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 Sort descending Title Publication Date Issue
5342 Combined History The Book Of SOYP 1956 68 p.
3836 Alpine Video Ski The Best Of The West:Vail & Beaver Creek 1987 VHS25 min
4852 Combined Economics Economic Impact Of Skiing In North Carolina 1977
4792 Combined Economics Winter Facilities Development Committee 1961 16 p.
5622 Combined History Japan Ski Team 1994: Alpine, Jump, Cross Country, Nordic C 1994 97 p.
6805 Combined Special Olympics Cross Country Skiing 1995 1 v. (various pagings), illus.
1523 Alpine Film Ski Chase 1939? 16 mm.20 min.
2480 Alpine Guide Winter Sports Guide, North And Central California-Nevada-Or 1992 99 p. illus.
1033 Nordic Video GSF Variety Package 1986 VHS1 hr, 56 min
3685 Alpine Video Ski The Best Of The West:Whistler 1980 VHS
5888 Combined Impact Statements Perisher Range Resorts Village Master Plan Environmental I 1997 1 v. (various pagings) illus. maps
540 Nordic Guide Cross-Country Skiing In Pennsylvania State Parks And Forests 1991
1616 Alpine Film News Of The Day: Hearst Newsreel Footage Skiing, 1947-1950 1950
4148 Alpine Video TB5 1996 VHS48 min
6653 Combined Ski Patrolling Winter First Aid Manual 1981
3837 Alpine Video Ski Tuning With Dean Miller 1987 VHS26 min.
2513 Alpine Guide Ski Colorado:Complete Guide To Skiing And Snowboarding 1995 104 p. illus.
1065 Nordic Video Learning Telemark And Nordic Downhill 1990 VHS20 min.
2020 Alpine Film Austria, A Skier's Paradise 1979 16 mm.30 min
2084 Alpine Film Alpine Rapture 1993
694 Nordic Handicap Cross Country Skiing 1995 1 v. (various pagin
1524 Alpine Film Snow Falls 1939? 16 mm.10 min.
5498 Combined History 1984 U.S. Ski Team Media Guide 1983? 128 p. illus.
1279 Alpine Biography Snowshoe Thompson:His Life And Adventures 1991 36 p. illus. map
2358 Alpine Guide Park City Utah 1981-82 Ski Season Information Guide 1981 75 p. illus.