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
1831 Alpine Film Barrymore, Dick The Tenth Winter 1968 16 mm. 90 min
4356 Alpine Wit & Humor Stone, Harry Slippery Slopes:A Practical Guide To Happier Skiing 1991 90 p. illus.
2965 Alpine Racing United States Ski Association U.S. Alpine Ski Team Coaches'Manual 1969
3029 Alpine Summer Skiing Wright, Floyd T. The Best Of Colorado's Summer Skiing: A Guide To The Best 1989 80 p. illus
1643 Alpine Film Miller, Warren Let's Ski 1952 16 mm. 15 min
1707 Alpine Film Jay, John Ski To Adventure 1957 16 mm
4235 Alpine Video Coastal Disturbance 1999 VHS
4297 Alpine Wit & Humor Pocock, Noel Below Zero:A Travesty Of Winter Sports 1911 62 p.
4236 Alpine Video Clay Pigeons 1999 VHS
4298 Alpine Wit & Humor Cleaver, Reginald Alpine Sport:A Sketch-Book 1922? 16 plates
2847 Alpine Mountaineering Goodman, David Backcountry Skiing Adventures:Classic Ski And Snowboard 1998 224 p.illus.
2906 Alpine Promotional Olton, Charles Ski Tracks 1936 132 p. illus.
1520 Alpine Film U.S. Department of Agriculture Winter Wonderland 1938 16 mm. 11 min
1584 Alpine Film Canadian National Railways Song Of The Ski 1947 16 mm.20 min
4112 Alpine Video Miller, Warren Vertical Reality 1995 VHS102 min.
4176 Alpine Video Summit Films Ski The Outer Limits 1997 VHS28 min
2725 Alpine Lifts Wood, Peter SROM 172: Ski Lift Functions, Maintenance And Regulations 1999 iv, 372 p. illus.
2788 Alpine Mountaineering Bein, Vic Mountain Skiing 1982 192 p. illus.
1396 Alpine Conditioning Pedersen, Tage Getting In Shape To Ski 1970 95 p. illus.
1460 Alpine Equipment Lieu, Dennis Kenmon Design And Evaluation Of An Electronic Ski-Binding 1978 49 lvs.
3989 Alpine Video Mike Wiegele Helicopter Skiing Deep In Powder Country 1992 VHS
4053 Alpine Video Real Action Pictures White Room 1993 VHS
2601 Alpine Handbook Garstang, James Gordon Ski-ing 1968 132 p. illus.
2665 Alpine Handicap Behnke, William Charles Skiing Is For Everyone: A Video Tape Of Handicapped Skiing 1983 57 lvs.
1275 Alpine Biography Eastman, Tom Flight Without Wings:A Celebration of Hannes Schneider An 1989 88 p. illus.