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
2156 Alpine Guide Winter In The Grissons 1911 31 p.
3358 Alpine Technique Joubert, Georges How To Ski The New French Way 1967 207 p. illus.
3422 Alpine Technique Jerome, John Skiing 1975 96 p. illus.
2035 Alpine Film Jalbert Productions Anatomy Of The Downhill 1981 16 mm.30 min?
3234 Alpine Technique Engen, Alf How To Ski 1948 Booklet
3298 Alpine Technique Lantschner, Hellmut Ski-ing For Beginners 1960 93 p. illus.
1911 Alpine Film K-2 Ski Corporation K-2 Short Film 1972 16 mm. 17 min
3110 Alpine Technique Lunn, Sir Arnold Ski-ing 1913 256 p. illus.
3174 Alpine Technique Lang, Otto Downhill Skiing 1936 76. p. illus.
1787 Alpine Film Bourdon, Robert 1965 Interski 1965 30 min.
2985 Alpine Racing United States Ski Team Alpine Training Manual 1978
3049 Alpine Teaching Guid Chase, Curt The Aspen Ski School System: A Guide For Teaching Skiing 1970 36 p.
1663 Alpine Film Youngson, Robert. producer Head Over Heels 1953 35 mm.10 min.
4255 Alpine Video Our Turn 2000 VHS35 min.
Alpine Mountaineering Seamen, Peter Follow The Sun:A Traverse Of The Alps On Skis 2003 84 p. illus.
2925 Alpine Psychology Gallwey, W. Timothy Inner Skiing 1979 191 p.
1539 Alpine Film Canadian Pacific Railway Company Winter Playground 1940 16 mm. 15 min
4131 Alpine Video Klassen, Karl Beating The Odds 1996 VHS48 min.
2744 Alpine Mountaineering Wedderburn, E.A. Alpine Climbing On Foot And With Ski 1937 118 p.
2807 Alpine Mountaineering Thorp, Dave Skiing Alaska's Back Forty 1987 92 p. illus.
1415 Alpine Conditioning Thomas, George Performance Skiing: Training And Techniques To Make You 1992 198 p. illus.
4008 Alpine Video Skiing Magazine The Signature Of Excellence: The 5 Keys To Carving 1992 VHS35 min.
2620 Alpine Handbook Berry, I. William The Skier's Almanac 1978 xiii, 305 p.
2684 Alpine Lifts Laing, Robert Stanley Ski Tow Study With Oberservations Of The Sweden Speed Sk 1940 30 lvs.
1294 Alpine Biography Dippold, Joel Picabo Street: Downhill Dynamo 1998 64 p. illus.