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
1232 Alpine Biography C.J.J. Otis Grey, Bachelor 1902 95 p. illus.
1296 Alpine Biography Wilson, Bill Challenging The Mountain:The Life And Times Of Wendell R 1998 249 p.
40 Nordic Biography Douglas, Mary Across Greenland's Ice-Fields: The Adventures Of Nansen And 1897 vi. 218 p. illus.
1265 Alpine Biography Amstutz, Walter Portrait Of A Pioneer:Sir Arnold Lunn, 1883-1974 1979 20 p. ports.
72 Nordic Biography Huntford, Roland The Last Place On Earth: Scott And Amundsen's Race To The 1999 xxxii, 588 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.
41 Nordic Biography Bain, J. Arthur Life And Explorations of Fridtjof Nansen 1898
1266 Biography Fry, John Winners On The Ski Slopes 1979 48 p. illus.
73 Nordic Biography Preston, Diana A First Rate Tragedy: Captain Scott's Antarctic Expeditions 1999 256 p. illus.
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.
42 Nordic Biography Douglas, Mary Across Greenland's Ice Fields: The Adventures Of Nansen And 1902 vi. 218 p. illus.
1267 Alpine Biography Fiester, Mark Look For Me In Heaven:The Life Of John Lewis Dyer 1980 504 p. illus.
Nordic Biography Flemmen, Asbjorn Sondre Norheim:The Father Of Modern Skiing 2003 150 p. illus.
1235 Alpine Biography Wright, William Snow-Shoe Thompson 1856-1876 1954 xv. 63 p.
43 Nordic Biography Bain, J. Arthur Life And Explorations of Fridtjof Nansen 1908 xix, 449 p. illus.
1268 Alpine Biography Hahn, James Killy!The Sports Career Of Jean-Claude Killy 1981 47 p. illus.
Nordic Biography Oimoen-Stalions, Sonja A Rough Way To Ride Between Earth And Sky:Memoir Of Sk 2003 xii, 150 p. illus.
1236 Alpine Biography Fairlie, Gerard Flight Without Wings: The Biography of Hannes Schneider 1957 223 p. illus
44 Nordic Biography Starritt, S. Stuart The Life Of Nansen 1930 144 p. illus.
1269 Alpine Biography Coady, Mary Frances Steve Podborski:Fast, Faster, Fastest! 1983 48 p. illus.
1237 Alpine Biography Fairlie, Gerard Flight Without Wings: The Biography of Hannes Schneider 1957 223 p. illus
45 Nordic Biography Sorenson, Jon Saga Of Fridtjof Nansen 1932 372 p. illus.
1270 Alpine Biography Putnam, William Lowell Joe Dodge:One New Hampshire Institution 1986 184 p.illus.