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
1565 Alpine Film Warner Brothers Mountain Fighters 1943 35 mm.30 min.
1566 Alpine Film Howard, Dr. Frank Ski Three 1944 16 mm 45 min
1567 Alpine Film Lang, Otto Ski Meister 1944
1568 Alpine Film Lang, Otto Snow Eagles 1944
1569 Alpine Film Pote, Winston Ski Thrills In The Canadian Rockies 1944 16 mm.
157 Nordic Expedition Fulton, John Henry Westropp With Ski In Norway And Lapland 1911 254 p. illus.
1570 Alpine Film Pote, Winston Unexplored Ski Slopes 1944 16mm.
1571 Alpine Film Pratt, Fearing Skiing In Yankeeland 1944 16 mm.
1572 Alpine Film Pratt, Fearing Sun Valley Ski Fun 1944 16mm.
1573 Alpine Film Schneider, Hannes Hannes Schneider Ski Technique 1944? 16 mm. 3 reels
1574 Alpine Film Union Pacific Railroad Sun Valley Skiing 1944? 16 mm. 20 min.
1575 Alpine Film Canadian Pacific Railway Company Skiing In The Laurentians 1945 16 mm. 11 min
1576 Alpine Film Jay, John Hickory Holiday 1945 16 mm
1577 Alpine Film Twentieth Century Fox Ski Aces 1945
1578 Alpine Film Jay, John Skis In The Sky 1946 16 mm.
1579 Alpine Film National Film Board of Canada Ski Skill 1946 16 mm. 10 min
158 Nordic Expedition Amundsen, Roald The South Pole: An Account Of The Norwegian Antarctic Exp 1912 2 v. illus. maps
1580 Alpine Film Pico Peak Pico Powder 1946 16 mm.
1581 Alpine Film Pico Peak Ski Song Pico Peak 1946 16 mm
1582 Alpine Film Margie Of The Wasatch 1946- 16 mm. 45 min.
1583 Alpine Film Pratt, Fearing Ski Thrills In The Sierras 1946 16 mm.
1584 Alpine Film Canadian National Railways Song Of The Ski 1947 16 mm.20 min
1585 Alpine Film Foeger, Luggi Rhythm On Snow 1947 33 min
1586 Alpine Film Howard, Dr. Frank Ski Novice 1947 16 mm. 11 mins
1587 Alpine Film Jay, John Singing Skis 1947 16 mm.