Henry Yaple Ski Bibliography

Henry M. Yaple, the chief librarian at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Wash., spent 11 years assembling a massive bibliography of skiing. The goal was to list every book, dissertation, film video and piece of software published on skiing, in English, between 1890 and 2002.

The resulting two-volume work, comprising 732 pages, was published by ISHA in 2004. It lists more than 7,000 items.

How to Use Ski Bibliography

Information in Ski Bibliography can be found through multiple access points.

SUBJECT INDEX: There are three subject indices: NORDIC, ALPINE and COMBINED. These indices are located in Volume I, xxiv-xxvi and Volume II, xxxi respectively. Citations in the NORDIC Index are concerned with skis and skiing where the skier's heel is not fixed or attached to the ski. Citations in the ALPINE Index are concerned with skis and skiing where the skier's heel is fixed or attached to the ski. Citations in the COMBINED Index concentrate primarily upon the business or industry of skiing, and may apply either to nordic skiing, alpine skiing or both.

The various sub-categories of the NORDIC, ALPINE and COMBINED indices are derived from the subject matter of the actual works listed. For example, there are works listed under NORDIC/Trails, ALPINE/Lifts, and COMBINED/Market Research.

The entries or citations in Ski Bibliography are numbered consecutively so that each entry has its own discrete or unique number. The numerical range of items are listed for each sub-category in the respective subject indices. For example, NORDIC/Autobiographies covers items 2 through 15. ALPINE/Film covers items 1487 through 2123, and COMBINED/Fiction covers items 4937 through 5166.

NORDIC Bibliography section contains all entries on nordic skiing from item 1 to 1137 in Volume I.

ALPINE Bibliography section contains all entries on alpine skiing from items 1138 to 4372 in Volume I.

COMBINED Bibliography section contains all entries from items 4373 to 7183 in Volume II.

Within the NORDIC, ALPINE, and COMBINED bibliography sections respectively, the subject sub-categories are arranged alphabetically, and the within each sub-category the entries are arranged chronologically by publishing or release date. Within each year, the entries are arranged alphabetically by author or by title if an author is lacking.

SERIALS Bibliography section is arranged alphabetically by title. This section of the bibliography contains entries from items 7,184 to 7,617 in Volume II.

AUTHOR Index contains a list of all authors, editors, illustrators, photographers, producers, directors, writers included in the bibliography. It is arranged alphabetically, and each name carries the number(s) of the citation(s) in the bibliography to which it refers.

TITLE Index contains a list of all titles included in the bibliography. It is arranged alpha-betically, and each title carries the number(s) of the citation(s) to which it refers in the bibliography.

e Primary K Secondary Di Author 1 Title Publication Date Issue
1155 Alpine Autobiography Gardiner, Charles Fox Doctor At Timberline 1938 315 p. illus.
1219 Alpine Autobiography Macomber, George Plunging In:Memoirs Unlimited 1997 328 p.
7 Nordic Autobiography Brace, Mike Where There's A Will 1980 171 p.
1187 Alpine Autobiography Warburg, H. Adventure On Skis 1981 128 p.
1156 Alpine Autobiography Meredith, Brian Escape On Skis 1938 255 p. illus.
1220 Alpine Autobiography Couillard, Mike Miracle On The Mountain:A True Tale Of Faith And Survival 1998 420 p. illus.
8 Nordic Autobiography Gran, Tryggve The Norwegian With Scott, Tryggve Gran's Antarctic Diary, 19 1984 258 p. illus.
1188 Alpine Autobiography Berscheit, Mary Jo Joy On The Mountain 1982
1157 Alpine Autobiography Furse, Dame Katherine Hearts And Pomegranates:The Story Of Forty-Five Years,187 1940 xx, 407 p. illus.
1221 Alpine Autobiography Couillard, Mike Miracle On The Mountain: A True Tale of Faith And Survival 1998 247 p.
9 Nordic Autobiography Edwards, Eddie Eddie The Eagle:My Story 1988 150 p. illus.
1189 Alpine Autobiography Bartelski, Konrad Konrad Bartelski:The Autobiography Of A Skier 1983 179 p.illus
1158 Alpine Autobiography Lunn, Sir Arnold Come What May: An Autobiography 1940 482 p.
1222 Alpine Autobiography Miller, Warren Lurching From One Near Disaster To The Next 1998 288 p. illus.
10 Nordic Autobiography Messner, Reinhold Reinhold Messner Free Spirit: A Climber's Life 1991 250 p. illus. maps
1190 Alpine Autobiography Cranfield, Ingrid Skiing Down Everest: And Other Crazy Adventures 1983 208 p.illus.
1159 Alpine Autobiography Lunn, Sir Arnold Come What May: An Autobiography 1941 348 p.
1223 Alpine Autobiography Stark, Peter Driving To Greenland 1998 192 p.
11 Nordic Autobiography Morton, John Don't Look Back: Olympic Skiing Competitor And Coach Shar 1992 272 p. illus
1191 Alpine Autobiography Woolsey, Elizabeth Off The Beaten Track 1984 208 p. illus.
4427 Combined Avalanche Seligman, Gerald Snow Structure And Ski Fields:Being An Account Of Snow A 1962 555 p. illus.
4579 Combined Avalanche Armstrong, Betsy The Avalanche Book 1986 231 p. illus.
4643 Combined Avalanche Moynier, John Avalanche Aware:Safe Travel In Avalanche Terrain 1998 119 p. illus.
4455 Combined Avalanche Gardner, Noel Artillery Control Of Avalanches Along Mountain Highways 1970 29 p. illus.
4519 Combined Avalanche Perla, Ron editor Avalanche Control, Forecasting And Safety:Proceedings Of 1978 301 p.