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
3569 Alpine Technique Gladysz, Jerome S. Ski Taos Style:How To Ski Better In Six Days--The Secrets O 1993 265 p. illus
2118 Alpine Film Wind-Up Films Clay Pigeons 1999
6078 Combined Market Resear M.D. Hurst & Company Ski Industry Study:New Market Potential 1986 47 lvs.
2179 Alpine Guide Quebec, The Skier's Province 194? 24 p. illus.
6142 Combined Military Ware, Wilson Italy: The Riva Ridge 1946 not paged
4705 Combined Bibliographies Bauman, Sascha Bibliographie zum Weltkampfwesen im Alpinen Skisport 1994 200 p.
4768 Combined Dictionaries Lund, Morten Skiing:The Real Skier's Dictionary 1983 94 p. illus.
616 Nordic Guide Blair, Seabury Backcountry Ski!WashingtonThe Best Trails And Descents 1998 219 p. illus.
678 Nordic Handbook Woods, Craig Cross-Country Skier's Trailside Guide 1983 xi, 111 p. illus
3381 Alpine Technique Professional Ski Instructors Of America The Official American Ski Technique 1970 199 p. illus.
3445 Alpine Technique Campbell, Stu Ski With The Big Boys 1977 177 p. illus.
1994 Alpine Film Killington Ski Resort Killington Winter Holiday 1977 16 mm. 22 min.
5954 Combined Lists Holesinsky, Barbara The Mother Of All Lists:Quick Load Goin' Cross-Country Skiin 1997 2 p. illus.
2058 Alpine Film Durrance, Dick New Frontiers 1985
6018 Combined Market Resear Laiho, Alvar K. An Analysis Of The Maine Skiing Industry 1972 91 leaves.
1614 Alpine Film Coty, Victor Ski Stars 195?
47 Nordic Biography Hall, A.G. Nansen 1940 168 p. illus.
4582 Combined Avalanche International Snow Science Workshop (1986; Lake Tahoe, CA) A Merging Of Theory And Practice:Proceedings Of The Inter 1986 viii, 248 p. illus. maps
1678 Alpine Film Coty, Victor Ski Tracks 1955? Color
108 Nordic Congresses Nordic Track & Trail Seminar, 1984 Nordic Track & Trail Seminar, 1984 1984 48 p. illus.
4646 Combined Avalanche Williams, Knox Avalanche Wise:Your Guide To Avalanche Safety In Colorad 1999 24 p. illus.
492 Nordic Guide Kirkendall, Tom Cross Country Ski Tours: Washington's North Cascades 1988 224 p. illus.
556 Nordic Guide Cross Country Ski Areas Association The Best Of Cross Country Skiing 1993
3257 Alpine Technique Bourdon, Robert Modern Skiing 1953 96 p. illus.
3321 Alpine Technique Wagner, Janet How To Ski 1963 128 p. illus.