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
144 Nordic Expedition Du Chaillu, Paul The Land Of The Long Night 1900 xvii, 266 p. illus.
7008 Combined Winter Sports Cook, Theodore Andrea Ice Sports 1901 335 p. illus.
145 Nordic Expedition Borchgrevink, C.E. First On The Antarctic Continent; Being An Account Of The Bri 1901 xv, 333 p. illus. maps
1232 Alpine Biography C.J.J. Otis Grey, Bachelor 1902 95 p. illus.
42 Nordic Biography Douglas, Mary Across Greenland's Ice Fields: The Adventures Of Nansen And 1902 vi. 218 p. illus.
146 Nordic Expedition Nansen, Fridtjof The First Crossing Of Greenland 1902 452 p. illus.
147 Nordic Expedition Nansen, Fridtjof Farthest North, Being A Record Of A Voyage Of Exploration O 1902 2 vols. illus.
148 Nordic Expedition Spender, A. Edmund Two Winters In Norway-Being An Account Of Two Holidays S 1902 xiv. 270 p. illus.
5271 Combined History Rhodes, Daniel A Pleasure Book Of Grindelwald 1903 235 p.map tippe
149 Nordic Expedition Nansen, Fridtjof Farthest North; Being A Record Of A Voyage Of Exploration O 1903 2 vols. illus. maps
3093 Alpine Technique Crichton Somerville, D.M.M. Ski-Running 1904 76 p.illus
3094 Alpine Technique Rickmers, W.G.R. The Alpine Skee and Mountaineering 1904 16 p.
3095 Alpine Technique Crichton Somerville, D.M.M. Ski-Running 1905 iv, [2] 115, [l] p.i
3096 Alpine Technique Johnsen, Theo A. The Winter Sport Of Skeeing 1905 54 p. illus.
150 Nordic Expedition Du Chaillu, Paul The Land Of The Long Night 1905 xvii, 266 p. illus.
151 Nordic Expedition Nordenskjold, Otto Antarctica: Or, Two Years Amongst The Ice Of The South Pole 1905 xvii, 608 p.illus. maps
152 Nordic Expedition Nansen, Fridtjof The First Crossing Of Greenland 1906 xii. 452 p. illus
5272 Combined History United States,Dept. of the Interior Rules, Regulations And Instructions For Information And Guid 1907 35 p.
4937 Combined Fiction LeBlond, Elizabeth Alice Frances Hawkins Whitshed The Story Of An Alpine Winter 1907 vii, 289 p.
3097 Alpine Technique Crichton Somerville, D.M.M. Ski-Running 1907 116 p. illus.
153 Nordic Expedition Amundsen, Roald Roald Amundsen's "The North West Passage" Being The Rec 1908 Two volumes. illus. maps
154 Nordic Expedition Amundsen, Roald Roald Amundsen's "The North West Passage" Being The Rec 1908 Two volumes. illus. maps
7009 Combined Winter Sports Syers, Edgar. editor The Book Of Winter Sports 1908 336 p. illus.
43 Nordic Biography Bain, J. Arthur Life And Explorations of Fridtjof Nansen 1908 xix, 449 p. illus.
696 Nordic Logbooks Richardson, C.W. Ski Tours 1909? "A leatherbound notebook (with pencil) containing printed forms for recording details of ski tours, snow conditions." Description from Fedden's "A Bibliographical Note On The Early Literature of Skiing in English, 1960