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
1204 Alpine Autobiography Martin, Andy Coming Down The Mountain 1993 224 p.
1205 Alpine Autobiography Pfeifer, Friedl Nice Goin': My Life On Skis 1993 xi, 232 p. illus.
1206 Alpine Autobiography Riefenstahl, Leni A Memoir 1993 669 p. illus.
1207 Alpine Autobiography Forras, Ernest Earnest Escapades, Or, Seriously For Fun Only: The Autobiog 1994 190 p. illus.
1208 Alpine Autobiography Lang, Otto A Bird Of Passage:From The Alps Of Austria To Hollywood, 1994 xiii, 463 p. illus.
1209 Alpine Autobiography Riefenstahl, Leni Leni Riefenstahl 1994 669 p. illus
121 Nordic Equipment Brady, Michael Cross-Country Ski Gear 1987 220 p. illus
1210 Alpine Autobiography Stark, Peter Driving To Greenland 1994 184 p. illus
1211 Alpine Autobiography Gabl, Franz Franzl: The Story Of Franz Gabl 1995 251 p. illus
1212 Alpine Autobiography Riefenstahl, Leni Leni Riefenstahl: A Memoir 1995 669 p. illus
1213 Alpine Autobiography Lang, Otto A Bird Of Passage: From The Alps Of Austria To Hollywood U. 1996 xii, 463 p. illus.
1214 Alpine Autobiography Wilson, Arnie Tears In The Snow: A True Story Of Love, Courage And Dang 1996 xv, 269 p. illus.
1215 Alpine Autobiography Barrymore, Dick Breaking Even 1997 352 p.
1216 Alpine Autobiography Finlayson, Frith The Ski Teacher;An Autobiography 1997 vii, 278 p. illus.
1217 Alpine Autobiography Gray, Spalding It's A Slippery Slope 1997 105 p.
1218 Alpine Autobiography Heins, Gary Greatest Ski Instructor In The West 1997 144 p.
1219 Alpine Autobiography Macomber, George Plunging In:Memoirs Unlimited 1997 328 p.
122 Nordic Equipment Billin, Aaron R. A Comparison of Traditional And Selected Pronated Ski Pole 1988 vii, 54 lvs. illus.
1220 Alpine Autobiography Couillard, Mike Miracle On The Mountain:A True Tale Of Faith And Survival 1998 420 p. illus.
1221 Alpine Autobiography Couillard, Mike Miracle On The Mountain: A True Tale of Faith And Survival 1998 247 p.
1222 Alpine Autobiography Miller, Warren Lurching From One Near Disaster To The Next 1998 288 p. illus.
1223 Alpine Autobiography Stark, Peter Driving To Greenland 1998 192 p.
1224 Alpine Autobiography Couillard, Mike Miracle On The Mountain: A True Tale Of Faith And Survival 1999 247 p.
1225 Alpine Autobiography Finkel, Michael Alpine Circus: A Skier's Exotic Adventures At The Edge Of Th 1999 xi, 210 p.
1226 Alpine Autobiography Wilson, Arnie Ski The World 1999