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
3800 Alpine Video Brown, Roger The Edge 1987 VHS93 min
2348 Alpine Guide Pfeifer, Luanne Ski California:A Complete Guide To Downhill And Cross-Cou 1980 xii, 195 p. illus
2412 Alpine Guide Walter, Claire The Best Ski Resorts In America 1988 224 p.
3614 Alpine Technique Deslauriers, Eric Ski The Whole Mountain:How To Ski Any Condition At Any T 2002 192 p. illus.
3676 Alpine Video Morris, Johnny Ski Scene: Aspen, Colorado and Steamboat Springs, Colorad 1980 VHS60 min
2224 Alpine Guide Washington (State), Dept. of Conservation and Development. Division of Progress and Industr Skiing's Great In Washington State 1957? 7 p. illus.
2288 Alpine Guide Tillard, R. Ski Zermatt 1970
3490 Alpine Technique Abraham, Horst Skiing Right; With A Collection Of Assorted Essays And Obser 1983 237 p. illus
3554 Alpine Technique Foxon, Fred Skiing: Technique, Tactics, Training 1991 126 p. illus
2103 Alpine Film Begin, Christian No Man's Land 1998
2164 Alpine Guide Dawson, C.W. Mount Gurnigel Ski Tours 1929 illus.
3366 Alpine Technique Clein, Marvin Beginning Skiing 1968 59 p. illus.
3430 Alpine Technique Evans, Harold We Learned To Ski 1976 255 p. illus
1979 Alpine Film Miller, Warren Skiing On My Mind 1976
2043 Alpine Film SPI-KSA The Alpine Ski School 1982 76 min?
3242 Alpine Technique Huber, Eddie The Complete Ski Manual: How To Begin, How To Improve, H 1949 x, 129 p. illus.
3306 Alpine Technique Editors of Ski Life Magazine Ski Pointers By The Experts 1961 254 p. illus.
1855 Alpine Film Miller, Warren This Is Skiing 1969
1919 Alpine Film Tokar, Norman. director Snowball Express 1972 90 min.
3118 Alpine Technique Caulfeild, Vivian Ski-ing Turns 1924 279 p. illus.
3182 Alpine Technique Bracken, William R. Sk-ing: Its Technique 1937 70 p. illus.
1731 Alpine Film The Athletic Institute Skiing 1960? 35 mm. Slide film
1795 Alpine Film National Ski Patrol System National Ski Patrol Safety Film 1965 15 min
4320 Alpine Wit & Humor Nitka, Louis Ski With Nitka 1964
2993 Alpine Racing LaMarch, Tim United States Ski Team Training Manual 1985