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
5287 Combined History Norge Ski Club Official Program:World's Fair Central U.S. Championship Ski 1933 16 p. illus.
2739 Alpine Mountaineering The Eagle Ski Club Handbook 1933
1503 Alpine Film Coty, Victor Olympics, 1932 1933
1504 Alpine Film Vadja, L.director Love On Skis 1933 65 min.
6234 Combined Olympics Olympic Winter GamesLake Placid 1932 Report Of The Amer 1933
1432 Alpine Equipment Northland Ski Manufacturing Company Northland Skis 1933? 68 p. illus.
1153 Alpine Autobiography Trenker, Luis Brothers Of The Snow 1934 247 p.
2169 Alpine Guide Italian State Tourist Department Alpine Resorts In Italy 1934 400 p.
2170 Alpine Guide Tonella, Guido Skiing At Sestrieres 1934 128 p. illus,
4761 Combined Dictionaries Luther, Carl Julius Ski Worterbuch In Funf Sprachen=Ski-ing Vocabulary 1934 72 p.
3160 Alpine Technique Mosauer, Walter On Skis Over The Mountains.An Illustrated Primer On Moder 1934 83 p. illus.
5288 Combined History Mid-West Championship Ski Tourney (Feb. 18, 1943: Saint Paul, Minn.) Annual Mid-West Championship Ski Tourney:Sponsored by 1934 [6] 9.
5168 Combined Fiction/Children Bemelmans, Ludwig Hansi 1934 64 p.
2952 Alpine Racing D'Egville, Alan H. Slalom: Its Technique, Organization And Rules 1934 159 p. illus.
2953 Alpine Racing D'Egville, Alan H. Slalom: Its Technique, Organization and Rules 1934 159 p. illus.
2740 Alpine Mountaineering Smythe, Francis Sydney Climbs And Ski Runs: Mountaineering And Skiing In The Alps, 1934
1234 Alpine Biography Ylvisaker, Erling The Story Of Snowshoe Thompson 1934 15 p.
1388 Alpine Conditioning Morris, Margaret Ski-ing Exercises 1934 60 p.illus.
2171 Alpine Guide Pfeifer, E.A. Kitzbuhel, Sun & Powder Snow 1935
2172 Alpine Guide Zielinski, Dr. Adam The Ski-ing Grounds Of Poland 1935
3161 Alpine Technique Bautzmann, Herman Learn To Ski 1935 81 p. illus
3162 Alpine Technique Heinrich, Fritz Manual For Ski-Babies 1935 94 p.illus.
4947 Combined Fiction Dunstan, Mary Jagged Skyline 1935 386 p.
3163 Alpine Technique Schniebs, Otto Modern Ski Technique 1935 120 p. illus.
4948 Combined Fiction Ritchie, Hetty Death Runs On Skis 1935