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
2740 Alpine Mountaineering Smythe, Francis Sydney Climbs And Ski Runs: Mountaineering And Skiing In The Alps, 1934
2803 Alpine Mountaineering Cliff, Peter Ski Mountaineering 1987 160 p. illus.
4004 Alpine Video Peake, Christopher The Best Of Lake Tahoe 1992 VHS
4068 Alpine Video Gouvernment du Quebec Tourisme Quebec 1994 VHS15 min.
2616 Alpine Handbook Crawford, Judy Skiing Basics 1976 101 p. illus.
2680 Alpine Handicap USDA Forest Service Accessibility Guidebook For Ski Areas Operating On Public L 2000 29 p. illus.
1178 Alpine Autobiography Byrne, Phil Inside Skiing: An Aspen Instructor Tells All 1979 208 p.
3880 Alpine Video Multiglisse 1988 VHS99 min
3944 Alpine Video Real Action Pictures Return To The Snow Zone 1990 VHS65 min.
2492 Alpine Guide Balliett, Will K. U.S.A. Today North American Ski Atlas; The Complete Guide 1994
2556 Alpine Guide Ski Utah:The Greatest Snow On Earth:2001-2002 Winter Vac 2001 101 p. illus. maps
3756 Alpine Video Fundamentals Of Alpine Skiing 1985 VHS30 min.
3820 Alpine Video Stump, Greg Maltese Flamingo, The Ski Movie That Flew The Coop: Anoth 1987 VHS 75 min.
2368 Alpine Guide Salt Lake Valley Convention & Visitors Bureau Salt Lake Walking & Driving Tours:Street Guide To Visitor At 1983 29 p. illus. maps
2432 Alpine Guide Shelton, Peter The Insider's Guide To The Best Skiing In Utah 1989 160 p. illus.
3632 Alpine Video Move To Intermediate Level 1967 VHS29 min
3696 Alpine Video Johnston, William. producer Alpine Ski School: The Creative Christie 1982 VHS29 min
2244 Alpine Guide Girardi, Wolfgang Winter Sports Guide To Tyrol: Expert Advice As to When And 1963 125 p. illus.
2308 Alpine Guide Low, Erna Erna Low's Guide To Family Skiing 1974 160 p. maps
1867 Alpine Film Smythe, Cyrus Skiing: Stem Turn 1969 Sup 8 mm4 min
1931 Alpine Film Pyramid Films Stretch The Limit 1973 16 mm. 8 min
3510 Alpine Technique Romagna, Paul Skiing Made Simple 1985 35 p. spiral binding
3574 Alpine Technique Reichenfeld, Robert Skiing:Step By Step To Success With Alpine Skiing, Snowbo 1993 160 p. illus.
2123 Alpine Film DeCesare, Johnny Propaganda 2001 16 mm.90 min.
2184 Alpine Guide USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Region The Snow Book:Your National Forest Winter Sports Guide 1940? 47 p.