Oral history interview with Penny Pitou

Oral History

Museum of the White Mountains

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

MWM2016.0005.0011

Scope and Content

Interview conducted in preparation for the 2016 Museum of the White Mountains' exhibition: “Taking the Lead: Women and the White Mountains” by students in the 2014 PSU American Women’s History course. Penny Pitou is a former United States Olympic alpine skier, who in 1960 became the first American skier to win a medal in the Olympic downhill event. In 2001, Penny was inducted into the New England Women’s Sports Hall of Fame. Today, Penny owns a full service travel agency in Laconia, Penny Pitou Travel.

Collection

Oral History Collection

Acquisition

Accession

MWM2016.0005

Source or Donor

Blaine, Marcia Schmidt

Acquisition Method

Gift

Notes

Date Release Form Signed: 2014-03-10

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Memoir

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Literary Works

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Women, Skiing, Tourism

Search Terms

White Mountains (New Hampshire : mountains), Laconia (Belknap county, New Hampshire : inhabited place)

General Notes

Note

Status Date: 2017-03-07 Scan ID#: WM201700466, WM201700467