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
1704 Alpine Film Union Pacific Railroad Winter In Sun Valley 1956 28 min
4232 Alpine Video Winter, Steve Global Storming 1999 VHS & DVD70
4294 Alpine Waxing Swix Swix Alpine Tech Manual 99/2000 1999
2843 Alpine Mountaineering Blair, Seabury Backountry Ski!Washington The Best Trails And Descents Fo 1998 219 p. illus.
2903 Alpine Powder, Heli & Shelton, Lloyd Crawford Helicoper Skiing In The Idaho Panhandle: A Feasibility Study 1993 141 lvs. illus
1516 Alpine Film Thorgerson, Ed How To Ski 1937 16 mm.10 min.
1580 Alpine Film Pico Peak Pico Powder 1946 16 mm.
4108 Alpine Video Lang, Otto The Basic Principles Of Skiing 1995 VHS38 min.
4172 Alpine Video Miller, Warren Snowriders II 1997 VHS
2721 Alpine Lifts International Organization for Transportation by Rope, N. Am. Section (5th, 1992 Steamboat OITAF-NACS Fifth Symposium: August 30 - Sept. 2, 1992 1993 xii, 312 p. illus.
2784 Alpine Mountaineering Federated Mountian Clubs of New Zealand Safety In The Mountains;A Field Guide of Reminders ForVi 1979 48 p. illus.
1392 Alpine Conditioning Riffon, N. Better Health Through Skiing 1945 39 p. illus.
1456 Alpine Equipment United States International Trade Commissi Alpine Ski Bindings From Austria, Switzerland & West Germa 1976 iv, 15, A-72 p. illus
3985 Alpine Video Hannah, Eric Extreme Altitude Creativity Gone Wild 1992 VHS70 min
4049 Alpine Video New York, New Haven & Hartford RR Let's Go Skiing 1993 VHS 28 min
2597 Alpine Handbook Editors of Ski Magazine America's Ski Book 1966 473 p. illus.
2661 Alpine Handbook United States Olympic Committee A Basic Guide To Skiing And Snowboarding 2002 150 p. illus.
1271 Alpine Biography Schuller, Carol In The Shadow Of His Wings 1986 224 p. illus.
1334 Alpine Children Flemmen, Asbjorn Teaching Children To Ski. 1983 176 p. illus.
3861 Alpine Video National Ski Patrol System NSP 50th 1988 VHS 120 min
3925 Alpine Video ESPN Enterprises The Best Of Daredevil Skiing 1990 VHS35 min.
2473 Alpine Guide Horner, Gary Skiing In Ontario 1992 159 p. illus.
2537 Alpine Guide Hardy, Peter The Skiing And Snowboarding Guide 1998 Guide to European resorts
1149 Alpine Autobiography Bartholomew, Charles Lewis, Jr. A Year At Dartmouth 1922 64 p. illus
1213 Alpine Autobiography Lang, Otto A Bird Of Passage: From The Alps Of Austria To Hollywood U. 1996 xii, 463 p. illus.