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
5143 Combined Fiction Davidson, Nicole Crash Landing 1996 187 p.
244 Nordic Film Luby, Earle. producer Ski-Flying 1956 35 mm. 8 mins.
3760 Alpine Video Baur, Gerhard. producer & director Die Entscheidung/The Decision 1986 13 min.
3761 Alpine Video Brown, Roger Ski The Mahre Way 1986 VHS55 min
6266 Combined Olympics United States Olympic Committee 1968 United States Olympic Book 1969 415 p. illus.
2373 Alpine Guide Jacobsen, Bruce The Rites Of Winter: A Skier's Budget Guide To Making It On 1984 180 p. illus.
60 Nordic Biography Huntford, Roland The Last Place On Earth 1985
6330 Combined Olympics CBS Sports Broadcast Guide:Lillehammer 94, XVII Olympic Winter Gam 1994 103 p. illus.
2437 Alpine Guide Chamberlain, Tony A Critical Guide To Alpine Ski Areas Of The U.S. And Canada 1990 158 p. illus.
985 Nordic Tuning Williams, Wendy Cross-Country Ski Waxing And Maintenance 1977 55 p. illus.
4960 Combined Fiction Atwater, Montgomery Ski Patrol 1943 237 p. illus.
1049 Nordic Video Koch, Bill Cross-Country Skiing For Beginners With Bill Koch 1988 VHS 50 min
5022 Combined Fiction Green, Diane Huss Ski Country 1965 158 p.illus.
3575 Alpine Technique Witherell, Warren The Athletic Skier 1993 244 p. illus
3637 Alpine Video Summit Films Ski The Outer Limits 1970 U-Matic, 28 min.
6148 Combined Military United States. Department of the Army Skiing And Snowshoeing 1952
2249 Alpine Guide Ski-ing Centres In Austria 1963 36 p. maps
6212 Combined Military Lunday, Phillip The Tramway Builders:A Brief History Of Company D, 126th 1994 127 p. illus.
2313 Alpine Guide Smith, Bill Ski Los Angeles 1974 93 p. illus.
861 Nordic Technique Bedard, Jean-Guy Feeling Good With Cross-Country Skiing 1977 47 p. illus.
4837 Combined Economics Steinmetz, Lawrence L. High Yield Management In The Ski Retailing Business 1975? 15 p.
925 Nordic Technique Forest, Tony Nordic Teaching System Handbook 1992 175 p. illus.
4901 Combined Economics Griffin, Vickie Thede Economic Expenditures Of The Minnesota Ski Council Clubs 1 1995 vii, 108 lvs.
3451 Alpine Technique British Association of Ski Instructors Ski Technique And Instruction Manual 1978 Revised edition
3515 Alpine Technique Campbell, Stu The Way To Ski: The Official Method 1986 160 p. illus.