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
3152 Alpine Technique Schniebs, Otto Modern Ski Technique 1932 103 p. illus.
1765 Alpine Film Vermont Development Department Vermont Ski Story 1963 16 mm. 28 min.
1829 Alpine Film Barrymore, Dick The Subject Was Skiing 1968 16 mm. 28 min
4354 Alpine Wit & Humor Nealy, William Skiing Tales Of Terror 1990 n.p. illus.
2963 Alpine Racing Bear, Ruedi Some Outlines And Advice Four Young Racers 1969
3027 Alpine Slope Design Acton, Michael A. The Use Of Environmentally-Sound, Best-Management Practic 1984 152 lvs. Illus.
1641 Alpine Film Jay, John Olympic Victory 1952 16 mm
1705 Alpine Film Edelweiss Lodge 1956
1258 Alpine Biography Infield, Glenn B. Leni Riefenstahl:The Fallen Film Goddess 1976 278 p. illus.
4233 Alpine Video Teton Gravity Research Area 51 1999 VHS
1321 Alpine Children Verschoth, Anita One, Two, Ski!The Easy American Way 1976 126 p. illus.
4295 Alpine Waxing Brady, Michael Waxing And Care Of Skis And Snowboards 2001 viii, 120 p. illus.
2844 Alpine Mountaineering Burnier, Francois Hors Pistes Chamonix Off Piste 1998 197 p.
2904 Alpine Powder, Heli & Gmoser, Hans The CMH Gallery;A Visual Celebration Of CMH Heli-Skiing A 1996 127 p. illus.
1517 Alpine Film Oh Say Can You Ski? 1938?
1581 Alpine Film Pico Peak Ski Song Pico Peak 1946 16 mm
4109 Alpine Video Madacy Video Colorado 1995 VHS60 min
1200 Alpine Autobiography Burr, T.J. Rocky Mountain Adventure Collection: The Adventures of a C 1992 304 p.illus.
4173 Alpine Video National Ski Patrol System Alpine Toboggan Training 1997 VHS15 min
2722 Alpine Lifts Maine. Elevator And Tramway Installers And Operators 1996 16 p.
2785 Alpine Mountaineering Rowell, Galen High And Wild: A Mountaineer's World 1979 159 p. illus.
1393 Alpine Conditioning Coombes, M. Pre-Ski Exercises 1954 40 p. illus.
1457 Alpine Equipment Fohrell, William Barnett Vibration And Viscoelastic Damping Of Laminated Beams: A 1977 129 lvs. illus
3986 Alpine Video Heckleman, Martin Powder Skiing Made Easy 1992 VHS54 min
4050 Alpine Video Novotny, Al Colorado Ski Resorts 1993 VHS