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
33 Nordic Biography Astrup, Elvind The "Fram" Expedition; Nansen In The Frozen World; Preced 1897 531 p. illus. maps
34 Nordic Biography Bain, J. Arthur Life And Adventures Of Nansen:The Great Arctic Explorer 1897 xix, 450 p. 7 plates
35 Nordic Biography Bain, J. Arthur Life And Explorations Of Fridtjof Nansen 1897 xix, 449 p. 13 plates. map
36 Nordic Biography Bain, J. Arthur Fridtjof Nansen, His Life And Explorations 1897 160 p. illus.
37 Nordic Biography Bain, J. Arthur Life Of Fridtjof Nansen, Scientist And Explorer Including An 1897 x, 290 p. 13 plate
38 Nordic Biography Crane, Agnes Nansen The Norseman And His Life Work 1897 20 p.
39 Nordic Biography Dolman, Frederick Dr. Nansen, The Man And His Work 1897 108 p. illus. map
40 Nordic Biography Douglas, Mary Across Greenland's Ice-Fields: The Adventures Of Nansen And 1897 vi. 218 p. illus.
129 Nordic Expedition Nansen, Fridtjof The First Crossing Of Greenland 1897 452 p. illus.
130 Nordic Expedition Nansen, Fridtjof Farthest North;Being A Record Of A Voyage Of Exploration 1897 V. 1, 587 p; V. 2, 714 p.illus.
131 Nordic Expedition Nansen, Fridtjof Farthest North;Being A Record Of A Voyage Of Exploration 1897 2 vols. illus. map
132 Nordic Expedition Nansen, Fridtjof Farthest North;Being A Record Of A Voyage Of Exploration 1897 2 vols.
134 Nordic Expedition Conway, William Martin With Ski And Sledge Over Arctic Glaciers 1898 vi, 240 p. illus. maps
135 Nordic Expedition Conway, William Martin With Ski And Sledge Over Arctic Glaciers 1898 240 p. illus. maps
136 Nordic Expedition Hyne, Cutcliffe Through Arctic Lapland 1898 xi, 284 p. illus. map
137 Nordic Expedition Nansen, Fridtjof Farthest North; Being A Record Of A Voyage Of Exploration O 1898 2 vols. illus. map
138 Nordic Expedition Nansen, Fridtjof Farthest North; Being A Record Of A Voyage Of Exploration O 1898 vii, 679 p. illus. m
4653 Combined Bibliographies Foster, Fred W. Bibliography of Skating 1898 136 p.
41 Nordic Biography Bain, J. Arthur Life And Explorations of Fridtjof Nansen 1898
139 Nordic Expedition Bush, Richard J. Reindeer, Dogs, And Snow-Shoes: A Journal Of Siberian Trav 1899 529 p. illus. map
140 Nordic Expedition Du Chaillu, Paul The Land Of The Long Night 1899 xvii, 266 p.illus.
141 Nordic Expedition Johansen, Hjalmar With Nansen In The North A Record Of The Fram Expedition I 1899 vii, 351 p. illus. map
142 Nordic Expedition Johansen, Hjalmar With Nansen In The North A Record Of The Fram Expedition I 1899 vii, 351 p. illus. maps
143 Nordic Expedition Johansen, Hjalmar With Nansen In The North; A Record Of The Fram Expedition I 1899 vii, 351 p. illus. maps
144 Nordic Expedition Du Chaillu, Paul The Land Of The Long Night 1900 xvii, 266 p. illus.