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
2630 Alpine Handbook Miller, Peter Peter Miller's Ski Almanac 1979 308 p. illus.
2694 Alpine Lifts Paulsen Wire Rope Corporation [Wire Rope Catalogs] 1969? 1 v. (various pagin
1240 Alpine Biography Teal, Evelyn Flying Snowshoes 1957 181 p.
1303 Alpine Children Brown, Conrad Skiing For Beginners: A Complete And Simple Method For Ch 1951 63 p. illus.
3830 Alpine Video Ski The Best Of The West:Banff/Lake Louise & Sunshine Vill 1987 VHS
3894 Alpine Video Jalbert Productions White Circus 1989 VHS22 - 28 min.
2506 Alpine Guide Weichsel, Bernard. editor Ski USA: Travel Planning Guide 1994-1995 1994 132 p.
2570 Alpine Handbook Gerber Brothers Ski Manual 1938? 34 p. illus.
1182 Alpine Autobiography Ball, W.L. I Skied The Thirties 1981 116 p. illus.
3706 Alpine Video Jalbert Productions The Mark Of Champions 1983 VHS22 -28 min
3770 Alpine Video Killington Video Presentations Recreational Ski Racing 1986 VHS 32 min
2382 Alpine Guide Mead, Robin European Ski Resorts 1985 178 p. illus.
2446 Alpine Guide Walter, Claire The Best Ski Resorts Of America 1990
3584 Alpine Technique Greene, Nancy Nancy Greene's Pocketguide To Skiing 1996 20 p. illus.
3646 Alpine Video Jay, John Winter Magic Around The World 1975 VHS80 min
2258 Alpine Guide LaBaw, Wallace L. See And Ski In Colorado 1966 27 p. illus.
2322 Alpine Guide Davies, Hilary. editor Nicholson's Skiing In Europe 1976 40 p. illus. maps
3460 Alpine Technique Heggie, Jack Improve Your Skiing 1979 42 p.
3524 Alpine Technique West, Bill W. Distinctive Skiing 1986 159 p. illus.
2134 Alpine Freestyle Athans, Greg Ski Free 1978 126 p. illus
2198 Alpine Guide Jones, Garfield C. Lake Placid Ski Guide 1947 31 p. illus.
3336 Alpine Technique Ski Magazine Ski Pointers By The Experts 1964 vii, 241 p. illus.
3400 Alpine Technique Lund, Morten The Skier's Bible 1972 176 p. illus.
2013 Alpine Film International Harvester Company Scouting Old Sandy 1979 16 mm 22 min.
2077 Alpine Film Miller, Warren Steeper And Deeper 1992 16 mm.