Head Ski Company Records
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Head, Howard, 1914-1991 (inventor, business executive)
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content: Howard Head Papers
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1943-1990
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0589, Series 3
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Head was the first person to apply technology to designing skis. Because of this technological application, Head revolutionized the sport of skiing. This series documents that technological revolution and the history of the Head Ski Company through its executive records, employee/personnel records, financial records, tax records, shop specs and notes, drawings and sketches, patents and trademarks, advertising, product information, publicity and clipping, and photographs. Of note are the shop specs and notes, 1947-1948. These specifications and notes for the development of skis contain drawings, sketches, and calculations. The specifications are dated and signed by Head. The advertising materials include a variety of ad campaigns, the largest of which was "And who makes great skis?Head of course!"The photographs 1957-1990 consist of Head skiing in various locations (Europe, Colorado, California, Idaho, Vermont); ski factories in Baltimore and Timonium, Maryland, documenting the first processes of ski manufacturing and stress tests; and various Head ski executives. The slides (color and black and white) contain images of Head, Head Ski Company, Head Ski Company executives and workers, skis being manufactured and used, and advertising examples.