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 Sort descending Date Issue
6986 Combined Weather Forec Burroughs, William Mountain Weather: A Guide For Skiers And Hillwalkers 1995 112 p. illus. maps
5550 Combined History United States Ski Team 1988 Media Guide 1987 159 p. illus.
1640 Alpine Film Howard, Dr. Frank Ski Safari 1952? 16 mm. 11 min.
5615 Combined History 1994 U.S. Ski Team Media Guide 1994? 248 p. illus.
1704 Alpine Film Union Pacific Railroad Winter In Sun Valley 1956 28 min
253 Nordic Film Cloud 9 Films Cross-Country 1970? Super 8 mm.
4232 Alpine Video Winter, Steve Global Storming 1999 VHS & DVD70
316 Nordic Guide Hannan, Leo X-C Ski Trails: Anchorage Bowl Area 1973 53 p. illus.
4294 Alpine Waxing Swix Swix Alpine Tech Manual 99/2000 1999
2843 Alpine Mountaineering Blair, Seabury Backountry Ski!Washington The Best Trails And Descents Fo 1998 219 p. illus.
6798 Combined Sound Recordi Fiennes, Sir Ranulph Mind Over Matter:The Epic Crossing Of The Antarctic Contin 1994 6 sound cassette
2903 Alpine Powder, Heli & Shelton, Lloyd Crawford Helicoper Skiing In The Idaho Panhandle: A Feasibility Study 1993 141 lvs. illus
6862 Combined Surveys & Lift I Lundy, Robert Dialogue With Skiers: Summary Of Three Lift Interview Studi 1975 7:00 PM
5427 Combined History Oppenheimer, Doug Sun Valley:A Biography 1976 185 p. illus.
1516 Alpine Film Thorgerson, Ed How To Ski 1937 16 mm.10 min.
5490 Combined History Ski Club Hochegebirge Ski Club Hochegebirge 1931-1981 1981?
1580 Alpine Film Pico Peak Pico Powder 1946 16 mm.
4108 Alpine Video Lang, Otto The Basic Principles Of Skiing 1995 VHS38 min.
4172 Alpine Video Miller, Warren Snowriders II 1997 VHS
2721 Alpine Lifts International Organization for Transportation by Rope, N. Am. Section (5th, 1992 Steamboat OITAF-NACS Fifth Symposium: August 30 - Sept. 2, 1992 1993 xii, 312 p. illus.
6677 Combined Ski Patrolling National Ski Patrol System WEC Instructor's Manual 1988
2784 Alpine Mountaineering Federated Mountian Clubs of New Zealand Safety In The Mountains;A Field Guide of Reminders ForVi 1979 48 p. illus.
6736 Combined Snow-Making Sno-Engineering, Inc. Technical/Economic Feasibility Study For Snowmaking At Mt. 1974 Vol. I 61 p. & Vol. II 152 p.
5303 Combined History Ski Club of the Canadian Rockies The Development Of Skiing In The Canadian Rockies With Notes On Immigration, Mountain Agriculture, And S David Forkes notes that it is typescript.
1392 Alpine Conditioning Riffon, N. Better Health Through Skiing 1945 39 p. illus.