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
1157 Alpine Autobiography Furse, Dame Katherine Hearts And Pomegranates:The Story Of Forty-Five Years,187 1940 xx, 407 p. illus.
1158 Alpine Autobiography Lunn, Sir Arnold Come What May: An Autobiography 1940 482 p.
4305 Alpine Wit & Humor Barsis, Max Barsis At Snow Valley 1940 90 p. illus.
1436 Alpine Equipment J. Warshal & Sons Warshal's 1940 Ski Catalog 1940 22 p. illus.
2181 Alpine Guide Sweet Caporal Skiers' Guide 1940 unpaged. illus. m
2182 Alpine Guide Elkins, Frank The Complete Ski Guide 1940 xvii, 286 p. illus. t
2183 Alpine Guide New England Council.Winter Sports Committee The Skier's Guide To New England,A Handbook To New Eng 1940 84 p. illus. fold map
2185 Alpine Guide Writers' Program, Work Progress Administration, State of Oregon Mount Hood: A Guide 1940 132 p. illus.
4957 Combined Fiction Snell, Roy J. Ski Patrol 1940 253 p. illus.
1538 Alpine Film Borzage, Frank. director Mortal Storm 1940 100 min.
1539 Alpine Film Canadian Pacific Railway Company Winter Playground 1940 16 mm. 15 min
2684 Alpine Lifts Laing, Robert Stanley Ski Tow Study With Oberservations Of The Sweden Speed Sk 1940 30 lvs.
1540 Alpine Film Durrance, Dick Sun Valley Holidays 1940
Alpine Wit & Humor Reynolds, Helen Skiing Guests And Other Problems 1940? 45 p. illus
1535 Alpine Film Franconia Holiday 1940? 45 min.
2184 Alpine Guide USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Region The Snow Book:Your National Forest Winter Sports Guide 1940? 47 p.
1536 Alpine Film New Hampshire Skiing 1940? 35 mm.
1537 Alpine Film Ski Novice 1940? 16 mm. 10 min.
6579 Combined Ski Clubs Ruapehu Ski Club History And Constitution Of The Ruapehu Ski Club Incorporat 1941 23 p.
6612 Combined Ski Patrolling Dole, Charles Minot The National Ski Patrol System Manual 1941 117 p. illus.
1390 Alpine Conditioning Hollaus, Otto R. Conditioning Exercises For Skiing 1941 6 p.illus
1549 Alpine Film Humberstone, H. Bruce. director Sun Valley Serenade 1941 86 min
1550 Alpine Film Jay, John Ski The Americas - North And South 1941 16 mm
5305 Combined History Berg, G. Finds Of Skis From Prehistoric Time In Swedish Bogs And Ma 1941 158 p. illus.
1551 Alpine Film Lang, Otto The Basic Principles Of Skiing 1941 B&W