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
4209 Alpine Video America's Medal Moments 1998 VHS50 min.
4273 Alpine Video Wind Up Films The Flying Circus 2001 VHS
2880 Alpine Physiology De Jonge, Kathy Jo Metabolic Cost Of Simulated Downhill Ski Ergometry in Fema 1993 23 lvs.
2943 Alpine Psychology Valentine, Max The Zen Of Skiing 1995 119 p.
1493 Alpine Film Fanck, Arnold Mountain Of Destiny 1924?
1557 Alpine Film U.S.War Department Ski Safety: First Aid And Emergency Repair Of Equipment 1942 16 mm. 41 mins
4086 Alpine Video Ski Visions Ski Visions Ski Tuning Video 1994 VHS30 min
4149 Alpine Video Warren Miller's Learn To Ski Better 1996 VHS85 min.
2761 Alpine Mountaineering Smythe, Francis Sydney Climbs And Ski Runs; Mountaineering And Ski-ing In The Alps 1957 197 p. illus
2825 Alpine Mountaineering Smoot, Jeff Summit Guide To The Cascade Volcanoes 1992 182 p. illus.
1371 Alpine Children Alderson, John Captain Zembo's Ski And Snowboarding Teaching Guide For 1996 33 p. illus.
1433 Alpine Equipment Northland Skis:Ice And Field Hockey Sticks, Toboggans, Sno 1936? 68 p. illus.
3962 Alpine Video DeBoer, Jake Canada's Western Ski Resorts 1991 VHS28 min
4026 Alpine Video Fanck, Arnold White Ecstasy (The Ski Chase) 1993 VHS 80 min.
2638 Alpine Handbook Casewit, Curtis W. The Skier's Companion 1984 168 p. illus
2702 Alpine Lifts Colorado. Dept. of Regulatory Agencies Passenger Tramway Safety Board 1977 viii, 69 lvs.
1248 Alpine Biography Bowen, Norman R. editor Lowell Thomas: The Stranger Everybody Knows 1968 187 p. illus.
1311 Alpine Children Tinker, Gene Let's Learn To Ski 1966 117 p. illus.
3838 Alpine Video Ski Utah 1987 VHS30 min
3902 Alpine Video National Ski Patrol System History And Physical Examination 1989 VHS 16 min
2514 Alpine Guide Access Western United States Ski Country 1995 239 p. illus. maps
2578 Alpine Handbook Harper, Frank Skiing For The Millions 1945 242 p. illus.
1190 Alpine Autobiography Cranfield, Ingrid Skiing Down Everest: And Other Crazy Adventures 1983 208 p.illus.
3714 Alpine Video Miller, Warren Ski Time! 1983 VHS102 min
3778 Alpine Video Miller, Warren Steep And Deep 1986 VHS92 min