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 Sort descending Author 1 Title Publication Date Issue
4607 Combined Avalanche International Mountain Rescue Commission Multilingual Vocabulary:Snow And Avalanches 1991 54 p.
4483 Combined Avalanche Mears, Arthur I. Snow Avalanche Hazards In The Aspen Area, Pitkin County, 1975 11 lvs. illus. map
4547 Combined Avalanche National Ski Patrol System 1981 National Avalanche School: November 1-6, 1981 400 p. illus.
4423 Combined Avalanche LaChapelle, Edward R. Three Instruments Used In Avalanche Hazard Forecasting 1961 9:00 PM
4576 Combined Avalanche Fredston, Jill Snow Sense: A Guide To EvaluatingSnow Avalanche Hazar 1985
4640 Combined Avalanche Mergen, Bernard Snow In America 1997 321 p. illus.
4452 Combined Avalanche LaChapelle, Edward R. Field Guide to Snow Crystals 1969 101 p. illus.
4516 Combined Avalanche LaChapelle, Edward R. Alternate Methods of Avalanche Control 1978 54 p. illus.
4608 Combined Avalanche Japan-U.S. Workshop on Snow Avalanche, Landslide, Debris Flow Prediction & Control (199 Proceedings Of The Japan-U.S. Workshop On Snow Avalanch 1991
4484 Combined Avalanche Mears, Arthur I. Snow Avalanche Hazards Of The Independence Pass Area: L 1975 12 lvs. illus. fold. map
4548 Combined Avalanche Roy, Ron Avalanche 1981 80 p. illus.
4424 Combined Avalanche USDA Forest Service Avalanche Handbook 1961 iv, 146 p. illus
4425 Combined Avalanche USDA Forest Service Snow Avalanches: A Handbook Of Forecasting And Control M 1961 84 p. illus.
4577 Combined Avalanche Hotchkiss, William Avalanche Rescue Quick-Guide 1985
4641 Combined Avalanche International Symposium on Snow & Avalanches (1997) Papers From The International Symposium On Snow And Ava 1998 v, 394 p. illus. maps
4453 Combined Avalanche Sommerfeld, R.A. Classification Outline For Snow On The Ground 1969 24 p. illus.
4517 Combined Avalanche Perla, Ron Snow Crystals/Les Cristaux de Niege 1978 18 p. illus.
4609 Combined Avalanche Mears, Arthur I. Avalanche Hazard Analysis & Mitigation Recommedations For 1991 50 lvs. illus. map
4485 Combined Avalanche Ramsli, G. Report On Avalanche Zoning in Norway With Reference To Other Scandinavian Countries Special Report for Meeting In Davos, Switzerland, July, 1975
4549 Combined Avalanche Williams, Knox Snowy Torrents:Avalanche Accidents In The United States, 1 1981 190 p. illus.
4426 Combined Avalanche Bentley, W.A. Snow Crystals 1962 227 p. illus.
4578 Combined Avalanche LaChapelle, Edward R. The ABC Of Avalanche Safety 1985 112 p. illus.
4642 Combined Avalanche Kirk, Ruth Snow 1998 320 p. illus.
4454 Combined Avalanche Frutiger, Hans The Avalanche Zoning Plan 1970 24 p. illus.
4518 Combined Avalanche Perla, Ron Avalanche Handbook 1978 254 p. illus.