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
421 Nordic Guide Kidd, Billy Billy Kidd's American Ski Guide 1982 431 p.
485 Nordic Guide Thorp, Dave Skiing Alaska's Back Forty 1987 92 p. illus.
297 Nordic Guide Fultz, Dick Cross Country Skier 1968? 54 p. illus. maps
361 Nordic Guide Dyleski, Ken Cross Country At Lake Tahoe: A Ski Touring Guide To Lake T 1978 xiv, 56 p. illus. m
175 Nordic Expedition Du Chaillu, Paul The Land Of The Long Night 1930 xvii, 266 p. illus.
238 Nordic Film Cross-Country Skiing 1941 16 mm.20 min
53 Nordic Biography Huntford, Roland Scott And Amundsen 1979 xx, 665 p. illus.
115 Nordic Equipment Melbourne University Mountainering Club Equipment For Bushwalking And Mountaineering: A Guide To 1974 144 p. illus.
1131 Nordic Waxing Brady, Michael Waxing And Care Of Cross Country Skis, 1993-94 Update 1993 8 p. (insert)
1007 Nordic Video Vermont ETV Waxing And Trail Sense 1981 U-Matic30 min
1071 Nordic Video Gliding Along:Intermediate Skating Technique For XC Skier 1991 VHS
883 Nordic Technique Caldwell, John H. The Cross-Country Ski Book 1981 182 p. illus.
947 Nordic Telemarking Barnett, Steve Cross-Country Downhill And Other Nordic Mountain Skiing Te 1987 109 p. illus.
760 Nordic Racing Brady, Michael Citizen Racing 1982 189 p. illus
823 Nordic Technique Brady, Michael Nordic Touring And Cross Country Skiing 1970 77 p. illus.
638 Nordic Guide Hansen, Dennis R. Trail Atlas Of Michigan: Trails For Hiking, Mountain And Road 2000 789 p. maps
700 Nordic Nordic Trak Hulme, Richard Cardiorespiratory And Perceived Exertion Responses To Sub 1991 vi, 53 lvs. Illus.
514 Nordic Guide Ohlrich, Warren Aspen-Snowmass Cross Country Ski Trails 1989 56 p.
578 Nordic Guide Vielbig, Klindt Cross-Country Ski Routes: Oregon 1994 381 p. illus
390 Nordic Guide Fehr, Lucy M. Cross-Country Skiing: A Guide To America's Best Trails 1979 198 p. illus
454 Nordic Guide Messick, Tim Cross Country Skiing In Yosemite 1985 69 p. illus.
266 Nordic Film Sinclair, Douglas Cross Country Ski Technique 1973 16 mm. 25 min
330 Nordic Guide Prater, Gene Snow Trails: Ski And Snowshoe Routes In The Cascades 1975 127 p. illus.
144 Nordic Expedition Du Chaillu, Paul The Land Of The Long Night 1900 xvii, 266 p. illus.
208 Nordic Expedition Sheridan, Guy Tales Of A Cross-Country Skier 1988 185 p. illus.