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 Sort descending Author 1 Title Publication Date Issue
1224 Alpine Autobiography Couillard, Mike Miracle On The Mountain: A True Tale Of Faith And Survival 1999 247 p.
2 Nordic Autobiography Nansen, Fridtjof Sporting Days In Wild Norway: Pages From My Diary 1925 270 p. illus
1192 Alpine Autobiography Mahre, Phil No Hill Too Fast 1985 383 p. illus.
1161 Alpine Autobiography Douglas, Henry Percy My Skiing Years; The Story Of The Start And Development Of 1951 126 p. illus.
1225 Alpine Autobiography Finkel, Michael Alpine Circus: A Skier's Exotic Adventures At The Edge Of Th 1999 xi, 210 p.
3 Nordic Autobiography Amundsen, Roald Roald Amundsen: My Life As an Explorer 1927 4 p, 282 p. illus.
1193 Alpine Autobiography Podborski, Steve Podborski! 1987 237 p. illus.
1162 Alpine Autobiography Sailer, Toni My Way To The Triple Olympic Victory. 1956 143 p. illus.
1226 Alpine Autobiography Wilson, Arnie Ski The World 1999
4 Nordic Autobiography Amundsen, Roald Roald Amundsen:My Life As An Explorer 1928 282 p. illus. maps
1194 Alpine Autobiography Read, Ken The White Circus: A Skiing Life With The Crazy Canucks 1987 215 p. illus.
1163 Alpine Autobiography Dole, Charles Minot Adventures In Skiing 1965 184 p.illus
1227 Alpine Autobiography Wilson, Arnie Ski The World:A True Story Of Love, Courage And Danger 1999 xxvii, 289 p.illus.
5 Nordic Autobiography Lindley, Sir Francis Oswald A Diplomat Off Duty 1928 195 p. illus
1195 Alpine Autobiography Baldwin, Henry Ives The Skiing Life 1989 126 p. illus
1164 Alpine Autobiography O'Rear, Frankie Chateau Bon Vivant 1967 xiii, 240 p. illus.
1228 Alpine Autobiography Gabl, Franz Franzl II:From Four Years On The Russian Front, 1941-45, To 2000 310 p.
6 Nordic Autobiography Lindley, Sir Francis Oswald A Diplomat Off Duty 1947 200 p.
1196 Alpine Autobiography Hull, Mick Mountain Memories: Sixty Years Of Skiing 1990 42 p. illus. maps
1165 Alpine Autobiography Green, Nancy Nancy Greene: An Autobiography 1968 189 p. illus.
1229 Alpine Autobiography Street, Picabo Picabo:Nothing To Hide 2001 279 p. illus.
7 Nordic Autobiography Brace, Mike Where There's A Will 1980 171 p.
1197 Alpine Autobiography Irwin, Patrick H. Going Downhill For Sixty Years:The Skiing Recollections Of Patrick H. Irwin 1991? 48 p. illus.
1166 Alpine Autobiography Lunn, Sir Arnold Unkilled For So Long: The Memoirs Of Sir Arnold Lunn 1968 175 p.
1230 Alpine Autobiography Johnson, Lloyd R. The Perfect Turn:Alta And My Ski Experience 2002 124 p.