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
3141 Alpine Technique Lunn, Sir Arnold Ski-ing For Beginners 1930 133 p. illus.
3142 Alpine Technique Lunn, Sir Arnold Ski-ing For Beginners 1930 133 p. illus.
3143 Alpine Technique Lunn, Sir Arnold The Complete Ski-Runner 1930 xvi, 213 p. illus
3144 Alpine Technique Lunn, Sir Arnold The Complete Ski-Runner 1930 213 p. illus.
2165 Alpine Guide Buschman, Camillo Ski Guide For The Kitzbuhel District 1930
237 Nordic Film Norwegian Ski Jumping 1930? 7 min.
6578 Combined Ski Clubs Ski Club of Victoria Yearbook Of The Ski Club Of Victoria 1930?
3145 Alpine Technique Takakuni, Koakimoto Drawing On A Silver Plate:Ski Instruction Illustrated 1930? 86 p. illus.
2166 Alpine Guide Hoek, Henry W. All About St. Moritz: A Guide And Handbook For Travelers 1931 274 p.map
1151 Alpine Autobiography Schuster, Sir Claud Men, Women And Mountains: Days In The Alps And Pyrenees 1931 xiii, 143 p. illus.
4942 Combined Fiction Bottome, Phyllis Devil's Due 1931 372 P.
4943 Combined Fiction Lunn, Sir Arnold Family Name 1931 282 p.
5284 Combined History Graves, Charles And The Greeks 1931 224 p. illus.
1498 Alpine Film Fanck, Arnold White Ecstasy (The Ski Chase) 1931 80 min
176 Nordic Expedition Gould, Lawrence McKinley Cold: The Record Of An Antarctic Sledge Journey 1931 275 p. illus.
1499 Alpine Film McCrillis, John. photographer Dartmouth Outing Club Downhill Ski Race On Mt. Moosilauke 1931 16 mm. 7 mins.
2951 Alpine Racing Mitchell, Harold Downhill Ski-Racing 1931 125 p. illus
2738 Alpine Mountaineering Smythe, Francis Sydney Climbs And Ski Runs: Mountaineering And Ski-ing In The Alps 1931 307 p. illus.
4406 Combined Avalanche Bentley, W.A. Snow Crystals 1931 227 p. illus.
3146 Alpine Technique Lunn, Sir Arnold The Complete Ski-Runner 1931 213 p. illus.
1497 Alpine Film Fanck, Arnold The Doomed Battalion 1931?
3152 Alpine Technique Schniebs, Otto Modern Ski Technique 1932 103 p. illus.
2167 Alpine Guide Norris, Dermot Kashmir, The Switzerland Of India:A Descriptive Guide With 1932 271 p.Illus. Maps
45 Nordic Biography Sorenson, Jon Saga Of Fridtjof Nansen 1932 372 p. illus.
46 Nordic Biography Sorenson, Jon Saga Of Fridtjof Nansen 1932 372 p. illus.