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
2782 Alpine Mountaineering Federated Mountain Clubs of New Zealand Safety In The Mountains:A Handbook For Trampers, Skiers, 1978 48 p. illus.
1390 Alpine Conditioning Hollaus, Otto R. Conditioning Exercises For Skiing 1941 6 p.illus
1454 Alpine Equipment Ski Magazine 1975 Ski Equipment Survey, Volume III 1975 74 p.
3983 Alpine Video Grigg, David 1992 World Extreme Skiing Championships 1992 VHS90 min
4047 Alpine Video National Ski Patrol System Ski Patrol--1940 1993 VHS15 min.
2595 Alpine Handbook Editors of Ski Magazine The Skier's Handbook 1965 x, 262 p. illus
2659 Alpine Handbook Pollack, Pamela Ski: Your Guide To Cross-Country, Downhill, Jumping, Racing 2001 64 p. illus.
1269 Alpine Biography Coady, Mary Frances Steve Podborski:Fast, Faster, Fastest! 1983 48 p. illus.
1332 Alpine Children GLC Editorial Department Skiing 1981 26 p. illus.
3859 Alpine Video Miller, Warren Warren Miller's White Winter Heat 1988 VHS88 min
3923 Alpine Video Bell, Martin Let's Go Skiing 1990 British video
2471 Alpine Guide Hobson, Clive The Insider's Gude To The Best Canadian Skiing 1992
2535 Alpine Guide Thorne, Patrick World Ski And Snowboarding Guide,1996-97 1997 270 p. illus.
1147 Alpine Autobiography Dyer, Rev. John L. The Snow-Shoe Itinerant 1890 362 p. illus.
1211 Alpine Autobiography Gabl, Franz Franzl: The Story Of Franz Gabl 1995 251 p. illus
3735 Alpine Video National Ski Areas Association Ski Sense And Safety 1984 VHS20 min
3799 Alpine Video Brown, Roger Air Time 1987 23 min.
2347 Alpine Guide Griffin, A.H. Adventuring In Lakeland: Scrambling, "Geriatric" Rock Climb 1980 189 p. illus
2411 Alpine Guide Victoria. Alpine Resorts Commission Ski Victoria 1988 32 p. illus. map
3613 Alpine Technique Tejada-Flores, Lito Breakthrough On The New Skis:Say Goodbye To The Interm 2001 315 p. illus.
3675 Alpine Video Mike Wiegele Helicopter Skiing 7 Days In Paradise 1980 VHS
2223 Alpine Guide Riddell, James The Ski Runs Of Switzerland 1957 360 p. illus.
2287 Alpine Guide Rand, Abby Ski Guide To Europe 1970 552 p. illus
3489 Alpine Technique Abraham, Horst Skiing Right 1983 237 p. illus
3553 Alpine Technique Ford, Larry The College Manual For Downhill Skiing 1991 73 p.