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 Sort descending Issue
5276 Combined History Norge Ski Club 15th National Championship Ski Tournament At Cary, Ill: Sun 1918 [4] p.
1488 Alpine Film Barcan, Dr. Otto "Skiing film" 1918 16 mm
166 Nordic Expedition Butler, Frank Hedges Through Lapland With Skis & Reindeer: With Some Account 1919 xii, 286 p. illus. maps
6382 Combined Poetry, Prose Haynes, Williams. editor Winter Sports Verse 1919 259 p.
167 Nordic Expedition Nansen, Fridtjof The First Crossing Of Greenland 1919 xii, 452 p. illus.
3112 Alpine Technique Richardson, E.C. The "shilling" Ski-Runner 1919
4381 Combined Annual Reports The Montreal Ski Club Annual ReportOf The Montreal Ski Club 1919 39 p. illus.
1424 Alpine Equipment Northland Ski Manufacturing Company NorthlandSki 1919 31 p. illus.
1426 Alpine Equipment Och Brothers Winter Sports 1920 16 p. illus.
811 Nordic Technique Lunn, Sir Arnold Cross-Country Skiing 1920 viii, 120 p. illus
812 Nordic Technique Lunn, Sir Arnold Cross-Country Ski-ing 1920 118 p. illus.
7018 Combined Winter Sports American Express Travel Dept. Winter Sports In Switzerland 1920 l v.
2161 Alpine Guide Lunn, Sir Arnold The Bernese Oberland, Volume II 1920 169 p.
1425 Alpine Equipment Northland Ski Manufacturing Company Northland Skis 1920? 56 p. illus.
1489 Alpine Film Curry Company, Yosemite National Park Skiing In Yosemite National Park 1920? 10 min
1490 Alpine Film Curry Company, Yosemite National Park Winter Playground 1920? 9 min
1491 Alpine Film Curry Company, Yosemite National Park Yosemite Winter Sports 1920? 9 min.
6577 Combined Ski Clubs Cambridge University Ski Club A Member's Handbook 1920?
1427 Alpine Equipment Penobscot Snowshoe Company Penobscot Snowshoes And Skis 1921 20 p. illus.
813 Nordic Technique Lunn, Sir Arnold Cross-Country Ski-ing 1921 118 p. illus.
2731 Alpine Mountaineering Lunn, Sir Arnold Alpine Ski-ing At All Heights And Seasons 1921 xii, 116 p. illus
3113 Alpine Technique Caulfeild, Vivian How To Ski And How Not To 1921 286 p. illus.
1428 Alpine Equipment Hanscom Hardware Co. Saggahew Winter Sporting Goods Catalog 1922 24 p. illus.
2732 Alpine Mountaineering Lunn, Sir Arnold Alpine Ski-ing At All Heights And Seasons 1922 116 p. illus.
6383 Combined Poetry, Prose Lake Placid Club A Christmas Chronicle Of The Lame Ducks 1922 109 p. illus.