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
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.
2891 Alpine Powder, Heli & Engen, Sverre Ski With Sverre: Deep Snow And Packed Slope Ski Techniqu 1951 144 p. illus.
2892 Alpine Powder, Heli & The Mount Hood Ski School A Handbook For Deep Snow Skiing 1966 24 lvs.illus
1505 Alpine Film Cooke, Ted On Gunstock Ski Hoist 1935 7 mins.
1569 Alpine Film Pote, Winston Ski Thrills In The Canadian Rockies 1944 16 mm.
4097 Alpine Video Dukeman, Joe. director Small Planet, Big Winter 1995 VHS52 min
4161 Alpine Video Heckelman, Martin Skiing With Shaped Skis Made Easy 1997 VHS62 min.
2773 Alpine Mountaineering Tejada-Flores, Lito Wilderness Skiing 1972 310 p. illus.
1383 Alpine Children Chapman, Garry Snow 2001
1445 Alpine Equipment Northland Ski Manufacturing Company Northland 1965 25 p. illus
3974 Alpine Video Stump, Greg Steep Techniques With Scot Schmidt 1991 VHS45 min.