403
www.historypress.net
Ski Jumping Museums, Collections, Books, & Links
USA Nordic
Ski Jumping &
Nordic Combined
US Ski Team Nordic Sports
click logos to visit websites
SkiJumpingUSA.com
Skiing Heritage Magazine
International Skiing
History Association
National Ski Hall of Fame
This section is a proof-of-concept for the idea that we
could put individual albums online that contain a lot of
material that lacks names, dates, and places. The
concept is that we could engage some of our older
visitors who can help to provide this kind of identifying
info which we’d initially enter into a database that would
be indexed to page number, possibly to individual image.