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
1169 Alpine Autobiography Greene, Nancy Nancy Greene:An Autobiography 1971 vii, 180 p.
3757 Alpine Video Mogul Skiing 1985 27 minutes
2369 Alpine Guide Shears, Richard A Skier's Guide To Australia And New Zealand 1983 188 p. illus, maps
2433 Alpine Guide Thorne, Patrick Berlitz Italy Ski Guide 1989 224 p. illus
3633 Alpine Video Siodmak, Curt. director Ski Fever 1968 2 3/4 inch casset
2245 Alpine Guide Pause, Walter Salute The Skier: The Hundred Best Ski Runs In The Alps 1963 211 p. illus.
2309 Alpine Guide Minnesota. Dept. of Economic Development Guide To Skiing In Minnesota 1974 12 p. illus
3511 Alpine Technique Snellman, Walt The Skills Of Skiing 1985 208 p. illus.
Alpine Film Faversham, T.M. producer & director Solilochairliftquist 2005 4 min.
2185 Alpine Guide Writers' Program, Work Progress Administration, State of Oregon Mount Hood: A Guide 1940 132 p. illus.
3387 Alpine Technique Black, Rick Snowplow Into Parallel Skiing 1971 54 p.
2000 Alpine Film Barrymore, Dick Wild Skis 1978
2064 Alpine Film Barrymore, Dick Scandinavian Ski Safari 1987 16 mm. 28 min
3263 Alpine Technique Georg, Hans Modern Ski Systems 1954 64 p. illus.
1876 Alpine Film Barrymore, Dick Once In A Lifetime 1970 16 mm. 60 min
1940 Alpine Film Formosa Spring Brewery Up The Country 1974 16 mm. 30 min.
3139 Alpine Technique Lunn, Sir Arnold Ski-ing For Beginners 1929 133 p.
1752 Alpine Film Walt Disney Productions Fantasy On Skis 1962 16 mm. 60 min
1816 Alpine Film Hart Ski Manufacturing Company The Incredible Skis 1967 16 mm. 26 min.
4341 Alpine Wit & Humor Heath, Ian The Golden Rules Of Skiing 1984 47 p. illus
3014 Alpine Racing Thomas, George Performance Skiing: Training And Techniques To Make You 1992 198 p. illus.
1628 Alpine Film Durrance, Dick Norway Nation On Skis 1951
1692 Alpine Film Coty, Victor White Magic 1956? Color
4220 Alpine Video New England Ski Museum Purple Mountain Majesty:A History Of The ThunderboltSki 1999 VHS26 min.
4284 Alpine Video Levin, David Blunt 2002 DVD60 min.