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
1760 Alpine Film Miller, Warren The Sound Of Skiing 1963
1824 Alpine Film United Air Lines Yoo hoo!I'm A Bird 1967 16 mm. 28 min
4349 Alpine Wit & Humor Miller, Warren Wine, Women, Warren And Skis 1988 113 p. illus.
2958 Alpine Racing Wells, Ward M. An Evaluation Of The Methods Either In Use Or Proposed For 1955 179 lvs. illus
3022 Alpine Racing Barnum-Reece, Richard The Gonzo File:Mormons, Ski Racing, Sex, Drugs And Rock 1999 218 p. illus.
1636 Alpine Film Benafield, Jay. producer Winter Holiday 1952 35 mm. 8 min
1700 Alpine Film Jay, John Great White World 1956 16 mm
4228 Alpine Video Top Performance LLC Fast Tuning 1999? VHS38 min.
4290 Alpine Waxing Swix The 1984/85 Swix Alpine Waxing Manual 1984 8 p. illus. map, forms
2839 Alpine Mountaineering Haddad, Ron Indian Peak Descents:Ski Mountaineering And Snowboardin 1996 vii, 147 p. photos.
2899 Alpine Powder, Heli & Gmoser, Hans Twenty-Five Years Of CMH HeliSkiing 1991 128 p. illus.
1512 Alpine Film Lang, Otto Ski Flight 1937 16 mm. 10 mins
1576 Alpine Film Jay, John Hickory Holiday 1945 16 mm
4104 Alpine Video Heckelman, Martin How To Ski Moguls 1995 VHS62 min.
4168 Alpine Video Miller, Warren Warren Miller's Ski World 1997 VHS90 min
2717 Alpine Lifts International Organization for Transportation by Rope, N. Am. Section (4th: 1990, La Quinta, Fourth OITAF-NACS Symposium 1990 xii, 204 p. illus. map
2780 Alpine Mountaineering Van Alstine, Tom An Alpine Touring Guide To The West Kootenays 1977? 26 p. illus. maps
1388 Alpine Conditioning Morris, Margaret Ski-ing Exercises 1934 60 p.illus.
1452 Alpine Equipment Gardiner, Richard J. Dynamic Modeling For Ski Design 1974 xii, 67 lvs. illus
3981 Alpine Video Deer Valley Ski School Ski With Style And Elegance 1992 VHS45 min.
4045 Alpine Video National Ski Patrol System Land Of One Season: The Basics Of Mountain Safety 1993 VHS30 mins.
2593 Alpine Handbook Robinson, Neil The Complete Ski Handbook 1965 112 p. illus
2657 Alpine Handbook St. John, Allen Skiing For Dummies 1999 xxii, 334 p. illus.
1267 Alpine Biography Fiester, Mark Look For Me In Heaven:The Life Of John Lewis Dyer 1980 504 p. illus.
1330 Alpine Children Ross, Tim. editor Ski Racing For Children 1980 88 p. illus.