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
4410 Combined Avalanche Bekker, Major M.G. Snow Studies In Germany 1951 83 p. illus.
1634 Alpine Film Miller, Warren California Skis 1951
1635 Alpine Film Thorner, Hans Nacht am Montblanc (They Came on Skis) 1951 35 mm.
6617 Combined Ski Patrolling Stocker, Stanley W. Ski Patrol Training Manual 1951 32 p.
1303 Alpine Children Brown, Conrad Skiing For Beginners: A Complete And Simple Method For Ch 1951 63 p. illus.
6618 Combined Ski Patrolling Stocker, Stanley W. Advanced Ski Patrol:First Aid Course 1951 34 lvs.
6587 Combined Ski Clubs Blue Mountain Ski Club Year Book 1951 24 p.
7048 Combined Winter Sports Lytton, Hon. Neville S., editor Winter Sports 1951 9-254 p. illus.
1627 Alpine Film Top Of The Ski World 1951?
1631 Alpine Film Howard, Dr. Frank Focus On Skis 1951? 16 mm. 60 min.
1632 Alpine Film Howard, Dr. Frank Ski Technics--Alpine Events 1951? 16 mm.11 min.
6238 Combined Olympics Johannesen, Hjalmar. editor Olympic Winter Sports In Norway:The Land Of Summer And 1951? 224 p. illus.
6399 Combined Resort Develop Mt. Baldy Ski Lifts, Inc. Plan For Investment And Development In Mt. Baldy Ski Area 1951? 21 p.
1647 Alpine Film Scofield, Frank A World In White 1952 90 min
785 Nordic Ski Jumping Bergsland, Einer Skiing: A Way Of Life In Norway. With A Chapter On Ski Jum 1952 95 p. illus.
1648 Alpine Film Union Pacific Railroad Championship Skiing 1952 16 mm. 13 min.
1649 Alpine Film Union Pacific Railroad Sun Valley Snowtime 1952 16 mm. 14 min.
Combined Fiction Carnac, Carol Crossed Skis 1952 188 p.
1650 Alpine Film Union Pacific Railroad ABC Of Ski 1952 16 mm. 13 min.
4978 Combined Fiction Stewart, Cochrane Windslab 1952 253 p.
1651 Alpine Film USDA Forest Service Avalanche Rescue: A Film 1952
3254 Alpine Technique Iselin, Fred Invitation To Skiing 1952 157 p. illus.
1652 Alpine Film 1952 Olympic Games 1952 22 min
3255 Alpine Technique Johnston, Jimmy The Modern Fundamentals Of Skiing 1952
2210 Alpine Guide Scottish Ski Club Ski-ing In Scotland 1952 43 p. illus.