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
4315 Alpine Wit & Humor Rankin, Louis The Little Man Goes Sking 1955 51 p. of illus
4347 Alpine Wit & Humor Dunstan, Keith Skiing, The Skiing Dictionary 1987 77 p. illus
4316 Alpine Wit & Humor Miller, Warren Wine, Women, Warren And Skis 1958 119 p. illus.
4348 Alpine Wit & Humor Dunstan, Keith Skiing, The Skiing Dictionary 1987 77 p. illus.
4317 Alpine Wit & Humor Miller, Warren Wine, Women And Skis 1958 119 p. illus.
4349 Alpine Wit & Humor Miller, Warren Wine, Women, Warren And Skis 1988 113 p. illus.
4318 Alpine Wit & Humor Josephson, Gabe The Skier's Coloring Book 1962 24 p. illus.
4350 Alpine Wit & Humor Samuel, John Bedside Skiing 1988 88 p.
4319 Alpine Wit & Humor Nitka, Louis Ski With Nitka 1964
4351 Alpine Wit & Humor Waters, Barry Totally Piste: The Ultimate Guide To Survival Skiing 1988 86 p. illus
4320 Alpine Wit & Humor Nitka, Louis Ski With Nitka 1964
4352 Alpine Wit & Humor Beard, Henry Skiing: A Skier's Dictionary 1989 95 p. illus.
4321 Alpine Wit & Humor Kampen, Irene Last Year At Sugarbush 1966 158 p. illus.
4353 Alpine Wit & Humor Ingham, Richard Ski Whizz 1990 65p.
4322 Alpine Wit & Humor Crawford, Carolyn A B Skis:Fantastically Useful Ski Terms With Utterly Useless 1967 35 p.
4354 Alpine Wit & Humor Nealy, William Skiing Tales Of Terror 1990 n.p. illus.
4323 Alpine Wit & Humor Ski Toons 1967
4355 Alpine Wit & Humor Beard, Henry Skiing; A Skier's Dictionary 1991 Revised edition
4296 Alpine Wit & Humor Cleaver, Reginald A Book Of Winter Sports 1911 62 p. illus.
4366 Alpine Women Altschul, Craig A Bunny's Guide To Skiing. . . A Primer For The Girl Going Sk 1971 42 p. illus.
4367 Alpine Women Lighthall, Nancy Skiing For Women 1979 122 p. illus.
4368 Alpine Women Slanger, Elissa Ski Woman's Way 1979 219 p.
4369 Alpine Women Carbone, Claudia Women Ski 1994 292 p. illus.
4370 Alpine Women Carbone, Claudia Women Ski 1996 299 p.
4371 Alpine Women Loring, Maggie Skiing: A Woman's Guide 1999 144 p. illus.