SKI
MUSEUM OF MAINE
Maine is very rich in ski history, yet many people do not realize it nor recognize the place this history holds within the American ski world. Because of this, many of those who have valued the special spirit our sport entails are concerned this history will be lost. It is this concern which motivated the founders of the Ski Museum of Maine to organize.
Established with the mission to “preserve and publicize the business of skiing in Maine, while celebrating Maine’s ski history and heritage,” the board of directors has undertaken a number of projects to identify and preserve our skiing heritage and to share this heritage with the younger generations. The formation of the Maine Ski Hall of Fame is an exciting outcome of this effort.
Founded in 1995 by Don Hayes of Ellsworth, Don Fletcher of Orono, and Greg Foster of Cumberland, the Ski Museum of Maine board expanded over the years to include Jean Luce, Stratton; Dick Keenan, Cape Elizabeth; Tony Jessen, Freeport; Don Fowler, Carrabassett Valley; Glenn Parkinson, Freeport; Al Webster, Carrabassett Valley and Holden; Tom Hanson, Orrington; Fran Clukey, East Holden; Greg Sweetser, Cumberland, and Megan Roberts, Farmington. Currently, its Officers are: John Christie, President; Dan Cassidy, Vice President; Tom Hanson, Treasurer; Don Fletcher, Secretary; and Don Fowler, Clerk. Other Directors are: Cindy Hiebert, Peter Hussey, Dave Irons, Jean Luce, Bruce Miles, Glenn Parkinson, Megan Roberts, Greg Sweetser, and Scott Andrews.
The museum’s supporting membership funds and donations have enabled us to receive a matching grant specifically to hire a professional archivist who spent six days teaching and training us in the proper methods of identifying, filing and storing our archives. Volunteers have continued this process preparing the wonderful archival records of Sugarloaf and Bald Mountain, Penobscot Valley Ski Club, Sugarloaf Ski Club, and the Maine Ski Council. Penobscot Valley Ski Club has also provided a grant to purchase a scanner, enabling the records to be duplicated through our computer program, PastPerfect for safe keeping as well as easy access. The supporting membership includes lifetime members Regis and Carolyn LaPage, Walter Melvin, Jr., Sally and Al Webster, Don Fletcher, Guy Williams and Charlotte Zahn. Their leap of faith has been joined by a number of corporate members and individual skiers across the state. We encourage all who share our concerns and goals to send their contributions to The Ski Museum of Maine, P.O. Box 567, Farmington ME 04938. Individual membership is $25, Family $50, Supporting/ Corporate $100 and Lifetime $500.
And here’s the most exciting news in the eleven-year history of the Museum: On September 12, 2006, the Board voted to sign a lease for a real “headquarters” for the Museum to both display its growing collection of artifacts, documents, and memorabilia, and to house and provide working and archiving space for staff and volunteers at Church Street Commons in Farmington, the beautifully restored (Knowlton McCleary building now) home of Mountain Counties Heritage. At long last, and after careful research and deliberation, this landmark move is the realization of the dream of the original founders of the Museum to have a safe facility in which to collect and store items representing Main’s rich skiing history, to provide space to work on cataloguing and archiving these materials, and to render them accessible to the public for viewing and examination.
The Board recognizes that this significant step will require a new level of financial commitment on the part of everyone interested in the mission of the Museum, so it also endorsed the implementation of an aggressive membership and fund-raising initiative, the first evidence of which you are witnessing tonight at the Hall of Fame ceremonies.
As important as the decision to move into a real home, at long last, was a move by the Board to assure adequate management of both the operations of the Museum and the organization and execution of an aggressive membership and fund-raising campaign. Megan Roberts, long-time Farmington ski activist with the Ski Club and its ski facilities there, and a member of the Museum Board, has been retained as a Consultant to work with us to realize our ambitions. Please join us in thanking her for taking on this task and wishing her every success.
You can show your support of the Museum by becoming a member, and you will have the satisfaction of knowing that you are helping to preserve the history of the sport we all know and love.
