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
2808 Alpine Mountaineering Wilberforce Smith, Peter A Little Walk On Skis: From The Mediterranean To AustriaAl 1987 257 p. illus. maps
1354 Alpine Children Fidge, Louis Learning To Ski 1990 16 p.
1416 Alpine Conditioning Foster, Ellen Post Conditioning Skills For Alpine Skiing 1993 88 p.
3945 Alpine Video Ross, Tim U.S. Ski Team Alpine Fundamentals: The Basic Elements Of 1990 VHS20 min.
4009 Alpine Video Stump, Greg The Skier's Guide To The Galaxy 1992 VHS60 min
2621 Alpine Handbook Faurot, Rod A. Ski Easy 1978 iv, 69 p. illus. ma
2685 Alpine Lifts Carlson, Emery Donald Analysis Of The Line Layout, Cable And Sheave Requirement 1948 50 lvs. illus
Alpine Autobiography Maier, Hermann Hermann Maier:The Race Of My Life:An Autobiography 2006
1295 Alpine Biography Dippold, Joel Picabo Street: Downhill Dynamo 1998 64 p. illus.
3821 Alpine Video Twin Tower Enterprises Off The Edge 1987 VHS53 min
3885 Alpine Video Beck, Craig Teach Your Child To Ski At Home 1989 VHS32 min
2497 Alpine Guide Crosetti, Cookie Northwest Ski Area Guide For Downhill And Cross-Country Sk 1994 190 p. illus. maps
2561 Alpine Guide The Unofficial Guide To Skiing In The West 2002 608 p.
1173 Alpine Autobiography Strom, Erling Pioneers On Skis 1977 xi, 239 p. illus
3697 Alpine Video Landsmann, Gene Heinz Skiing Lessons From Gene Heinz Landsmann 1982 VHS60 min
3761 Alpine Video Brown, Roger Ski The Mahre Way 1986 VHS55 min
2373 Alpine Guide Jacobsen, Bruce The Rites Of Winter: A Skier's Budget Guide To Making It On 1984 180 p. illus.
2437 Alpine Guide Chamberlain, Tony A Critical Guide To Alpine Ski Areas Of The U.S. And Canada 1990 158 p. illus.
3575 Alpine Technique Witherell, Warren The Athletic Skier 1993 244 p. illus
3637 Alpine Video Summit Films Ski The Outer Limits 1970 U-Matic, 28 min.
2249 Alpine Guide Ski-ing Centres In Austria 1963 36 p. maps
2313 Alpine Guide Smith, Bill Ski Los Angeles 1974 93 p. illus.
3451 Alpine Technique British Association of Ski Instructors Ski Technique And Instruction Manual 1978 Revised edition
3515 Alpine Technique Campbell, Stu The Way To Ski: The Official Method 1986 160 p. illus.
2125 Alpine Freestyle Broze, Matt C. Freestyle Skiing: The Parka Pocket Guide To Trick And Hot D 1972 111 p. illus