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
1182 Alpine Autobiography Ball, W.L. I Skied The Thirties 1981 116 p. illus.
1183 Alpine Autobiography Berscheit, Mary Jo Joy On The Mountain 1981 201 p.
1184 Alpine Autobiography Dercum, Edna Strand It's Easy, Edna, It's Downhill All The Way 1981 213 p. illus.
1185 Alpine Autobiography Dyer, Rev. John L. Tracking The Snowshoe Itinerant 1981 126 p. illus.
1186 Alpine Autobiography Kaaten, Sverre 52 Years Of Skiing In Australia Through Norwegian Eyes 1981 144 p. illus
1187 Alpine Autobiography Warburg, H. Adventure On Skis 1981 128 p.
1188 Alpine Autobiography Berscheit, Mary Jo Joy On The Mountain 1982
1189 Alpine Autobiography Bartelski, Konrad Konrad Bartelski:The Autobiography Of A Skier 1983 179 p.illus
119 Nordic Equipment Ski Industries of America The 1982 Ski Industries America Show Directory And Retailer 1982 96 p. illus
1190 Alpine Autobiography Cranfield, Ingrid Skiing Down Everest: And Other Crazy Adventures 1983 208 p.illus.
1191 Alpine Autobiography Woolsey, Elizabeth Off The Beaten Track 1984 208 p. illus.
1192 Alpine Autobiography Mahre, Phil No Hill Too Fast 1985 383 p. illus.
1193 Alpine Autobiography Podborski, Steve Podborski! 1987 237 p. illus.
1194 Alpine Autobiography Read, Ken The White Circus: A Skiing Life With The Crazy Canucks 1987 215 p. illus.
1195 Alpine Autobiography Baldwin, Henry Ives The Skiing Life 1989 126 p. illus
1196 Alpine Autobiography Hull, Mick Mountain Memories: Sixty Years Of Skiing 1990 42 p. illus. maps
1197 Alpine Autobiography Irwin, Patrick H. Going Downhill For Sixty Years:The Skiing Recollections Of Patrick H. Irwin 1991? 48 p. illus.
1198 Alpine Autobiography Trovanti, Armando. photo editor Ski Great Moments 1991 162 p. illus.
1199 Alpine Autobiography Baldwin, Henry Ives The Skiing Life 1992 97 p.illus.
12 Nordic Autobiography Bodensteiner, Luke Endless Winter:An Olympian's Journal 1994 ix. 200 p.
120 Nordic Equipment Wilson, Frederick R. Development Of A New Test Method For Nordic And Combine 1983 61 lvs. illus.
1200 Alpine Autobiography Burr, T.J. Rocky Mountain Adventure Collection: The Adventures of a C 1992 304 p.illus.
1201 Alpine Autobiography Riefenstahl, Leni The Sieve Of Time:The Memoirs Of Leni Riefenstahl 1992 669 p. illus
1202 Alpine Autobiography Healy, Trudy From The Black Forest To Tibet: One Woman's Mountains 1993 288 p. illus.
1203 Alpine Autobiography Martin, Andy Coming Down The Mountain 1993 224 p. illus.