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
4110 Alpine Video Miller, Kurt Warren Miller's 5 Winter Stories 1995 VHS 46 min.
4174 Alpine Video Norwegian Broadcasting Corp. Lillehammer '94 1997 VHS85 min
2723 Alpine Lifts Doppelmayr, Artur Conceptual Inputs For Optimizing the Functional Efficiency Of 1998 xii, 340 p. illus.
2786 Alpine Mountaineering Beck, David Ski Touring In California 1980 222 p. illus.
1394 Alpine Conditioning Davidson, Paul The Skier's Exercise Manual 1968 99 p. illus.
1458 Alpine Equipment Ski Magazine Ski Equipment Survey, 1977 1977 73 p. plus questionnaire
3987 Alpine Video Hogen, Jackson. writer Warren Miller's The Truth About Skiing 1992 VHS 57 minutes
4051 Alpine Video Professional Ski Instructors of America American Teaching System:Alpine Skiing, Volume I 1993 VHS26 min
2599 Alpine Handbook Roessing, Walt. Editor Skiers' Almanac, 1967-68 1967 68 p. illus.
2663 Alpine Handicap Winthers, Jim National Amputee Ski Technique 1970 91 p. illus
1273 Alpine Biography Sir Arnold Lunn, 1888-1974-1988: A Centenary Tribute 1988? 64 p.
1336 Alpine Children Marozzi, Alfred Skiing Basics 1984 48 p.
3863 Alpine Video Perlman, Eric Skiing Extreme 1988 VHS22 min
1337 Alpine Children Ross, Tim Ski Racing For Children 1984 iii, 88 p. illus
3864 Alpine Video Real Action Pictures Skiers' Dream 1988 VHS75 min
3928 Alpine Video Hogen, Jackson. writer Warren Miller's The Truth About Skiing 1990 VHS60 min
2476 Alpine Guide Lizza, Chris South America Ski Guide 1992 312 p. illus. maps
2540 Alpine Guide Sandler, Corey Econoguide. . .Ski And Snowboard America: The Best Resorts 1998 320 p. illus.
1152 Alpine Autobiography Trenker, Luis Brothers Of The Snow 1933 vii, 247 p. illus.
1216 Alpine Autobiography Finlayson, Frith The Ski Teacher;An Autobiography 1997 vii, 278 p. illus.
3740 Alpine Video Brown, William C. Snow Train:Rio Grande's Ski Special 1985 VHS28 min
3804 Alpine Video Jalbert Productions The Pirmin Zurbriggen Story 1987 VHS22 - 28 min.
2352 Alpine Guide Leed, William H. editor Thomas & Leed Skier's Directory And Almanac Of North Amer 1981 191 p. illus.
2416 Alpine Guide Skiing Europe 1988
3617 Alpine Tuning A Service Repair Manual For Ski Repair Shops 1965 1 v. (various pagings), illus