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
1729 Alpine Film Silver Belt Ski Race, Sugar Bowl 1960? Silent
1793 Alpine Film Metro. New York Council, American Youth Holstels Silver Sitzmarks 1965 16 mm. 9 min
4318 Alpine Wit & Humor Josephson, Gabe The Skier's Coloring Book 1962 24 p. illus.
2991 Alpine Racing Kidd, Billy Billy Kidd's Ski Racing Book 1984 262 p. illus.
3055 Alpine Teaching Guid Abraham, Horst The American Teaching Method 1977 32, 36 p. illus
1605 Alpine Film Ski Thrills 1949? 16 mm. 15 min.
1669 Alpine Film Howard, Dr. Frank Let's Go Skiing 1954? 16 mm.90 min.
4197 Alpine Video Moulton, Richard W. producer Thrills And Spills In The North Country 1998 VHS60 min.
4261 Alpine Video DeCesare, John Propaganda 2001 DVD90 min.
2868 Alpine Physiology Vitale, Mary Elizabeth A Comparison Of Knee Stability Related To Skeletal Maturati 1976 41 lvs. illus.
2931 Alpine Psychology Loudis, Leonard A. Skiing Out Of Your Mind: The Psychology of Peak Performanc 1986 236 p. illus.
1481 Alpine Equipment Hsiao, Elizabeth T. A Dynamic Model To Study The Influence of Alpine Ski Boot 1994 80 lvs. illus.
1545 Alpine Film Shurcliff, Sidney Skiing Again 1940 16 mm. 110 min
4074 Alpine Video National Ski Patrol System Spinal Injury Management 1994 VHS35 min
4137 Alpine Video Miller, Warren Endless Winter 1996 VHS93 min
2749 Alpine Mountaineering Busk, Douglas The Delectable Mountains 1946 274 p. illus. maps
1192 Alpine Autobiography Mahre, Phil No Hill Too Fast 1985 383 p. illus.
2813 Alpine Mountaineering Reynolds, Kev The Jura 1989 192 p. illus. maps
1359 Alpine Children Evans, Walt Alpine Youth Ski League Junior Handbook 1991
1421 Alpine Equipment E. Dethleffsen & Cie. Winter-Katalog 1900 36 p. illus.
3950 Alpine Video Stump, Greg Gonzo'd To Extremes 1990 VHS65 min
4014 Alpine Video Ski Theater 1992 VHS
2626 Alpine Handbook Heller, Mark. editor The Complete Skiing Handbook 1979 240 p. illus.
2690 Alpine Lifts American Standards Association Aerial Passenger Tramways, Safety Code 1964
1236 Alpine Biography Fairlie, Gerard Flight Without Wings: The Biography of Hannes Schneider 1957 223 p. illus