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
4270 Alpine Video McConkey, Shane There's Something About McConkey 2001 DVD 40 min.
2877 Alpine Physiology Higgins, John H. Saggital Stabilometry And Electromyography At Two Temper 1991 58 lvs. illus
2940 Alpine Psychology Taylor, Jim The Mental Edge For Skiing 1993 163 p.
1490 Alpine Film Curry Company, Yosemite National Park Winter Playground 1920? 9 min
1554 Alpine Film Jay, John Company A-87Mt. Rainier 1942 16 mm.
4083 Alpine Video Real Action Pictures The White Room 1994 VHS75 min
4146 Alpine Video Angrove, James Burning Winter 1996 VHS
2758 Alpine Mountaineering Ski Club of Great Britain Handbook On Ski-Touring And Glacier Ski-ing 1955 78 p.
2821 Alpine Mountaineering Roberts, Eric High Level Route:Chamonix, Zermatt, Saas: Ski Mountainee 1991 148 p. illus. maps
1368 Alpine Children Trayfoot, Helen Head Shoulders Skis And Toes 1994 59 p. illus
1430 Alpine Equipment Northland Ski Manufacturing Company Northland Skis 1925 48 p. illus.
3959 Alpine Video Campbell, Stu Ski Better Now! 1991 VHS25 min
4023 Alpine Video Egan, Dan The Extreme Dream! 1993 VHS60 min
2635 Alpine Handbook Berry, I. William The Great North American Ski Book 1982 xxxvi, 471 p. illus.
2699 Alpine Lifts Dwyer, Charles F. Evacuation Of Aerial Passenger Tramways & Ski Lifts 1976 36 p. illus
1245 Alpine Biography Valens, Evans G. The Other Side Of The Mountain 1966 301 p. 8 lvs of pla
1308 Alpine Children Weil, Lisl The Happy Ski ABC 1964 64 p. illus.
3835 Alpine Video Ski The Best Of The West:Telluride 1987 VHS
3899 Alpine Video Mill, Andy Ski With Andy Mill 1989 VHS73 min
2511 Alpine Guide Simon, Jordan USA Sports Ski Atlas 1995 191 p. illus., map
2575 Alpine Handbook McLane, Charles Bancroft. editor Intercollegiate Ski Union Handbook 1940 64 p.
1187 Alpine Autobiography Warburg, H. Adventure On Skis 1981 128 p.
3711 Alpine Video Levy, Ira. director The Alpine Ski School 1983 VHS 76 min.
3775 Alpine Video Lyras, Dean Endless Winter:A Worldwide Adventure Of Extreme Alpine S 1986 VHS
2387 Alpine Guide Metzger, Stephen California Downhill 1986 144 p. illus.map