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
174 Nordic Expedition Amundsen, Roald The South Pole;An Account Of The Norwegian Antarctic Exp 1929 2 vols. illus. maps
2736 Alpine Mountaineering Smythe, Francis Sydney Climbs And Ski Runs: Mountaineering And Ski-ing In The Alps 1929 307 p. illus.
3134 Alpine Technique Bilgeri, Georg Colonel Bilgeri's Handbook On Mountain Ski-ing 1929 110 p., illus
6385 Combined Poetry, Prose Arkell, Reginald Winter Sportings 1929 79 p.
3135 Alpine Technique Caulfeild, Vivian Ski-ing Turns 1929
7030 Combined Winter Sports Lake Placid Club 25th Anniversary Of Winter Sports, Winter 1929-30 1929
3136 Alpine Technique D'Egville, Alan H. Modern Ski-ing 1929 176 p. illus
7031 Combined Winter Sports Williams, Becket Winter Sports In Europe 1929 416 p. illus.
3137 Alpine Technique Jessup, Elon H. Skis And Skiing 1929 224 p. illus.
6232 Combined Olympics Olympic Winter Games, St. Moritz, 1928Report Of The Ameri 1929
3138 Alpine Technique Jessup, Elon H. Skis And Ski-ing 1929 192 p. illus.
3139 Alpine Technique Lunn, Sir Arnold Ski-ing For Beginners 1929 133 p.
3142 Alpine Technique Lunn, Sir Arnold Ski-ing For Beginners 1930 133 p. illus.
3143 Alpine Technique Lunn, Sir Arnold The Complete Ski-Runner 1930 xvi, 213 p. illus
3144 Alpine Technique Lunn, Sir Arnold The Complete Ski-Runner 1930 213 p. illus.
2165 Alpine Guide Buschman, Camillo Ski Guide For The Kitzbuhel District 1930
780 Nordic Ski Jumping Keiller, Alexander The Judging Of Style In Ski Jumping 1930 13 p.
781 Nordic Ski Jumping Ostgaard, Captain N.R. Lectures On The Estimation Of The Running Jump, Oslo27th 1930 13 p.
1431 Alpine Equipment Northland Ski Manufacturing Company Northland Skis: Toboggans, Snow Shoes, Hockey Sticks 1930 56 p. illus.
44 Nordic Biography Starritt, S. Stuart The Life Of Nansen 1930 144 p. illus.
5283 Combined History Graves, Charles And The Greeks 1930 224 p. illus.
1496 Alpine Film Mt. Washington Ski Trip 1930 16 mm.15 min
175 Nordic Expedition Du Chaillu, Paul The Land Of The Long Night 1930 xvii, 266 p. illus.
2737 Alpine Mountaineering Smythe, Francis Sydney Climbs And Ski Runs:Mountaineering And Ski-ing In The Alp 1930 307 p. illus.
2950 Alpine Racing Mitchell, Harold Downhill Ski Racing 1930 125 p. illus.