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
499 Nordic Guide Barton, Harlan N. Peak To Peak Ski Trails Of The Colorado Front Range 1989 vii, 236 p. illus.
4990 Combined Fiction McLelland, Isabel Ski Cabin 1958 191 p.?
4991 Combined Fiction McLelland, Isabel Ski Cabin 1958 191 p.
4992 Combined Fiction Moyes, Patricia Dead Men Don't Ski 1958 280 p.
4993 Combined Fiction Stanford, Don Ski Town! 1958 212 p. illus.
4994 Combined Fiction van der Loeff, A. Rutgers Avalanche! 1958 219 p. illus.
4995 Combined Fiction Atwater, Montgomery The Ski Lodge Mystery 1959 184 p.
4996 Combined Fiction Moyes, Patricia Dead Men Don't Ski 1959 256 p.
4997 Combined Fiction Moyes, Patricia Dead Men Don't Ski 1959 288 p.
4998 Combined Fiction van der Loeff, A. Rutgers Avalanche! 1959 184 p.
4999 Combined Fiction Kohner, Frederick Cher Papa 1960 190 p.
5 Nordic Autobiography Lindley, Sir Francis Oswald A Diplomat Off Duty 1928 195 p. illus
50 Nordic Biography Pound, Reginald Scott Of The Antarctic 1968 304 p.
500 Nordic Guide Buchanan, James W. Minnesota Walk Book, Volume I: A Guide To Hiking And Cros 1989 v. illus.
5000 Combined Fiction Miller, Helen Markley Ski Fast, Ski Long 1960 215 p.
5001 Combined Fiction Bennett, D. Under The Skin 1961 223 p.
5002 Combined Fiction Gair, Malcolm The Snow Job 1962 191 p.
5003 Combined Fiction Gair, Malcolm The Snow Job 1962 192 p.
5004 Combined Fiction Innes, Hammond The Lonely Skier 1962 192 p.
5005 Combined Fiction Wunsch, Josephine Flying Skis 1962 212 p.
5006 Combined Fiction Glyn, Anthony Kick Turn 1963 336 p.
5007 Combined Fiction Hall, Oakley The Downhill Racers 1963 280 p.
5008 Combined Fiction Hall, Oakley The Downhill Racers 1963 308 p.
5009 Combined Fiction Hall, Oakley The Downhill Racers 1963 308 p.
501 Nordic Guide Caughey, Bruce The Colorado Guide 1989 614 p. illus.