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 Sort descending Issue
4654 Combined Bibliographies Holt-Needham, Phyllis Index To S.C.G.B. Publications, 1905 - 1935. Including Other 1935 160 p.
178 Nordic Expedition Irwin, David Alone Across The Top Of The World: The Authorized Story Of 1935 254 p. illus.
2954 Alpine Racing Lunn, Peter High-Speed Ski-ing 1935 128 p.
1505 Alpine Film Cooke, Ted On Gunstock Ski Hoist 1935 7 mins.
1506 Alpine Film Howard, Dr. Frank All Year Skiing In California 1935
1507 Alpine Film Lang, Otto Snow Flight 1935 22 min
1508 Alpine Film Young, Christopher Dr. Schlitz Climbs Mt. Washington 1935 35 mm
2171 Alpine Guide Pfeifer, E.A. Kitzbuhel, Sun & Powder Snow 1935
2172 Alpine Guide Zielinski, Dr. Adam The Ski-ing Grounds Of Poland 1935
3161 Alpine Technique Bautzmann, Herman Learn To Ski 1935 81 p. illus
4947 Combined Fiction Dunstan, Mary Jagged Skyline 1935 386 p.
3162 Alpine Technique Heinrich, Fritz Manual For Ski-Babies 1935 94 p.illus.
4948 Combined Fiction Ritchie, Hetty Death Runs On Skis 1935
3163 Alpine Technique Schniebs, Otto Modern Ski Technique 1935 120 p. illus.
4949 Combined Fiction Ihering, Georg von Ski Gang 1936 150 p. illus.
6351 Combined Photographs Olton, Charles Ski Tracks 1936 132 p. illus.
3165 Alpine Technique Bautzmann, Hermann Learn To Ski 1936 81, p. illus.
6352 Combined Photographs Wolff, Paul Ski And Camera:76 Winter Leica Photographs. 1936 113 p.illus.
3166 Alpine Technique Bracken, William R. Ski-ing: Its Technique 1936 70 p. illus.
6509 Combined Rules of Comp International Ski Association (F.I.S.) The International Ski CompetitionRules 1936 90 p.
3167 Alpine Technique Dickson, Snowshoe Skiing Made Easy 1936 30 p. illus.
3168 Alpine Technique Dudley, Charles M. It's Easy To Ski 1936 47 p. illus.
6510 Combined Rules of Comp Ski Club of Great Britain Officials' Handbook 1936 78 p.
6386 Combined Poetry, Prose Abbe, Charles Kittredge Hill Wind: Letters And Poems 1936 196 p.
5292 Combined History Norway:The Country With A Thousand Years Of Ski History 1936 16 p.