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
6654 Combined Ski Patrolling Clarke, Elizabeth The Training Manual Of The Victorian NordicRescue Service 1982 52 p. illus
2761 Alpine Mountaineering Smythe, Francis Sydney Climbs And Ski Runs; Mountaineering And Ski-ing In The Alps 1957 197 p. illus
6716 Combined Ski Patrolling National Ski Patrol System NSP Policies And Procedures, 1998-99 1998
2825 Alpine Mountaineering Smoot, Jeff Summit Guide To The Cascade Volcanoes 1992 182 p. illus.
1371 Alpine Children Alderson, John Captain Zembo's Ski And Snowboarding Teaching Guide For 1996 33 p. illus.
49 Nordic Biography Pound, Reginald Scott Of The Antarctic 1967 xii, 327 p. illus. m
5344 Combined History Revelstoke (B.C.). Merchants The Revelstoke Ski Club Centennial Tournament Of Champio 1958 35 p, illus
1433 Alpine Equipment Northland Skis:Ice And Field Hockey Sticks, Toboggans, Sno 1936? 68 p. illus.
111 Nordic Equipment Head, Francis Cross-Country Ski Equipment For Beginners 1927 23 p.
5408 Combined History Wren, Jean Steamboat Springs And The "Treacherous And Speedy Skee" 1972 65 p. illus.
3962 Alpine Video DeBoer, Jake Canada's Western Ski Resorts 1991 VHS28 min
4026 Alpine Video Fanck, Arnold White Ecstasy (The Ski Chase) 1993 VHS 80 min.
6530 Combined Rules of Comp Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne et Biathlon Biathlon Competition Rules:Confirmed By The 1984 UIPMB B 1984 102 p. illus.
2638 Alpine Handbook Casewit, Curtis W. The Skier's Companion 1984 168 p. illus
6594 Combined Ski Clubs Craigieburn Valley Ski Club Rules Of The Craigieburn Valley Ski Club (Incorporated) 1976 15 p.
2702 Alpine Lifts Colorado. Dept. of Regulatory Agencies Passenger Tramway Safety Board 1977 viii, 69 lvs.
1248 Alpine Biography Bowen, Norman R. editor Lowell Thomas: The Stranger Everybody Knows 1968 187 p. illus.
5221 Combined Fiction/Children Moran, George Imagine Me On A Sit-Ski! 1995 l v. (unpaged), illus.
1311 Alpine Children Tinker, Gene Let's Learn To Ski 1966 117 p. illus.
5284 Combined History Graves, Charles And The Greeks 1931 224 p. illus.
3838 Alpine Video Ski Utah 1987 VHS30 min
3902 Alpine Video National Ski Patrol System History And Physical Examination 1989 VHS 16 min
6406 Combined Resort Development/Design The Outdoor Recreation Plan 1966 216 p.
2514 Alpine Guide Access Western United States Ski Country 1995 239 p. illus. maps
6470 Combined Resort Develop Lehmann, Thomas Patrick The Alfred Packer Plaza:A Mixed-Used Project In Breckenrid 1984 35 lvs. map