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
1498 Alpine Film Fanck, Arnold White Ecstasy (The Ski Chase) 1931 80 min
1499 Alpine Film McCrillis, John. photographer Dartmouth Outing Club Downhill Ski Race On Mt. Moosilauke 1931 16 mm. 7 mins.
15 Nordic Autobiography Vordenberg, Peter Momentum:Chasing The Olympic Dream 2002 192 p. illus.
150 Nordic Expedition Du Chaillu, Paul The Land Of The Long Night 1905 xvii, 266 p. illus.
1500 Alpine Film Fanck, Arnold Slalom 1932 67 min
1501 Alpine Film Lanfield, Sydney. director The Hat Check Girl 1932
1502 Alpine Film Ware, W.P. On Peckett's Inn And Ski School 1932 12 mins
1503 Alpine Film Coty, Victor Olympics, 1932 1933
1504 Alpine Film Vadja, L.director Love On Skis 1933 65 min.
1505 Alpine Film Cooke, Ted On Gunstock Ski Hoist 1935 7 mins.
1506 Alpine Film Howard, Dr. Frank All Year Skiing In California 1935
1507 Alpine Film Lang, Otto Snow Flight 1935 22 min
1508 Alpine Film Young, Christopher Dr. Schlitz Climbs Mt. Washington 1935 35 mm
1509 Alpine Film Young, Christopher. producer, director, & st Dr. Schlitz 1936 16 mm.20 min
151 Nordic Expedition Nordenskjold, Otto Antarctica: Or, Two Years Amongst The Ice Of The South Pole 1905 xvii, 608 p.illus. maps
1510 Alpine Film Schneider, Hannes. director Skiing With Hannes Schneider 1936 l8 min
1511 Alpine Film Wagner, Walter. producer The Moon's Our Home 1936
1512 Alpine Film Lang, Otto Ski Flight 1937 16 mm. 10 mins
1513 Alpine Film Langfield, Sidney. director Thin Ice 1937 78 min.
1514 Alpine Film Ruggles, Wesley.director & producer I Met Him In Paris 1937 86 min
1515 Alpine Film Schniebs, Otto Modern Ski Technique 1937? 16 mm. 30 min.
1516 Alpine Film Thorgerson, Ed How To Ski 1937 16 mm.10 min.
1517 Alpine Film Oh Say Can You Ski? 1938?
1518 Alpine Film Kimball, Harold The Fox Chase 1938 16 mm.10 min.
1519 Alpine Film Shurcliff, Sidney Ski America First 1938 16 mm.