Collection M 192:
Ed Zink mountain biking papers
DRAFT inventory

Introduction/ Scope and contents

Years this material was created: 1988-2000

Quantity: 12+ linear shelf feet (in at least 15 document cases, 2 records boxes, and two small flat lidded boxes)

This is a collection of records and ephemera compiled and maintained by Ed Zink about Durango (Colorado) mountain bike competitions.  It includes 8 boxes of records of the first-ever World Mountain Bike Championships (WMBC), held at the Durango Mountain Resort (Purgatory) in September of 1990; 17 boxes (before processing) of records pertaining to the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic; and records of the Union Cycliste International (UCI) sponsored 2001 World Cup events held in Durango and in other venues.  The records include administrative files and accident reports; race programs and race results lists; catalogs; media files and publicity materials; articles, magazines and other publications mentioning the events; other printed materials; slides and photoprints; and ephemera including photoprints and phototransparencies (slides); maps; and ephemera (posters, plaques, t-shirts, mugs, water bottles, etc.).  There are no access restrictions for this collection.

Access points:
Mountain biking competitions--Colorado--Durango
Durango (Colo.)--Athletic events
 

Administrative information

Acquisition of this collection:  These materials were donated by Ed Zink, who created and maintained the collection;  accessions 2000:12002 and 2006:102.  Mr. Zink had stored them in his garage during the years prior to his donation to the Center.  At a meeting held on October, 18, 2000, the Southwest Accessions Committee unanimously approved the acquisition of this collection.

About the organization of this collection:  The series and boxes are numbered consecutively.  The boxes are numbered in one single numbering scheme starting with 1.

Processing information:  The 2000 accession was initially arranged and described at the Center of Southwest Studies by Todd Ellison in December of 2000; subsequent acquisitions were processed by the Center's student archival assistants under his supervision, including Nicholas Costa, who arranged and described the 2006 accession during the 2007/08 school year.  The folder list was produced by ___   The inventory was drafted by Todd Ellison, October, 2007.

Deaccessions: Nothing was deaccessioned during processing; the following 3 linear shelf feet of materials were not accessioned but rather were returned to Ed Zink on February 6, 2001:

ü      duplicates of a 9/2/90 supplement to the Durango Herald about the World's event (a 9" high stack; the Center retained 6 copies)

ü      duplicates of the press kit for the 1990 World's (a 3' high stack; the Center retained 6 press kits)

ü      1990 World's financial receipts, A-Z (5 linear shelf inches; these are considered a housekeeping income and lack long-term research or administrative value)

ü      1990 World's racer registrations (4 linear shelf inches; these are considered a housekeeping income and lack long-term research or administrative value, and they are confidential personal information)

ü      folder of medical incident reports, 1990 September (confidential information re: individual bicyclists)

ü      folder of local lodging records, 1990 (these are another housekeeping type of record containing personal or detailed information that is not suitable for a research collection)

ü      Up With People promotional folder

ü      emptied three-ring binders

Biographical/ historical note

Durango, Colorado, hosted the first-ever World Mountain Bike Championships in September of 1990.  The events were held at the Durango Mountain Resort (Purgatory).  Durango's role in hosting international mountain bike competitions continued: it was the site for a Union Cycliste International (UCI) World Cup Series mountain bike triple event, July 14-15, 2001.  According to a notice in the Durango Dining & Activity Guide, [late 2000], page G-13, that event features all three major disciplines of the sport: cross-country, downhill, and dual; it is one of only three such events that the National Off-Road Bicycle Association (NORBA) has planned for North American in 2001-02.  The article quotes Bob Kunkel, senior vice president of the Durango Mountain Resort, as saying that "`We are pleased NORBA recognized our sincere desire and commitment to make this event the best on their schedule.  We have terrain that makes great courses, a backdrop of incredible scenery, a unique, exciting downtown and the local enthusiasm for mountain biking that it takes to put on a world-class event.'" 

Ed Zink, lifelong Durango resident and Fort Lewis College Foundation board member,  was the event director for the 1990 World's, has been the director of the annual Iron Horse Bicycle Classic (held around Memorial Day each year since 1971; on-road bicyclists race the narrow-gauge coal-fired train from Durango to Silverton), and helped coordinate the 2001 World Cup Series event.  The Durango tourism magazine cites Zink as observing that "`Getting the World Cup Series here is a validation and culmination of years of effort hosting cycling events in Durango.  It's really a testament to our reputation as the country's premier mountain bike town.'"

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