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
1521 Alpine Film Union Pacific Railroad Sun Valley 1938 16 mm.26 min.
783 Nordic Ski Jumping Southern California Open Ski Meet, 1938 First Annual Southern California Open Ski Meet:Official Pro 1938 16 p. illus.
1522 Alpine Film Ski Battalion 1938
1155 Alpine Autobiography Gardiner, Charles Fox Doctor At Timberline 1938 315 p. illus.
1156 Alpine Autobiography Meredith, Brian Escape On Skis 1938 255 p. illus.
2175 Alpine Guide Hertall, E.S. Cue's Guide To Winter Sports 1938 96 p.
1434 Alpine Equipment J. Warshal & Sons 1938 Skis And Ski Equipment 1938 24 p. illus.
3197 Alpine Technique Daoust Lalonde Ski Book Company Daoust Handbook Of Concentrated Ski Technique 1938 48 p. illus.
3202 Alpine Technique Rubi, Christian Ski:Der Leichte Skilauf; Le Ski Facile, Easy Skiing 1938? 64 p. illus.
1517 Alpine Film Oh Say Can You Ski? 1938?
2570 Alpine Handbook Gerber Brothers Ski Manual 1938? 34 p. illus.
1531 Alpine Film Union Pacific Railroad Ski Skill 1939 16 mm. 20 min.
1532 Alpine Film Union Pacific Railroad Winter At Sun Valley 1939 15 min.
5169 Combined Fiction/Children Girvan, Helen Phantom On Skis 1939 275 p.illus
1533 Alpine Film Young, Christopher Ski Girl 1939 35 mm
4953 Combined Fiction Baldwin, Faith White Magic 1939 244 p.
1534 Alpine Film Ski Wonderland 1939 13 min
4954 Combined Fiction Baldwin, Faith White Magic 1939 305 p.
291 Nordic Guide Federal Writers Program, New York City Skiing In The East: The Best Trails And How To Get There 1939 334 p. maps.
4955 Combined Fiction Baldwin, Faith White Magic 1939 305 p.
4956 Combined Fiction Baldwin, Faith White Magic 1939 305 p.
6609 Combined Ski Patrolling Dole, Charles Minot Annual Report Of The National Ski Patrol, 1939-40 1939
4655 Combined Bibliographies Brown, Karl. editor Modern Olympics:A List Of Reference Material In The New Y 1939 29 p.
Alpine Mountaineering Amsler, Rudy Mountaineering Ski Guide 1939
2746 Alpine Mountaineering Schniebs, Otto American Skiing 1939 232 p. illus.