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 Sort ascending Author 1 Title Publication Date Issue
4297 Alpine Wit & Humor Pocock, Noel Below Zero:A Travesty Of Winter Sports 1911 62 p.
4324 Alpine Wit & Humor Cram, Bob Here Come The Skiers 1970 128 p. illus.
4357 Alpine Wit & Humor Fiddy, Roland The Fanatics Guide To Skiing 1992 not paged
4298 Alpine Wit & Humor Cleaver, Reginald Alpine Sport:A Sketch-Book 1922? 16 plates
4325 Alpine Wit & Humor Clement, Joe Ski Lines From A Lift Shack 1971 unpaged, illus.
4358 Alpine Wit & Humor Forbes, Ernest The World's Best Skiing Jokes 1993 86 p. illus.
4299 Alpine Wit & Humor D'Egville, Alan H. S'no Fun 1925 96 p. illus.
4326 Alpine Wit & Humor Godlington, Doug Piste 1971 95 p. illus.
4359 Alpine Wit & Humor Miller, Warren On Film In Print 1994 268 p. illus
4300 Alpine Wit & Humor Knox, E.V. A Winter Sports Alphabet 1926 1 v. (not paged) illus.
4327 Alpine Wit & Humor Algiers, JoAnn It Happens In Sun Valley 1972 48 p.
4360 Alpine Wit & Humor Poster, Carol Skiing!: Faceplants, Eggbeaters, And Snowsnakes:A Guide T 1995 74 p. illus.
4301 Alpine Wit & Humor Emtage, J.B. Ski Fever 1936 109 p. illus.
4328 Alpine Wit & Humor Fahrner, Rudiger Ski Total 1972 1 v. (unpaged), ch
4361 Alpine Wit & Humor Nicol, Eric Skiing Is Believing 1996 80 p.illus.
4302 Alpine Wit & Humor Emtage, J.B. Ski Fever 1936 xii. 109 p. illus.
4329 Alpine Wit & Humor Fahrner, Rudiger Hooked On Sking 1972
4362 Alpine Wit & Humor Whittemore, Richard F. For The Love Of Skiing 1999 236 p. illus.
4303 Alpine Wit & Humor Barsis, Max Bottoms Up; An Unreliable Handbook For Skiers 1939 92 p. illus.
4330 Alpine Wit & Humor Nitka, Louis Ski With Nitka 1972 64 p. illus.
4363 Alpine Wit & Humor On The Piste 1999 112p. illus.
4304 Alpine Wit & Humor Porges, Franziska The Merry Skibook 1939 16 cartoons
4331 Alpine Wit & Humor Chinook, Nipi The Ski Bum's Guide To Mountain Wildlife 1978 105 p. illus.
4364 Alpine Wit & Humor Beard, Henry Ski.ing A Snowslider's Dictionary 2002 281 p. illus.
4305 Alpine Wit & Humor Barsis, Max Barsis At Snow Valley 1940 90 p. illus.