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 Sort descending Title Publication Date Issue
5379 Combined History Centennial Marathon Ski Tour 1967 1 v.
1468 Alpine Equipment Buyers' Guide '83 1982 200 p. illus.
2609 Alpine Handbook Ski Handbook Of The Australian Capital Territory Ski Council 1973?
2549 Alpine Guide Nzski com:New Zealand's Premier Ski And Holiday Planner 1999 27 p. illus. maps
6505 Combined Resort Development/Design Presentation Outline To The Evaluation Committee. . .For Dev 1997 14 [6]p.maps
6318 Combined Olympics Resultats Officiels. Ski Alpin, hommes=Official Results Alpine 1992 1 vol.
1101 Nordic Video Big Mountain - Little Skier 1999 VHS
6258 Combined Olympics Proposed Utah Sites For Ski Events For 1972 Olympic Winter 1966 11 p. illus. maps
4276 Alpine Video Getting There 2002 DVD85 min.
1496 Alpine Film Mt. Washington Ski Trip 1930 16 mm.15 min
1560 Alpine Film Hannes Schneider Ski Technique 1942
6533 Combined Rules of Competition The International Ski Competition Rules Book IV 1988
2581 Alpine Handbook Handbook Of Skiing 1949 32 p.
6044 Combined Market Research National Skier Market Study 1978 various pagings
498 Nordic Guide Cross Country Ski Trails 1988 iv, 69 p. illus.
1841 Alpine Film Skiing In Quebec 1968 16 mm.9 min
1653 Alpine Film Skiing Canon 1953? 20 min.
6751 Combined Software Skiing In Switzerland 1994 Version 1.00
5380 Combined History The Book Of SOYP 1967 100 p.
2550 Alpine Guide The Unofficial Guide To Skiing The West 1999 592 p.
6506 Combined Resort Development/Design Perisher Range Cross-County Ski Development Plan 1997 1997 97 p. maps
6319 Combined Olympics Resultats Officiels. Ski Artistique=Official Results. Freestyle S 1992 1 vol.
293 Nordic Guide Sweet Caporal Skiers' Guide Montreal, PQ.: Imperial Tobacco Company, Ltd., 1940
1102 Nordic Video Nordic Skiing, Speed Skating and Ice Hockey 1999 VHS52 min.
6259 Combined Olympics Salt Lake City, Utah, 1972 Winter Olympics Proposal: 1966 6 lvs. illus. maps