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
1455 Alpine Equipment Holden, Michael S. An Instructor's Guide To Ski Mechanics 1976 51 p. illus
3984 Alpine Video Griggs, Bruce Alaskan Extremes, The Soul Of Skiing 1992 VHS30 min.
4048 Alpine Video National Ski Patrol System ESPSN's Secrets Of Speed 1993 VHS30 min.
2596 Alpine Handbook Canada. Fitness & Amateur Sport Directorate Ski Fun For Everyone 1966 80 p. illus.
2660 Alpine Handbook Maurer, Tracy Snow Skiing 2002 48 p.illus.
1270 Alpine Biography Putnam, William Lowell Joe Dodge:One New Hampshire Institution 1986 184 p.illus.
1333 Alpine Children Berry, I. William Kids On Skis: A Guide To Family Skiing And Children's Equip 1982 235 p. illus.
3860 Alpine Video Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Skiing With Style 1988 VHS Two cassettes, 60 min each
3924 Alpine Video Chadderton, H. Clifford The Nakiska 1990 VHS29 min.
2472 Alpine Guide Hobson, Clive The Insider's Guide To The Best Canadian Skiing 1992 xxiii, 200 p. illus.
2536 Alpine Guide Tower, Elizabeth Umbrella Guide To Skiing In Alaska: Downhill And Cross-Cou 1997 159 p. illus. maps
1148 Alpine Autobiography Dyer, Rev. John L. The Snow-Shoe Itinerant. An Autobiography 1891 374 p. illus.
1212 Alpine Autobiography Riefenstahl, Leni Leni Riefenstahl: A Memoir 1995 669 p. illus
3736 Alpine Video Phoenix/BFA Films Little Dog Goes Skiing 1984 VHS; U-matic 3/4
3800 Alpine Video Brown, Roger The Edge 1987 VHS93 min
2348 Alpine Guide Pfeifer, Luanne Ski California:A Complete Guide To Downhill And Cross-Cou 1980 xii, 195 p. illus
2412 Alpine Guide Walter, Claire The Best Ski Resorts In America 1988 224 p.
3614 Alpine Technique Deslauriers, Eric Ski The Whole Mountain:How To Ski Any Condition At Any T 2002 192 p. illus.
3676 Alpine Video Morris, Johnny Ski Scene: Aspen, Colorado and Steamboat Springs, Colorad 1980 VHS60 min
2224 Alpine Guide Washington (State), Dept. of Conservation and Development. Division of Progress and Industr Skiing's Great In Washington State 1957? 7 p. illus.
2288 Alpine Guide Tillard, R. Ski Zermatt 1970
3490 Alpine Technique Abraham, Horst Skiing Right; With A Collection Of Assorted Essays And Obser 1983 237 p. illus
3554 Alpine Technique Foxon, Fred Skiing: Technique, Tactics, Training 1991 126 p. illus
2103 Alpine Film Begin, Christian No Man's Land 1998
2164 Alpine Guide Dawson, C.W. Mount Gurnigel Ski Tours 1929 illus.