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
Alpine Mountaineering Baud, Philippe Les 3 Vallees, Hors-PistesOff Piste 1991 282 p. illus.
1365 Alpine Children Godlington, Doug Skiing 1993 80 p. illus.
1427 Alpine Equipment Penobscot Snowshoe Company Penobscot Snowshoes And Skis 1921 20 p. illus.
3956 Alpine Video The 10th Mountain Hut & Trail System 1990 VHS20 min.
4020 Alpine Video Becker, Marvin. producer Flame In The Snow 1993 VHS 30 min
2632 Alpine Handbook Gamma, Karl The Handbook Of Skiing 1981 320 p. illus.
2696 Alpine Lifts National Ski Patrol System Lift Evacuation Technical Manual 1974 ii, 41 p. illus.
1242 Alpine Biography Stoutenburg, Adrien Snowshoe Thompson 1962 vii, 215 p. illus.
1305 Alpine Children O'Rear, John Skiing Illustrated:A Guide For The Young Skier 1956 96 p. illus.
3832 Alpine Video Ski The Best Of The West: Steamboat Springs 1987 VHS
3896 Alpine Video Jalbert Productions Spills, Thrills And Chills 1989 VHS
2508 Alpine Guide Hobson, Clive Fodor's Skiing U.S.A;30 Of The Nation's Premier Ski Resorts 1995 xv, 368 p. map
2572 Alpine Handbook Gerber Brothers Ski Manual 1939 39 p. illus.
1184 Alpine Autobiography Dercum, Edna Strand It's Easy, Edna, It's Downhill All The Way 1981 213 p. illus.
3708 Alpine Video Jalbert Productions Rivals 1983 VHS22 - 28 min.
3772 Alpine Video Leading Edge Associates Suzy Chaffee's Ski Workout 1986 VHS 56 min.
2384 Alpine Guide Studebaker, Michael J. Budget Skiers Guidebook: Western U.S. 1985 158 p.
2448 Alpine Guide Wilson, Arnold Thomas Cook International: Top Fifty Ski Resorts 1990 208 p. illus.
2449 Alpine Guide Skiing In The East Midlands 1990 14 p.
3587 Alpine Technique Miller, Warren Warren Miller's Learn To Ski And Snowboard Better 1996
3649 Alpine Video Jalbert Productions Helix 1977 VHS22 - 28 min.
2261 Alpine Guide Casewit, Curtis W. United Air Lines Guide To Western Skiing 1967 vi, 178 p. illus
2325 Alpine Guide Plociennik, Henry Australia's Snowfields 1976 160 p. illus.
3463 Alpine Technique Joubert, Georges Skiing: An Art. . . A Technique 1979 303. p., illus
3527 Alpine Technique Cottrell, Jim Skiing Everyone 1987 88 p. illus.