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
3325 Alpine Technique Bourdon, Robert The New Way To Ski 1964 82 p. illus.
1634 Alpine Film Miller, Warren California Skis 1951
3137 Alpine Technique Jessup, Elon H. Skis And Skiing 1929 224 p. illus.
1698 Alpine Film Howard, Dr. Frank "Sun Valley Ski School" 1956
3201 Alpine Technique Inter-Association For Skiing Swiss Skiing Handbook 1938
1237 Alpine Biography Fairlie, Gerard Flight Without Wings: The Biography of Hannes Schneider 1957 223 p. illus
1510 Alpine Film Schneider, Hannes. director Skiing With Hannes Schneider 1936 l8 min
1300 Alpine Children D'Egville, Alan H. The Game Of Ski-ing 1937 76 p. illus.
3012 Alpine Racing Evans, Walt Alpine Youth Ski League Junior Handbook. 1991
1574 Alpine Film Union Pacific Railroad Sun Valley Skiing 1944? 16 mm. 20 min.
3076 Alpine Teaching Guid English Ski Council Ski Course Organiser Handbook 1989 76 p. illus
4371 Alpine Women Loring, Maggie Skiing: A Woman's Guide 1999 144 p. illus.
Alpine Children Crossingham, John Skiing In Action 2005 32 p. illus.
1179 Alpine Autobiography Cabot, Thomas D. Beggar On Horseback:The Autobiography Of Thomas D. Cab 1979 xi. 191 p. illus
2889 Alpine Physiology LeMaster, Ron The Skier's Edge 1999 160 p. illus.
1450 Alpine Equipment Consumer Guide Ski And Equipment Test Reports 1973 146 p. illus
2952 Alpine Racing D'Egville, Alan H. Slalom: Its Technique, Organization And Rules 1934 159 p. illus.
4250 Alpine Video Trimark Ultra Sports Gravity Games Winter One 2000 VHS 200 min.
4311 Alpine Wit & Humor Barsis, Max Schuss Cuties And Spill Billies, by Barsis 1947 45 plates
2770 Alpine Mountaineering Brower, David, editor The Sierra Club Manual of Ski Mountaineering 1969 236 p, illus.
2217 Alpine Guide Ski-ing In Europe: A Complete Directory Of Resorts AndTheir 1955 6l p. illus.
2833 Alpine Mountaineering Scott, Chic Summits And Ice Fields:Alpine Ski Tours In The Rockies And 1994 304 p. illus.
2281 Alpine Guide Anorak Ski Guide To Scottish Ski-ing 1969 16 p. illus
4126 Alpine Video Buglione, Brenda Ski Prime 1996 2 VHS cassettes
4190 Alpine Video Foster, Ellen Post Sking And The Art of Carving 1998 VHS60 min.