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
250 Nordic Film Fuller, John. director The Cross-Country Challenge: Skiing Mount Rainier 197? 16 mm. 18 min.
4229 Alpine Video The North Face Higher On The Mountain 1999 VHS
313 Nordic Guide Bass, Medora. editor Ski Touring Guide To New England 1973 288 p. maps.
4291 Alpine Waxing Hertel, Terry Wax Fax 199? 23 p. illus.
2840 Alpine Mountaineering Morris, Halstead Backcountry Skier's Field Book 1997
6795 Combined Sound Recordi Martinez, Enor Ski Teaching In Portugese 1991? audio cassette
2900 Alpine Powder, Heli & Rogers, Neal Powder Paradise 1991 128 p. illus.
6859 Combined Surveys & Lift I Goeldner, Charles R. The Airlines' Skier: A Pilot Study Of Nonresident Skiers Using 1974 iv, 41 lvs.
5424 Combined History Curtis, Will Times Gone By: Woodstock: Views of An Early Vermont Villag 1976 88 p. illus.
1513 Alpine Film Langfield, Sidney. director Thin Ice 1937 78 min.
5487 Combined History Grenfell, Christopher C. Development Of Skiing In The San Bernardino Mountains 1981 28 p.
1577 Alpine Film Twentieth Century Fox Ski Aces 1945
127 Nordic Expedition Nansen, Fridtjof The First Crossing Of Greenland 1895 452 p. illus.
4105 Alpine Video Jalbert Productions America's Golden Ski Anniversary 1995 VHS45 min
191 Nordic Expedition Du Chaillu, Paul The Land Of The Long Night 1971 svii, 266 p. illus.
4169 Alpine Video Miller, Warren Warren Miller's Snowriders 2:The Journey Continues 1997 VHS95 min.
2718 Alpine Lifts Simonsen, William. The Lift Evacuation Technical Manual 1990 iii, 59 p. illus
6674 Combined Ski Patrolling Woodrow, Richard E. Backcountry Report And Ski Area Boundary Management Guidelines 28 p.
2781 Alpine Mountaineering Bernstein, Jeremy Mountain Passages 1978 278 p. illus.
6733 Combined Skier Educatio Cuyler, Lewis C. Skier Education Programs:First Award Of ExcellenceComp 1986 iv, 99 p. illus.
5300 Combined History Palmedo, Roland. editor Skiing:The International Sport 1937 328 p. illus.
1389 Alpine Conditioning Morris, Margaret Ski-ing Exercises 1936 60 p. illus.
5364 Combined History Mazuzan, George Thaire Skiing In Vermont:Four Case Studies 1964 iii, 134 lvs. illus
1453 Alpine Equipment Ski Magazine 1974 Ski Equipment Survey, Volume II 1974 67 p.
3982 Alpine Video Engen, Alf Interview With Alf Engen for NBC News 1992 VHS90 min