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
4125 Alpine Video Zinc Films Into The Powder 1995 VHS84 min.
4189 Alpine Video DeCesare, John Degenerates 1998 VHS
2738 Alpine Mountaineering Smythe, Francis Sydney Climbs And Ski Runs: Mountaineering And Ski-ing In The Alps 1931 307 p. illus.
2801 Alpine Mountaineering Bennet, D.J. Ski Mountaineering In Scotland 1987 [128] p. illus. ma
1409 Alpine Conditioning Coker, Tessa Skilegs 1989? 38 p. illus.
1473 Alpine Equipment DeRocco, Anthony The Design, Construction And Evaluation Of A Snow SkiPres 1987 165 lvs. illus
4002 Alpine Video National Ski Patrol System Avalanche Rescue: Not A Second To Waste! 1992 VHS 30 min
4066 Alpine Video ESPN Home Video Let's Go Skiing Intermediate To Advanced 1994 VHS50 min.
2614 Alpine Handbook Sandles, Arthur The Ski Book 1975 196 p. illus.
2678 Alpine Handicap Professional Ski Instructors of America, East Adaptive Education And Examination Guide 1996
1288 Alpine Biography Frank, Robert L. A Way Of Life:The Story Of Otto Schneibs 1995 63 lvs. illus.
1351 Alpine Children Rice, Sylvia Teaching Young Children To Ski 1989 ii, 48 p. illus
3878 Alpine Video Body Prep!The Ultimate Ski Fitness Video! 1988 VHS101 min.
3942 Alpine Video Perlman, Eric Skiing Extreme III 1990 VHS 60 min
2490 Alpine Guide The Yellow Pages Of Skiing 1993 560 p. illus
2554 Alpine Guide Leocha, Charles Ski Europe 2000 319 p. illusmaps
1166 Alpine Autobiography Lunn, Sir Arnold Unkilled For So Long: The Memoirs Of Sir Arnold Lunn 1968 175 p.
1230 Alpine Autobiography Johnson, Lloyd R. The Perfect Turn:Alta And My Ski Experience 2002 124 p.
3754 Alpine Video Travel Video Corporation Ski Colorado 1985 VHS30 min
3818 Alpine Video StumpGreg The Good, The Rad, & The Gnarly 1987 VHS 76 min.
2366 Alpine Guide Cross, Wendy. editor Australian Skiing 1983 304 p. illus. maps
2430 Alpine Guide Reynolds, Kev The Jura 1989 192 p. illus. maps
3630 Alpine Video Skiing: The Beginning Movements 1965 VHS11 min
3694 Alpine Video Jalbert Productions To Be A Champion 1982 VHS26 min.
2242 Alpine Guide Buxton, John Buxton's Ski Guide:Midwest Ski Slopes 1963 128 p. illus. maps