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
1566 Alpine Film Howard, Dr. Frank Ski Three 1944 16 mm 45 min
4094 Alpine Video Bruce, Rob. director Spinal Snap 1995 VHS48 min
4158 Alpine Video Gaffney, Scott The Promised Land 1997 VHS
2770 Alpine Mountaineering Brower, David, editor The Sierra Club Manual of Ski Mountaineering 1969 236 p, illus.
2833 Alpine Mountaineering Scott, Chic Summits And Ice Fields:Alpine Ski Tours In The Rockies And 1994 304 p. illus.
1380 Alpine Children Billings, Henry Skiing The Impossible 1999 28 p. illus.
1442 Alpine Equipment Northland Ski Manufacturing Company Northland Skis For Superior Performance 1955 27 p. illus
3971 Alpine Video Real Action Pictures Tales From The Snow Zone 1991 VHS
4035 Alpine Video Jalbert Productions One Light, One World: The "Official Film" Of The 1992 Olympi 1993 VHS 90 mins.
2647 Alpine Handbook Bell, Martin Let's Go Skiing 1990 128 p. illus
2711 Alpine Lifts Lesser, Ellen America's First Ski Tow: Commemorative Album 1983 30 p. illus.
1257 Alpine Biography Wallace, Peggy Ann An Historical Study Of The Career Of Leni Riefenstahl From 1 1975 ix, 525 lvs. maps
1320 Alpine Children Northrop, Christi Mueller Skiing With Kids 1976 121 p. illus.
3847 Alpine Video Feinberg, Lisa Body Prep 1988 VHS101 min
3911 Alpine Video West, Byron. producer Alpine Welcome: Vail, Colorado, 1989 1989 VHS6 min 24 sec
2523 Alpine Guide The Official World Ski Directory 1996/97 1996 320 p. illus. maps
2587 Alpine Handbook Bass, Howard The Magic Of Skiing 1959 143 p. illus.
1199 Alpine Autobiography Baldwin, Henry Ives The Skiing Life 1992 97 p.illus.
3723 Alpine Video Stump, Greg Time Waits For Snowman 1983 VHS60 min
3787 Alpine Video Swix Sport U.S.A. Inc. World Class Ski Tuning 1986 VHS30 min
2399 Alpine Guide Chamberlain, Tony A Critical Guide To Alpine Ski Areas Of The U.S. And Canada 1988 158 p. illus.
2463 Alpine Guide Weber, Robert E. Greatest Ski Resorts In North America 1991 315 p.
3601 Alpine Technique Ross, Ali Ali Ross Skiing Clinic 1998 95 p. illus.
3663 Alpine Video Perfecting Parallel 1979 VHS29 min
2275 Alpine Guide New Jersey Ski Areas 1968 23 p. illus