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
2726 Alpine Lifts Bell, Bob Lift 150: Ski Lift Operations Train-The-Trainer 2000
2789 Alpine Mountaineering Baldwin, John Exploring The Coast Mountains On Skis:A Guidebook To Mo 1983 144 p. illus.map
1397 Alpine Conditioning Pedersen, Tage Getting In Shape To Ski 1970 95 p. illus.
1461 Alpine Equipment Melsky, Gerald Steven The Design Of A Device To Test The Dynamic Performance Of 1979 57 lvs. illus. plans
3990 Alpine Video Mike Wiegele Helicopter Skiing Inside Skiing 1992 VHS
4054 Alpine Video Ross, Tim Freeskiing And Advanced Elements Of Alpine Ski Technique 1993 VHS23 min
2602 Alpine Handbook Matthew, Eileen Holm Skiing For Pleasure 1968 232 p. illus.
2666 Alpine Handicap Orr, Larry Pulk Skiing, Sled Skiing And Ice Sledding For Persons With 1983 57, [20] p. illus
2603 Alpine Handbook Matthew, Eileen Holm Skiing For Pleasure 1968 232 p. illus.
2667 Alpine Handicap May, Michael Blind Alpine Skiing And Racing 1986 47 p. illus.
1277 Alpine Biography Holand, Hjalmar Rued Snowshoe Thompson:A Norwegian Hero On Skis 1990 21 p. illus.
1340 Alpine Children Grossi, Tom Teach Your Children To Ski: A Guide For Starting Your Childr 1986 iii, 60 p. illus.
3867 Alpine Video Skiing Magazine Skiing With Style:Mastering The Mountain 1988 VHS60 min
3931 Alpine Video Killy, Jean Claude Skiing With Jean-Claude Killy 1990 VHS31 min
2479 Alpine Guide Walter, Claire Rocky Mountain Skiing 1992 397 p. illus.
2543 Alpine Guide Viola, Bob The Jackson Hole Ski Guide 1998 x, 110 p. illus.
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.
3743 Alpine Video Jalbert Productions Dreams Of Glory 1985 VHS26 min.
3807 Alpine Video Masia, Seth Beginning Ski TuningWith Seth Masia 1987 VHS 25 min.
2355 Alpine Guide Smith, Rodney A Guide To The Ski Fields Of New Zealand 1981 128 p. illus
2419 Alpine Guide Coker, Tessa France Ski Guide 1989 216 p. illus. map
3620 Alpine Tuning Masia, Seth The Ski Maintenance & Repair Handbook 1982 ix, 115 p. illus.
3683 Alpine Video Vacations on Video Ski Holidays In Austria 1980 VHS18 min
2231 Alpine Guide De Linde, C.A. Ski-ing 1959 106 p. illus.