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
1581 Alpine Film Pico Peak Ski Song Pico Peak 1946 16 mm
4109 Alpine Video Madacy Video Colorado 1995 VHS60 min
4173 Alpine Video National Ski Patrol System Alpine Toboggan Training 1997 VHS15 min
2722 Alpine Lifts Maine. Elevator And Tramway Installers And Operators 1996 16 p.
2785 Alpine Mountaineering Rowell, Galen High And Wild: A Mountaineer's World 1979 159 p. illus.
1393 Alpine Conditioning Coombes, M. Pre-Ski Exercises 1954 40 p. illus.
1457 Alpine Equipment Fohrell, William Barnett Vibration And Viscoelastic Damping Of Laminated Beams: A 1977 129 lvs. illus
3986 Alpine Video Heckleman, Martin Powder Skiing Made Easy 1992 VHS54 min
4050 Alpine Video Novotny, Al Colorado Ski Resorts 1993 VHS
2598 Alpine Handbook Fry, John. editor The Skier's Handbook 1966 x, 262 p. illus.
2662 Alpine Handicap Schroeder, Hal Amputee Ski Technique 1965 32 p. illus.
1272 Alpine Biography Schuller, Carol In The Shadow Of His Wings 1986 216 p. illus.
1335 Alpine Children Petrovic, Kresimir The Path To Success: Alpine Skiing Youngsters 1983 138 p. illus.
3862 Alpine Video Nixon, Tim Gone Skiing 1988 VHS30 min
3926 Alpine Video Fanck, Arnold The White Flame 1990 VHS30 min.
2474 Alpine Guide Leocha, Charles Skiing America, 1993 1992 532 p. illus.
2538 Alpine Guide Leocha, Charles Skiing America, '99; Top Winter Resorts In U.S.A. And Canada 1998 460 p.
1150 Alpine Autobiography Schlink, Herbert H. Ski-ing Experiences In Europe, 1929 1929 47[1] p. illus
1214 Alpine Autobiography Wilson, Arnie Tears In The Snow: A True Story Of Love, Courage And Dang 1996 xv, 269 p. illus.
3738 Alpine Video Sisselman, Brian Gone Skiing 1984 VHS 8 min.
3802 Alpine Video Gaimard, Alain. director Apocalypse IILe Grand Defi 1987 VHS32 min
2350 Alpine Guide Skiing At Thredbo 1980 20 p. illus
2414 Alpine Guide Explore Minnesota Downhill Skiing 1988 8 p. map
Alpine Technique Howe, John The New Skiing Mechanics 2002
3678 Alpine Video National Ski Areas Association Ski For The Fun Of It 1980 VHS22 min