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
2996 Alpine Racing U.S.S.T. Alpine Training Manual 1985
3059 Alpine Teaching Guid Abraham, Horst A Synopsis Of The "American Ski Teaching Method" 1979 8 p. illus.
1609 Alpine Film Thorner, Hans White Rhapsody 1949? 16 mm. 10 min.
1673 Alpine Film Miller Brewing Company Winterskol 1954 20 min
4201 Alpine Video Real Action Pictures Dreamer 1998 VHS
4265 Alpine Video Harb, Harold R. Anyone Can Be An Expert Skier:2 Powder Bumps, And Carvi 2001 VHS45 min.
2872 Alpine Physiology Solymosi, Frank An Investigation Of The Relationship Between Measures of Ki 1980 114 lvs. illus
2935 Alpine Psychology DeCoursey, Doug Visual Skiing: Essential Mental And Physical Skills For The M 1990 150 p. illus.
1485 Alpine Equipment Nordt, Alison A. Design Of Alpine Skis 1999 xxiv, 185 p. illus
1549 Alpine Film Humberstone, H. Bruce. director Sun Valley Serenade 1941 86 min
4078 Alpine Video Peake, Christopher The Best Of Lake Tahoe 1994 VHS50 min.
4141 Alpine Video Schafer, Rusty Epilotical Episodes 1996 VHS
2753 Alpine Mountaineering Firsoff, V.A. The Cairngorms On Foot And Ski 1949 279 p. illus.
2817 Alpine Mountaineering Selters, Andy Glacier Travel And Crevasse Rescue 1990 159 p. illus.
1363 Alpine Children Pershall, Penny The Essential Guide To Skiing With Children 1992 125 p.
1425 Alpine Equipment Northland Ski Manufacturing Company Northland Skis 1920? 56 p. illus.
3954 Alpine Video Winter Park 50th Anniversary Video Collection, 1940-1990 1990 VHS56 min.
4018 Alpine Video The Best Of Taos 1992 VHS
2630 Alpine Handbook Miller, Peter Peter Miller's Ski Almanac 1979 308 p. illus.
2694 Alpine Lifts Paulsen Wire Rope Corporation [Wire Rope Catalogs] 1969? 1 v. (various pagin
1240 Alpine Biography Teal, Evelyn Flying Snowshoes 1957 181 p.
1303 Alpine Children Brown, Conrad Skiing For Beginners: A Complete And Simple Method For Ch 1951 63 p. illus.
3830 Alpine Video Ski The Best Of The West:Banff/Lake Louise & Sunshine Vill 1987 VHS
3894 Alpine Video Jalbert Productions White Circus 1989 VHS22 - 28 min.
2506 Alpine Guide Weichsel, Bernard. editor Ski USA: Travel Planning Guide 1994-1995 1994 132 p.