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
1216 Alpine Autobiography Finlayson, Frith The Ski Teacher;An Autobiography 1997 vii, 278 p. illus.
3740 Alpine Video Brown, William C. Snow Train:Rio Grande's Ski Special 1985 VHS28 min
3804 Alpine Video Jalbert Productions The Pirmin Zurbriggen Story 1987 VHS22 - 28 min.
2352 Alpine Guide Leed, William H. editor Thomas & Leed Skier's Directory And Almanac Of North Amer 1981 191 p. illus.
2416 Alpine Guide Skiing Europe 1988
3617 Alpine Tuning A Service Repair Manual For Ski Repair Shops 1965 1 v. (various pagings), illus
3680 Alpine Video New England Ski Museum Ski Larks And Leisure Hours At The Eastern Slope Inn 1980 VHS35 min
2228 Alpine Guide Riddell, James The Ski Runs Of Austria 1958 262 p. illus.
2292 Alpine Guide Casewit, Curtis W. A Guide To Western Skiing 1972 160 p. illus.
3494 Alpine Technique Hoppichler, Franz Schwingen - The Official Austrian Ski Method 1983 155 p. illus
3558 Alpine Technique Bartelski, Konrad Learn To Ski In A Weekend 1992
2107 Alpine Film Winter, Steve. director Sick Sense 1998 65 min.
2168 Alpine Guide Hoek, Henry W. The Parsenn: A Ski-ing Guide And Some Notes 1933 161 p. illus. maps
3370 Alpine Technique Canadian Ski Instructors' Alliance Canadian Ski School Manual 1969 27 p English; 28
3434 Alpine Technique Leuchs, Arne Total Skiing 1976 170 p. illus
1983 Alpine Film Winter Park Ski Corporation Maryjane 1976 16 mm. 16 min
2047 Alpine Film Club Med 1983
3246 Alpine Technique Albouy, Robert Skiing:Allais Technique 1950 47 p. illus.
3247 Alpine Technique Engen, Alf How To Ski 1950?
3311 Alpine Technique Skepper, Robert Tackle Ski-ing This Way 1961 128 p. illus.
1860 Alpine Film Smythe, Cyrus Skiing: Parallel Turns 1969 Sup 8 mm4 min
1924 Alpine Film Beconta, Inc. Best Of The Bunch 1973 16 mm. 24 min
3123 Alpine Technique Poulsen, Ornulf Skiing With A Chapter On Snowshoeing 1924 199 p. illus.
3187 Alpine Technique Dudley, Charles M. When We Ski 1937 106 p. illus.
1736 Alpine Film Jay, John Olympic Holiday 1960 16 mm