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
3099 Alpine Technique Hoek, Henry W. How To Ski 1910 32 p. illus
3101 Alpine Technique Richardson, E.C. The Ski-Runner 1910 238 (2) p. illus.
3102 Alpine Technique Richardson, E.C. The "shilling" Ski-Runner 1910 36 p. 16 p. of adv
3103 Alpine Technique Rickmers, W.G.R. Ski-ing For Beginners And Mountaineers 1910 175 p. [l], illus
3104 Alpine Technique Rickmers, W.G.R. Ski-ing For Beginners and Mountaineers 1910 175, [1] p. illus.
155 Nordic Expedition Du Chaillu, Paul The Land Of The Long Night 1910 266 p. illus.
156 Nordic Expedition Nansen, Fridtjof The First Crossing Of Greenland 1910 452 p. illus.
810 Nordic Technique Strand, Martin A. Ski Running And Jumping, The Latest Favorite And Most Exhi 1910? 6 p. illus.
3100 Alpine Technique Northland Ski Company How To Ski 1910?
778 Nordic Ski Jumping Strand, Martin A. Ski Running And Jumping, The Latest Favorite And Most Exhi 1910? 6 p. illus.
4296 Alpine Wit & Humor Cleaver, Reginald A Book Of Winter Sports 1911 62 p. illus.
4297 Alpine Wit & Humor Pocock, Noel Below Zero:A Travesty Of Winter Sports 1911 62 p.
3105 Alpine Technique Caulfeild, Vivian How To Ski And How Not To 1911 244 p.
3106 Alpine Technique Richardson, E.C. The "shilling" Ski-Runner 1911 36 p. illus.
2156 Alpine Guide Winter In The Grissons 1911 31 p.
7010 Combined Winter Sports Cleaver, Reginald A Winter Sport Book 1911 62 p.illus.
157 Nordic Expedition Fulton, John Henry Westropp With Ski In Norway And Lapland 1911 254 p. illus.
159 Nordic Expedition Fulton, John Henry Westropp With Ski In Norway And Lapland 1912 254 p. illus.
3107 Alpine Technique Caulfeild, Vivian How To Ski And How Not To 1912 232 p. illus.
3108 Alpine Technique Lunn, Sir Arnold Ski-ing 1912 258 p. illus
2157 Alpine Guide Lunn, Sir Arnold The Bernese Oberland, Volume I 1912 135 p.
7011 Combined Winter Sports Dier, J.C. editor A Book Of Winter Sports: An Attempt To Catch The Spirit Of T 1912 351 p. illus.
7012 Combined Winter Sports Maitland, H. The Dash For Winter Sports 1912
158 Nordic Expedition Amundsen, Roald The South Pole: An Account Of The Norwegian Antarctic Exp 1912 2 v. illus. maps
7013 Combined Winter Sports Thomas Cook Ltd. Winter Sports In Switzerland 1912- 92 p. illus.