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
2237 Alpine Guide Pain, William. editor The American Ski Directory 1961 415 p. illus
2301 Alpine Guide Lakovitch, Joe Ski Guide To The Northeast 1973 164 p. illus.
3503 Alpine Technique Mittermaier, Rosi Skiing 1984 158 p. illus.
3567 Alpine Technique Allsop, David Bluff Your Way In Skiing 1993 78 p.
2116 Alpine Film Teton Gravity Research Area 51 1999 16 mm.
2177 Alpine Guide Pfeifer, Friedl. editor The Sun Valley Ski Book 1939 94 p. illus.
3379 Alpine Technique Lund, Morten Ski GLM: The Fastest And Safest Way To Learn 1970 320 p. illus.
3443 Alpine Technique Boy Scouts of America Skiing 1977 57 p. illus
1992 Alpine Film Durrance, Dick Early Winters 1977
2056 Alpine Film Bogner, Willy Fire And Ice 1985
3255 Alpine Technique Johnston, Jimmy The Modern Fundamentals Of Skiing 1952
3319 Alpine Technique Pfeiffer, Doug Skiing With Pfeiffer, Adapted From The Manuscript, It's Easy 1963 96 p. illus.
1868 Alpine Film Smythe, Cyrus Skiing: Traverse 1969 Sup 8mm4 min
1932 Alpine Film Ransom Photographers, Canada. Ski Alberta 1973 16 mm28 min
3131 Alpine Technique Caulfeild, Vivian How To Ski And How Not To 1927 illus.
3195 Alpine Technique Schniebs, Otto Modern Skiing 1937 119 p. illus.
1744 Alpine Film Miller, Warren Many Moods Of Skiing 1961
1808 Alpine Film Miller, Warren Ski On The Wild Side 1966 16 mm.104 min.
4333 Alpine Wit & Humor Paulsen, Gary Downhill, Hotdogging, And Cross-Country--If The Snow Isn't St 1979 31 p. illus.
3006 Alpine Racing Evans, Walt. editor Alpine Junior Handbook 1990 1989 144 p. illus.
3070 Alpine Teaching Guid Hutchinson, John Skiing,A Manual For Teachers 1984 97 p. illus
1620 Alpine Film Howard, Dr. Frank Ski Technics For The 1950's 1950? 16 mm.11 min.
1684 Alpine Film Murri, Robert Little Skier's Big Day 1955
4212 Alpine Video Coyote, Peter Avalanche 1999 VHS 60 min.
4276 Alpine Video Getting There 2002 DVD85 min.