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
1534 Alpine Film Ski Wonderland 1939 13 min
4954 Combined Fiction Baldwin, Faith White Magic 1939 305 p.
4955 Combined Fiction Baldwin, Faith White Magic 1939 305 p.
291 Nordic Guide Federal Writers Program, New York City Skiing In The East: The Best Trails And How To Get There 1939 334 p. maps.
4956 Combined Fiction Baldwin, Faith White Magic 1939 305 p.
4655 Combined Bibliographies Brown, Karl. editor Modern Olympics:A List Of Reference Material In The New Y 1939 29 p.
6609 Combined Ski Patrolling Dole, Charles Minot Annual Report Of The National Ski Patrol, 1939-40 1939
Alpine Mountaineering Amsler, Rudy Mountaineering Ski Guide 1939
179 Nordic Expedition Bernatzik, Hugo Adolf Overland With The Nomad Lapps 1939 137 p. illus. maps
2746 Alpine Mountaineering Schniebs, Otto American Skiing 1939 232 p. illus.
3206 Alpine Technique Amstutz, Walter Ski-ing From A-Z:An Instructional Film Of 450 Instantaneous 1939 52 p. illus.
2957 Alpine Racing Faecher, Stanislaw Ski Championships Of The World 1939 110 p. illus.
3208 Alpine Technique Pfeifer, Friedl The Sun Valley Ski Book 1939 94 p. illus
3209 Alpine Technique Prager, Walter Skiing 1939 89 p. illus.
7043 Combined Winter Sports Putnam, Harold, editor The Dartmouth Book of Winter Sports. 1939 315, p. illus.
1301 Alpine Children Fenwick, Ian Start Early 1939 47 p. illus.
3210 Alpine Technique Schniebs, Otto American Skiing 1939 232 p. illus.
7044 Combined Winter Sports Union Pacific Railroad Company Snow Sports In Western Wonderlands 1939 48 p. illus.
2571 Alpine Handbook Binns, Ken Skiing For Fun 1939 unpaged. illus. maps
2572 Alpine Handbook Gerber Brothers Ski Manual 1939 39 p. illus.
782 Nordic Ski Jumping National Ski Association of America Designing And Constructing Ski Jumping Hills 1939 48 p. illus.
2908 Alpine Promotional Grace, Edwin The Doctor Looks At Skiing 1939 64 p.
784 Nordic Ski Jumping Southern California Open Ski Meet, 1939 Second Annual Southern California Open Ski Meet: Official 1939 15 p. illus.
2909 Alpine Promotional Pfeifer, Friedl, editor The Sun Valley Ski Book 1939 94 p. illus.
4303 Alpine Wit & Humor Barsis, Max Bottoms Up; An Unreliable Handbook For Skiers 1939 92 p. illus.