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 Sort descending Author 1 Title Publication Date Issue
59 Nordic Biography Huntford, Roland The Last Place On Earth 1985 xx, 665 p. illus.
1264 Alpine Biography Valens, Evans G. The Other Side Of The Mountain: Part II 1978 270 p. illus
1233 Alpine Biography Davis, F.B. A Memorial To "Snow-shoe"Thompson, Hero Of The Sierras 1926 14 p. illus.
1297 Alpine Biography Brown, Richard Struan:The Extraordinary Story Of Karl And Eileen Fuchs 2000 515 p. illus.
60 Nordic Biography Huntford, Roland The Last Place On Earth 1985
1265 Alpine Biography Amstutz, Walter Portrait Of A Pioneer:Sir Arnold Lunn, 1883-1974 1979 20 p. ports.
1234 Alpine Biography Ylvisaker, Erling The Story Of Snowshoe Thompson 1934 15 p.
Alpine Biography Woodlief, Jennifer Ski To Die: The Bill Johnson Story 2005 247 p. illus.
61 Nordic Biography Huntford, Roland The Last Place On Earth 1985 565 p. illus.
1266 Biography Fry, John Winners On The Ski Slopes 1979 48 p. illus.
1235 Alpine Biography Wright, William Snow-Shoe Thompson 1856-1876 1954 xv. 63 p.
62 Nordic Biography Swenson, Janet Milek Victims:The Kari Swenson Story 1989
1267 Alpine Biography Fiester, Mark Look For Me In Heaven:The Life Of John Lewis Dyer 1980 504 p. illus.
1236 Alpine Biography Fairlie, Gerard Flight Without Wings: The Biography of Hannes Schneider 1957 223 p. illus
63 Nordic Biography Wierenga, Evelyn Ostraat Snowshoe Thompson: A Norwegian Hero On Skis 1990 21 p.
1268 Alpine Biography Hahn, James Killy!The Sports Career Of Jean-Claude Killy 1981 47 p. illus.
32 Nordic Biography Brogger, W.C. Fridtjof Nansen 1896 350 p. illus. maps
1237 Alpine Biography Fairlie, Gerard Flight Without Wings: The Biography of Hannes Schneider 1957 223 p. illus
64 Nordic Biography Huntford, Roland Scott And Amundsen 1993 xvi, 655 p. illus.
1269 Alpine Biography Coady, Mary Frances Steve Podborski:Fast, Faster, Fastest! 1983 48 p. illus.
33 Nordic Biography Astrup, Elvind The "Fram" Expedition; Nansen In The Frozen World; Preced 1897 531 p. illus. maps
1238 Alpine Biography Frank, Virginia Katherine Hannes Schneider: His Life And Contributions To Skiing 1957 ii, 94 lvs
65 Nordic Biography Johannsen, Alice E. Legendary Jackrabbit Johannsen 1993 311 p. illus.
1270 Alpine Biography Putnam, William Lowell Joe Dodge:One New Hampshire Institution 1986 184 p.illus.
34 Nordic Biography Bain, J. Arthur Life And Adventures Of Nansen:The Great Arctic Explorer 1897 xix, 450 p. 7 plates