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
4971 Combined Fiction Spain, Nancy Brooker Death Goes On Skis 1949 288 p.
4972 Combined Fiction Stapp, Arthur D. Escape On Skis 1949 ix, 209 p. illus.
2202 Alpine Guide Elkins, Frank World Ski Book 1949 viii. 310 p. illus.
6927 Combined Trauma Malm, W. Nadine Ski Accidents 1949 119 p. tables
2203 Alpine Guide Groswold Ski Company Guide To Good Skiing 1949 39 p.
2204 Alpine Guide Landman, Joan Where To Ski: A Ski Guide to The U.S. And Canada 1949 xvii, 359 p. maps
2205 Alpine Guide Ogrizek, Dore, ed The Winter Book Of Switzerland 1949 382 p. illus
2206 Alpine Guide Shell Touring Service Shell Ski Guide 1949 35 p. illus
2207 Alpine Guide Aspen, Colorado: Skiing Unsurpassed, Winter 1949-1950 1949 12 p. illus.
4384 Combined Annual Reports Ski Club of Great Britain Annual Report Ski Club Of Great Britain 1949- Annual
239 Nordic Film Classic Of Skiing 1949? 16 mm.10 min.
3239 Alpine Technique Groswold Ski Company Guide To Good Skiing 1949?
1605 Alpine Film Ski Thrills 1949? 16 mm. 15 min.
1608 Alpine Film Thorner, Hans Skyward On Skis 1949? 16 mm. 20 min.
1609 Alpine Film Thorner, Hans White Rhapsody 1949? 16 mm. 10 min.
1611 Alpine Film Union Pacific Railroad Moon Over Sun Valley 1949? 30 min.
2179 Alpine Guide Quebec, The Skier's Province 194? 24 p. illus.
2180 Alpine Guide Winter On Cannon Mountain. Fun In Winter: Skiing, Racing, S 194? 14 p. illus.
6762 Combined Sound Recordi Saxer, Walter Exercises To Help You Learn To Ski 194? 3 sound discs, 78 rpm
3211 Alpine Technique Stone, A.J. Frozen Lessons:A Handbook Of Ski Technique 194? 28 p. illus.
1619 Alpine Film Film Bureau of the Province of Quebec Ski In Quebec 1950 16 mm 20 min
2208 Alpine Guide Devan, Stefan von Standard Downhills Of Europe; Les Descentes Standard Dans 1950 144 p. illus.
2209 Alpine Guide Mack, Arthur Enjoying The Catskills: A Practical Guide To The Catskill Mou 1950 vii, 88 p. illus. ma
6227 Combined Music/Songs Kemp, David, comp. The Skiers' Song Book 1950 80 p. illus.
1622 Alpine Film Jay, John Skis Against Time 1950 16 mm