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
2175 Alpine Guide Hertall, E.S. Cue's Guide To Winter Sports 1938 96 p.
3377 Alpine Technique Kramer, Franz Ski The New Way 1970 127 p. illus
3441 Alpine Technique Tucker, Karl Skiing 1976 90 p. illus.
1990 Alpine Film Durrance, Dick Go For Gold 1977
2054 Alpine Film Sierra Productions South Ski Sense And Safety 1984 16 mm. 17 min
3253 Alpine Technique Prager, Walter Skiing 1951 72 p. illus.
3317 Alpine Technique Austrian Association of Professional Ski Te The New Official Austrian Ski System 1963 126 p. illus.
1866 Alpine Film Smythe, Cyrus Skiing: Stem Christie 1969 Sup 8 mm4 min
1930 Alpine Film Pyramid Films Ski Whiz 1973 16 mm. 9 min
3129 Alpine Technique Furse, Dame Katherine The Great Game 1926? 31 p. illus.
3193 Alpine Technique The Open Road Publishing Company Ski Chart, Concentrated Ski Technique 1937 1 fold out chart
1742 Alpine Film Dept. of P.E. Univ. of New Hampshire Skiing Skills For Beginners 1961 16 mm. 17 min.
1806 Alpine Film Humble Oil & Refining Company Rules Of The Slopes 1966 16 mm. 15 min.
4331 Alpine Wit & Humor Chinook, Nipi The Ski Bum's Guide To Mountain Wildlife 1978 105 p. illus.
3004 Alpine Racing Witherell, Warren How The Racers Ski 1988 214 p. illus.
3068 Alpine Teaching Guid Canadian Ski Instructors' Alliance Skiing And Teaching Methods 1984
1618 Alpine Film Curry Company, Yosemite National Park Ski School With Luggi Foeger 1950? 10 min.
1682 Alpine Film McCulloch, Ernie Ernie McCulloch Teaches Skiing 1955
4210 Alpine Video Bruce, Rob.director Soul Pilot 1999 VHS
4274 Alpine Video Winter, Steve Ski Movie Two, "High Society" 2001 VHS, DVD 110 m
2881 Alpine Physiology Audet, D. Metabolic Cost Of Downhill Ski Ergometry In Males 1994
2944 Alpine Psychology Taylor, Jim The Mental Edge For Skiing 1996 169 p.
1494 Alpine Film Curry Company, Yosemite National Park Winter Sports In Yosemite National Park 1925? 10 min.
1558 Alpine Film U.S. War Department Ski Equipment 1942 16 mm 21 mins.
4087 Alpine Video Spectra Communications Alpine Ski Touring 1994 VHS13 min.