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
1326 Alpine Children Browne, Jebbie Ready, Set, Go!Learn To Ski Coloring Book 1980 48 p. illus.
3853 Alpine Video Lyttle, Erich. producer & director Break Thru Basics For Junior Skiers 1988 VHS 45 min.
3917 Alpine Video Wintergreen Adaptive Skiing 199? VHS10 min.
2465 Alpine Guide Ski Utah 1991 31 p. illus. maps
2529 Alpine Guide Phillips, John Mid-Atlantic Winter Sports Guide: The Complete Guide To Do 1997 xi, 272 p. illus. m
1141 Alpine Ability Testing McGinnis, Peter Martin Skills Tests For Discrimination of Alpine Skiing Ability 1981 111 lvs. illus
1205 Alpine Autobiography Pfeifer, Friedl Nice Goin': My Life On Skis 1993 xi, 232 p. illus.
3729 Alpine Video Levy, Ira. director The Alpine Ski School 1984 VHS. 76 min.
3793 Alpine Video A Sports Odyssey 1986 VHS25 min
2341 Alpine Guide Williams, Wendy Skiing The Great Resorts Of North America 1978 270 p. illus.
2405 Alpine Guide Leocha, Charles Ski Europe: A Comprehensive Guide To Skiing Europe's Best 1988 393 p. illus.
3607 Alpine Technique Foster, Ellen Post Skiing And The Art Of Carving 2000 272 p. illus.
3669 Alpine Video Barrymore, Dick Wild Skis 1980 VHS60 min
2217 Alpine Guide Ski-ing In Europe: A Complete Directory Of Resorts AndTheir 1955 6l p. illus.
2281 Alpine Guide Anorak Ski Guide To Scottish Ski-ing 1969 16 p. illus
3483 Alpine Technique Skiing: Alpine And Nordic 1981 23 p. illus.
3547 Alpine Technique DeCoursey, Doug Visual Skiing:Essential Mental And Physical Skills For The M 1990 149 p. illus.
2096 Alpine Film Angrove, James Burning Winter 1996
2157 Alpine Guide Lunn, Sir Arnold The Bernese Oberland, Volume I 1912 135 p.
3359 Alpine Technique Joubert. Georges How To Ski The New French Way 1967 207, p. illus.
3423 Alpine Technique Kidd, Billy Ski In Six Days 1975 105 p. illus.
1972 Alpine Film Barrymore, Dick Blazing Skis 1976 16 mm. 90 min
2036 Alpine Film Miller, Warren Ski In The Sun 1981
3235 Alpine Technique Jacques, Dr. A. Downhill Skiing (French Technique). 1948 233 p. illus.
3299 Alpine Technique Leclere, Remy A. The Allais Or Parallel Ski Technique:A Complete Instruction 1960? [46] p. illus.