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
1998 Alpine Film Henry Phipps Goes Skiing 1977 16 mm.52 min
2062 Alpine Film Jalbert Productions America's Golden Ski Anniversary 1986 45 min
3261 Alpine Technique Jacques, Dr. A. Downhill Skiing (French Technique). 1953 233 p.illus.
3325 Alpine Technique Bourdon, Robert The New Way To Ski 1964 82 p. illus.
1874 Alpine Film Our Middle Name Is Powder 1970 16 mm. 16 min.
1938 Alpine Film Barrymore, Dick Ski Finesse 1974 16 mm. 28 min.
3137 Alpine Technique Jessup, Elon H. Skis And Skiing 1929 224 p. illus.
3201 Alpine Technique Inter-Association For Skiing Swiss Skiing Handbook 1938
1750 Alpine Film Paramount Pictures Winter Time In Melbourne 1962 35 mm. 9 min
1814 Alpine Film ABC Sports World Series Of Skiing 1967 16 mm. 44 min
4339 Alpine Wit & Humor Waters, Barry Piste Again: A Guide To Survival Skiing 1982 96 p. illus
3012 Alpine Racing Evans, Walt Alpine Youth Ski League Junior Handbook. 1991
3076 Alpine Teaching Guid English Ski Council Ski Course Organiser Handbook 1989 76 p. illus
1626 Alpine Film Thorner, Hans Action In The Alps 1950?
1690 Alpine Film Coty, Victor Ski America 1956? Color
4218 Alpine Video Miller, Warren Fifty 1999 VHS97 min
4282 Alpine Video Jones, Todd Salad Days 2002 DVD34 min.
2889 Alpine Physiology LeMaster, Ron The Skier's Edge 1999 160 p. illus.
2952 Alpine Racing D'Egville, Alan H. Slalom: Its Technique, Organization And Rules 1934 159 p. illus.
1502 Alpine Film Ware, W.P. On Peckett's Inn And Ski School 1932 12 mins
1566 Alpine Film Howard, Dr. Frank Ski Three 1944 16 mm 45 min
4094 Alpine Video Bruce, Rob. director Spinal Snap 1995 VHS48 min
4158 Alpine Video Gaffney, Scott The Promised Land 1997 VHS
2770 Alpine Mountaineering Brower, David, editor The Sierra Club Manual of Ski Mountaineering 1969 236 p, illus.
2833 Alpine Mountaineering Scott, Chic Summits And Ice Fields:Alpine Ski Tours In The Rockies And 1994 304 p. illus.