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
3693 Alpine Video Aetna Life & Casualty Flight Without Wings 1982 VHS27 min
2241 Alpine Guide Riddell, James Ski Holidays In The Alps 1962 400 p. illus.
2305 Alpine Guide Simonova, E. Zaoblachnye Trassy: Prielbruse, Dombai, Bakuriana=Above T 1973 80 p. illus
3507 Alpine Technique Hoppichler, Franz Ski With Us: The Teaching Method Of The Austrian Ski School 1985 160 p. illus.
3571 Alpine Technique Kavet, Herbert I. Skiing 1993 64 p.
2120 Alpine Film Smith, Warren Snow Odyssey II 2000 16 mm.90 min
2181 Alpine Guide Sweet Caporal Skiers' Guide 1940 unpaged. illus. m
3383 Alpine Technique Reilly, A.M. Skiing:A Beginner's Guide 1970 109 p. illus.
3447 Alpine Technique Evans, Harold We Learned To Ski 1977
1996 Alpine Film Salomon North America Helix 1977 16 mm. 22 min.
2060 Alpine Film Barrymore, Dick Rendezvous In Jackson Hole 1986 16 mm. 28 min
3259 Alpine Technique Capitman, Bill Learning To Ski 1953
3323 Alpine Technique Eleven Steps To Skiing 1963 20 p.
1872 Alpine Film Learn To Ski 1969 16 mm.14 min
1936 Alpine Film Barrymore, Dick Day Of Greatness 1974 16 mm. 60 min
3135 Alpine Technique Caulfeild, Vivian Ski-ing Turns 1929
3199 Alpine Technique Georg, Hans Skiing Simplified 1938 72 p. illus.
1748 Alpine Film Jay, John Stars In The Snow 1962 16 mm
1812 Alpine Film U.S. Department of the Army Avalanche Hazards, Part 2 1966 16 mm. 29 min
4337 Alpine Wit & Humor Peterson, Craig The Wacky World Of Skiing 1980 119 p. illus.
3010 Alpine Racing Major, James World Cup Ski Technique 2 1990 384 p. illus.
3074 Alpine Teaching Guid Professional Ski Instructors of America--Northwest Alpine Exam Guide And Workbook 1987
1624 Alpine Film Miller, Warren Deep And Light 1950
1688 Alpine Film Thorner, Hans The Story of Steel In Relation To Skiing 1955
4216 Alpine Video McNally, Mark Groms 1999 VHS30 min.