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
2440 Alpine Guide Leocha, Charles Skiing America 1991 1990 431 p. illus. maps
3578 Alpine Technique Tejada-Flores, Lito Breakthrough On Skis:How To Get Out Of The Intermediate 1994 291 p. illus.
3640 Alpine Video Pyramid Films Ski Whiz 1972 VHS8 min
2252 Alpine Guide Riddell, James Ski Holidays In St. Moritz 1964 56 p. illus.
2316 Alpine Guide Davies, Hilary. editor Euro-Ski 1975 1975 197 p.
3454 Alpine Technique Evans, Harold We Learned To Ski 1978 255 p. illus.
3518 Alpine Technique English Ski Council Skiing 1986 40 p. illus.
2128 Alpine Freestyle Johnson, Rob Hot-Dogging: A Guide To Stunt Skiing 1974 128 p. illus.
2192 Alpine Guide Dole, Charles Minot. editor 1947 National Skiing Guide. 1946 160 p. illus.
3330 Alpine Technique Gemsch, Norbert Modern Skiing 1964 vii, 117 p. illus
3394 Alpine Technique Raine, Al Skiing With Al Raine 1971 173 p. illus.
2007 Alpine Film Salomon North America Winter Wings 1978 16 mm. 20 min
2071 Alpine Film Mitchell, Stephen Long. writer Ski Patrol 1989
3206 Alpine Technique Amstutz, Walter Ski-ing From A-Z:An Instructional Film Of 450 Instantaneous 1939 52 p. illus.
3270 Alpine Technique Joubert, Georges Ski ABC: Modern Technique 1957 141 p. illus.
1883 Alpine Film Hart Ski Manufacturing Company The Great Ski Chase 1970 16 mm. 28 min
1947 Alpine Film United States Ski Team Nations' World Series Of Skiing: Men's Slalom 1974 8 mm. 26 min
3081 Alpine Teaching Guid Paice, Grant Awakino Skifield Skiing And Ski Teaching Manual 1991 44 p. illus.
3146 Alpine Technique Lunn, Sir Arnold The Complete Ski-Runner 1931 213 p. illus.
1759 Alpine Film Jay, John Catch A Skiing Star 1963 16 mm
1823 Alpine Film Spencer Nelson Film Productions Skiing: Beginning Movements 1967 16 mm. 11 min
4348 Alpine Wit & Humor Dunstan, Keith Skiing, The Skiing Dictionary 1987 77 p. illus.
2957 Alpine Racing Faecher, Stanislaw Ski Championships Of The World 1939 110 p. illus.
3021 Alpine Racing Taylor, Jim The Mental Edge For Alpine Ski Racing 1996 249 p.
1635 Alpine Film Thorner, Hans Nacht am Montblanc (They Came on Skis) 1951 35 mm.