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
995 Nordic Video Kempers, Bert. producer Cross-Country Ski Touring 1977 U-standard
891 Nordic Technique Talesnick, Stan The Better Way To Go: Cross-Country Skiing 1982 111 p. illus
3781 Alpine Video Miller, Warren Warren Miller's Ski Country 1986 VHS93 min
1059 Nordic Video Gaskill, Steven Gliding Along: Intermediate Skating Technique For XC Skiers 199? VHS 53 min.
955 Nordic Telemarking Ryerson, "Tele Ned" P.D.Q. Telemark Technique 1997 24 p.
6296 Combined Olympics Comitato di Promozione Cortina 92 Candidate For The Olympic Winter Games 1985 not paged. illus.
6359 Combined Photographs Davis, Bob Skiers Portfolio 1977 not paged,photos.
2231 Alpine Guide De Linde, C.A. Ski-ing 1959 106 p. illus.
4989 Combined Fiction van der Loeff, A. Rutgers Avalanche! 1957 219 p. illus.
2295 Alpine Guide Pringle, Graham Guide To Skiing The Alps 1972 158 p.illus.
3595 Alpine Technique Harb, Harold R. Anyone Can Be An Expert Skier:The Definitive Shaped Ski 1997 x, 214 p. illus.
768 Nordic Skating Rothman, Alan B. You Can Ski Like A Skater 1983 175 p. illus.
3657 Alpine Video Nat Young Films Fall Line 1979 17 min.
831 Nordic Technique Buss, K. Ben Ski Nordic 1972 77 p. illus.
6178 Combined Military Quarrie, Bruce German Mountain Troops 1980 96 p.illus.
6236 Combined Olympics American Olympic Committee Report, 1936:Games Of The Xth Olympiad, Berlin, Germany; IVth Olympic Wint 491 p.
7049 Combined Winter Sports Gibbon, Monk In Search Of Winter Sport 1953 223 p. illus.
2110 Alpine Film Emery, Shawn F. The Greatest Snow On Earth:The Utah Skiing Story 1999 60 min.
4867 Combined Economics Colorado Ski Country USA The Contribution Of Skiing To The Colorado Economy 1982 114 p. illus. map
2171 Alpine Guide Pfeifer, E.A. Kitzbuhel, Sun & Powder Snow 1935
3471 Alpine Technique Jahn, Rudiger Skiing Skills 1980 160 p. illus.
Nordic Guide McGrath, William Chad Great Cross-Country Ski Trails:Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michig 2001 220 p.
3535 Alpine Technique Rice, Anneka Skiing 1987 [144] p.
708 Nordic Physiology Brooks, Robert Williams The Effect Of Cold Ambient Conditions On Body Temperature 1979 65 lvs.
6054 Combined Market Resear Univ. of Idaho. Wildland Recreation Management Department Idaho Ski Study, Winter l977-78 1979 72 p. illus.