Ski Museum of Maine • P.O. Box 567 • Farmington, Maine 04938
Hours • Wednesday to Saturday 1 pm to 4 pm
Maine is very rich in ski history, yet many people do not realize it nor recognize the place this history holds within the American ski world. Because of this, many of those who have valued the special spirit our sport entails are concerned this history will be lost. It is this concern which motivated the founders of the Ski Museum of Maine to organize.
Established with the mission to “preserve and publicize the business of skiing in Maine, while celebrating Maine’s ski history and heritage,” the board of directors has undertaken a number of projects to identify and preserve our skiing heritage and to share this heritage with the younger generations. The formation of the Maine Ski Hall of Fame is an exciting outcome of this effort.
Founded in 1995 by Don Hayes of Ellsworth, Don Fletcher of Orono, and Greg Foster of Cumberland, the Ski Museum of Maine board expanded over the years to include Jean Luce, Stratton; Dick Keenan, Cape Elizabeth; Tony Jessen, Freeport; Don Fowler, Carrabassett Valley; Glenn Parkinson, Freeport; Al Webster, Carrabassett Valley and Holden; Tom Hanson, Orrington; Fran Clukey, East Holden; Greg Sweetser, Cumberland, and Megan Roberts, Farmington. Currently, its Officers are: John Christie, President; Dan Cassidy, Vice President; Tom Hanson, Treasurer; Don Fletcher, Secretary; and Don Fowler, Clerk. Other Directors are: Cindy Hiebert, Peter Hussey, Dave Irons, Jean Luce, Bruce Miles, Glenn Parkinson, Megan Roberts, Greg Sweetser, and Scott Andrews.
The museum’s supporting membership funds and donations have enabled us to receive a matching grant specifically to hire a professional archivist who spent six days teaching and training us in the proper methods of identifying, filing and storing our archives. Volunteers have continued this process preparing the wonderful archival records of Sugarloaf and Bald Mountain, Penobscot Valley Ski Club, Sugarloaf Ski Club, and the Maine Ski Council. Penobscot Valley Ski Club has also provided a grant to purchase a scanner, enabling the records to be duplicated through our computer program, PastPerfect for safe keeping as well as easy access. The supporting membership includes lifetime members Regis and Carolyn LaPage, Walter Melvin, Jr., Sally and Al Webster, Don Fletcher, Guy Williams and Charlotte Zahn. Their leap of faith has been joined by a number of corporate members and individual skiers across the state. We encourage all who share our concerns and goals to send their contributions to The Ski Museum of Maine, P.O. Box 567, Farmington ME 04938. Individual membership is $25, Family $50, Supporting/ Corporate $100 and Lifetime $500.
And here’s the most exciting news in the eleven-year history of the Museum: On September 12, 2006, the Board voted to sign a lease for a real “headquarters” for the Museum to both display its growing collection of artifacts, documents, and memorabilia, and to house and provide working and archiving space for staff and volunteers at Church Street Commons in Farmington, the beautifully restored (Knowlton McCleary building now) home of Mountain Counties Heritage. At long last, and after careful research and deliberation, this landmark move is the realization of the dream of the original founders of the Museum to have a safe facility in which to collect and store items representing Main’s rich skiing history, to provide space to work on cataloguing and archiving these materials, and to render them accessible to the public for viewing and examination.
The Board recognizes that this significant step will require a new level of financial commitment on the part of everyone interested in the mission of the Museum, so it also endorsed the implementation of an aggressive membership and fund-raising initiative, the first evidence of which you are witnessing tonight at the Hall of Fame ceremonies.
As important as the decision to move into a real home, at long last, was a move by the Board to assure adequate management of both the operations of the Museum and the organization and execution of an aggressive membership and fund-raising campaign. Megan Roberts, long-time Farmington ski activist with the Ski Club and its ski facilities there, and a member of the Museum Board, has been retained as a Consultant to work with us to realize our ambitions. Please join us in thanking her for taking on this task and wishing her every success.
You can show your support of the Museum by becoming a member, and you will have the satisfaction of knowing that you are helping to preserve the history of the sport we all know and love.
Ski Museum of Maine • P.O. Box 567 • Farmington, Maine 04938
Hours • Wednesday to Saturday 1 pm to 4 pm