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
3150 Alpine Technique Proctor, Charles N. Skiing 1932 63 p.
1763 Alpine Film Union Pacific Railroad Contemporary Skiing 1963? 16 mm.17 min.
1827 Alpine Film Barrymore, Dick Purgatory's White Gold 1968 16 mm. l8 min
4352 Alpine Wit & Humor Beard, Henry Skiing: A Skier's Dictionary 1989 95 p. illus.
2961 Alpine Racing International Colloquy On Medical Problems Connected With 1968 61 p. illus.
3025 Alpine Slope Design Monthey, L.G. So You Want to Develop A Ski Slope 1972 8 p. illus.
1639 Alpine Film Howard, Dr. Frank She And Ski 1952? 16 mm. 45 min.
1703 Alpine Film Mt. Mansfied Company Stowe Drifts 1956 45 min
4231 Alpine Video USSA Education Department Fundamentals Of Contemporary Skiing 1999 VHS 20 min.
4293 Alpine Waxing Brady, Michael Waxing And Care Of Skis And Snowboards 1996 104 p. illus
2842 Alpine Mountaineering Waag, David Oregon Descents:A Backcountry Ski Guide To The Southern 1997 160 p. illus.
2902 Alpine Powder, Heli & LaChapelle, Dolores Deep Powder Snow: Forty Years Of Ecstatic Skiing, Avalanch 1993 112 p. illus.
1515 Alpine Film Schniebs, Otto Modern Ski Technique 1937? 16 mm. 30 min.
1579 Alpine Film National Film Board of Canada Ski Skill 1946 16 mm. 10 min
4107 Alpine Video John Sandy Productions Extreme Skiing 1995 VHS45 min
4171 Alpine Video Miller, Warren Warren Miller's Vertical Reality 1997 VHS102 min.
2720 Alpine Lifts Bahn, William L. A Comparison Of Ski Lift Brake Testing Strategies: Static vs. 1993 ii, 28 lvs. Illus.
2783 Alpine Mountaineering Kumar, Narinder Trisul Ski Expedition 1978 148 p. illus.
1391 Alpine Conditioning Hollaus, Otto R. Make Yourself Fit To Ski: Conditioning Exercises For Skiers 1942 43 p. illus.
1455 Alpine Equipment Holden, Michael S. An Instructor's Guide To Ski Mechanics 1976 51 p. illus
3984 Alpine Video Griggs, Bruce Alaskan Extremes, The Soul Of Skiing 1992 VHS30 min.
4048 Alpine Video National Ski Patrol System ESPSN's Secrets Of Speed 1993 VHS30 min.
2596 Alpine Handbook Canada. Fitness & Amateur Sport Directorate Ski Fun For Everyone 1966 80 p. illus.
2660 Alpine Handbook Maurer, Tracy Snow Skiing 2002 48 p.illus.
1270 Alpine Biography Putnam, William Lowell Joe Dodge:One New Hampshire Institution 1986 184 p.illus.