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
784 Nordic Ski Jumping Southern California Open Ski Meet, 1939 Second Annual Southern California Open Ski Meet: Official 1939 15 p. illus.
2908 Alpine Promotional Grace, Edwin The Doctor Looks At Skiing 1939 64 p.
2909 Alpine Promotional Pfeifer, Friedl, editor The Sun Valley Ski Book 1939 94 p. illus.
4303 Alpine Wit & Humor Barsis, Max Bottoms Up; An Unreliable Handbook For Skiers 1939 92 p. illus.
1525 Alpine Film Columbia Pictures Corporation Skiing Is Believing 1939 16 mm. 9 min
4304 Alpine Wit & Humor Porges, Franziska The Merry Skibook 1939 16 cartoons
1526 Alpine Film Cummings, Irwin. director Everything Happens At Night 1939
2176 Alpine Guide Federal Writers Program, New York City Skiing In The East: The Best Trails And How To Get There 1939 334 p. maps
1435 Alpine Equipment Medelios [Catalog Of Sports And Ski Clothes And Equipment] 1939
179 Nordic Expedition Bernatzik, Hugo Adolf Overland With The Nomad Lapps 1939 137 p. illus. maps
1527 Alpine Film Gibson, Harvey Dow Ski Larks 1939 20 min
2177 Alpine Guide Pfeifer, Friedl. editor The Sun Valley Ski Book 1939 94 p. illus.
1528 Alpine Film Riesner, Charles. director Winter Carnival 1939 91 min.
2178 Alpine Guide Skiing Guide To The Arlberg District 1939
1529 Alpine Film RKO Pathe White Magic 1939 16 mm. 9 min
6599 Combined Ski Huts Ruaphehu Ski Club Hut Information And Rules 1939
1530 Alpine Film Shurcliff, Sidney Ski America Second 1939 16 mm99 min
1531 Alpine Film Union Pacific Railroad Ski Skill 1939 16 mm. 20 min.
1532 Alpine Film Union Pacific Railroad Winter At Sun Valley 1939 15 min.
4953 Combined Fiction Baldwin, Faith White Magic 1939 244 p.
5169 Combined Fiction/Children Girvan, Helen Phantom On Skis 1939 275 p.illus
1533 Alpine Film Young, Christopher Ski Girl 1939 35 mm
1534 Alpine Film Ski Wonderland 1939 13 min
4954 Combined Fiction Baldwin, Faith White Magic 1939 305 p.
4955 Combined Fiction Baldwin, Faith White Magic 1939 305 p.