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
4989 Combined Fiction van der Loeff, A. Rutgers Avalanche! 1957 219 p. illus.
4994 Combined Fiction van der Loeff, A. Rutgers Avalanche! 1958 219 p. illus.
4998 Combined Fiction van der Loeff, A. Rutgers Avalanche! 1959 184 p.
5033 Combined Fiction van der Loeff, A. Rutgers Avalanche! 1966 219 p.
6781 Combined Sound Recordi Van Court, William T. Appraising Ski Areas 1978 1 sound cassette, 50 min.
3872 Alpine Video Van Arsdale, Bill Ski: The Best Of The West, Vol I 1988 VHS60 min
3873 Alpine Video Van Arsdale, Bill Ski: The Best Of The West, Vol II 1988 VHS60 min.
3874 Alpine Video Van Arsdale, Bill Ski: The Best Of The West, Vol III 1988 VHS30 min
3875 Alpine Video Van Arsdale, Bill Ski The Best Of The West, Vol IV 1988 VHS60 min.
2780 Alpine Mountaineering Van Alstine, Tom An Alpine Touring Guide To The West Kootenays 1977? 26 p. illus. maps
88 Nordic Children Valentine, William T. Ollie The Owl Talks About Cross-Country Skiing 1995 24 p. illus.
2943 Alpine Psychology Valentine, Max The Zen Of Skiing 1995 119 p.
1256 Alpine Biography Valens, Evans G. The Other Side Of The Mountain 1975 301 p. 8 lvs of pla
1263 Alpine Biography Valens, Evans G. The Other Side Of The Mountain 1978 2 vols. illus.
1264 Alpine Biography Valens, Evans G. The Other Side Of The Mountain: Part II 1978 270 p. illus
1274 Alpine Biography Valens, Evans G. The Other Side Of The Mountain 1988 313 p.
1244 Alpine Biography Valens, Evans G. A Long Way Up: The Story Of Jill Kinmont 1966 viii, 245 p. illus
1245 Alpine Biography Valens, Evans G. The Other Side Of The Mountain 1966 301 p. 8 lvs of pla
3352 Alpine Technique Valar, Paul Skiing 1966 93 p. illus.
2708 Alpine Lifts Vail Associates, Inc. Chairlift Operations Manual: 1981-82 1981 iv, 48 p. illus. ma
6445 Combined Resort Develop Vail Associates, Inc. Beaver Creek 1978 l v. unpaged. illus.
2698 Alpine Lifts Vail Associates, Inc. Lift Department Operations Manual 1975 73 p. illus
6844 Combined Surveys & Lift I Vail Associates The Vail Skier, 1969-70 Customer Survey 1970 15 p. map
2713 Alpine Lifts Vail Aerial Tramway & Ski Safety Seminar: 1983: Vail, Colo Third Annual Vail Aerial Tramway & Ski Safety Seminar Proc 1983 ii, 72 p. illus.
2707 Alpine Lifts Vail Aerial Tramway & Ski Safety Seminar [lst: 1981] Proceedings: Vail Aerial Tramway & Ski Safety Seminar, Vail 1981 307 p. illus. maps