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
44 Nordic Biography Starritt, S. Stuart The Life Of Nansen 1930 144 p. illus.
1242 Alpine Biography Stoutenburg, Adrien Snowshoe Thompson 1962 vii, 215 p. illus.
1275 Alpine Biography Eastman, Tom Flight Without Wings:A Celebration of Hannes Schneider An 1989 88 p. illus.
45 Nordic Biography Sorenson, Jon Saga Of Fridtjof Nansen 1932 372 p. illus.
1243 Alpine Biography Lougee, Laurence W. Ski Champs 1965
1276 Alpine Biography La Bianca, Cory The Legend Of Snowshoe Thompson Mailcarrier On Skis:A 1989 21 p. illus. map
46 Nordic Biography Sorenson, Jon Saga Of Fridtjof Nansen 1932 372 p. illus.
1244 Alpine Biography Valens, Evans G. A Long Way Up: The Story Of Jill Kinmont 1966 viii, 245 p. illus
1277 Alpine Biography Holand, Hjalmar Rued Snowshoe Thompson:A Norwegian Hero On Skis 1990 21 p. illus.
47 Nordic Biography Hall, A.G. Nansen 1940 168 p. illus.
1245 Alpine Biography Valens, Evans G. The Other Side Of The Mountain 1966 301 p. 8 lvs of pla
1278 Alpine Biography McCabe, Nora Laurie Graham 1990 48 p. illus.
Nordic Biography Hyer, Liv Nansen Nansen:A Family Portrait 1957 269 p. illus.
1246 Alpine Biography Burroughs, John Rolfe I Never Look Back:The Buddy Werner Story 1967 200 p. illus.
1279 Alpine Biography Snowshoe Thompson:His Life And Adventures 1991 36 p. illus. map
48 Nordic Biography Pound, Reginald Scott Of The Antarctic 1966 xii, 327 p. illus. maps
1247 Alpine Biography Batten, Jack Nancy, An Affectionate Look In Pictures At The World's Great 1968 96 p. illus.
1280 Alpine Biography Abramson, Rudy Spanning The Century: The Life Of W. Averill Harriman, 1891- 1992 779 p.
49 Nordic Biography Pound, Reginald Scott Of The Antarctic 1967 xii, 327 p. illus. m
1248 Alpine Biography Bowen, Norman R. editor Lowell Thomas: The Stranger Everybody Knows 1968 187 p. illus.
1281 Alpine Biography Levinson, Nancy Smiler Snowshoe Thompson 1992 64 p. illus.
50 Nordic Biography Pound, Reginald Scott Of The Antarctic 1968 304 p.
1249 Alpine Biography Tobin, John C. The Fall Line:A Skier's Journal 1969 xi, 272 p. illus.
1282 Alpine Biography Richards, Rick Ernie Blake, His Friends And The Making Of Taos Ski Valley 1992 235 p. illus.
51 Nordic Biography Powell, Brian editor Jackrabbit, His First 100 Years: A Tribute To Herman "Jackrab 1975 205 p. illus.