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
2390 Alpine Guide Williams, Brooke Utah Ski Country 1986 128 p. illus.
2454 Alpine Guide Doughty, Heather Ski British Columbia 1991 187 p. illus. maps
3592 Alpine Technique Professional Ski Instructors of America PSIAAlpine Manual 1996 169 p. illus.
3654 Alpine Video Mammoth Mountain Adventure 1978 1 disc, 25 min. 1
2266 Alpine Guide Garstang, James Gordon Ski-ing:A Guide To Ski-ing And To European Ski Resorts 1968 132 p. illus.
2330 Alpine Guide Terry, Philip. editor 1977-78 Skiers Guide 1977 208 p. illus.
3468 Alpine Technique Shedden, John Learning To Ski 1979 92 p. illus
3532 Alpine Technique Jonas, Bob Ski Magazine's Total Skiing 1987 189 p. illus.
2142 Alpine Freestyle Wieman, Randy Freestyle Skiing: A Complete Guide To The Fundamentals Of 1980
2206 Alpine Guide Shell Touring Service Shell Ski Guide 1949 35 p. illus
3344 Alpine Technique Eriksen, Stein Come Ski With Me 1966 214 p. illus.
3408 Alpine Technique Taylor, Clif GLM: The New Way To Ski 1973 79 p. illus
2021 Alpine Film Beaver Mountain Ski Area 1979 16 mm. 18 min
2085 Alpine Film Miller, Warren Vertical Reality 1994
3220 Alpine Technique Pearson, Fred A Guide To Skiing 1942 70 p. illus.
3284 Alpine Technique Lantschner, Hellmut Ski-ing For Beginners 1959 95 p. illus
1897 Alpine Film Hart Ski Manufacturing Company Ski America 1971 16 mm 28 min
1961 Alpine Film Jay, John Winter Magic Around The World 1975 16 mm.
1962 Alpine Film Lotter, Jim Ski The Sky 1975 16 mm. 15 min.
3096 Alpine Technique Johnsen, Theo A. The Winter Sport Of Skeeing 1905 54 p. illus.
3161 Alpine Technique Bautzmann, Herman Learn To Ski 1935 81 p. illus
1774 Alpine Film Douglas Sinclair Film Productions White Trails 1964 16mm. 13 min.
1838 Alpine Film South Dakota Dept. of Highways South Dakota: How YOU Can Succeed On Skis Without Really 1968 16 mm. 10 min
4363 Alpine Wit & Humor On The Piste 1999 112p. illus.
2972 Alpine Racing Witherell, Warren How The Racers Ski 1972 206, p. illus.