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
40 Nordic Biography Douglas, Mary Across Greenland's Ice-Fields: The Adventures Of Nansen And 1897 vi. 218 p. illus.
1238 Alpine Biography Frank, Virginia Katherine Hannes Schneider: His Life And Contributions To Skiing 1957 ii, 94 lvs
71 Nordic Biography Baughman, T.H. Pilgrims On The Ice;Robert Falcon Scott's First Antartic Expe 1999 334 p. illus.
1270 Alpine Biography Putnam, William Lowell Joe Dodge:One New Hampshire Institution 1986 184 p.illus.
41 Nordic Biography Bain, J. Arthur Life And Explorations of Fridtjof Nansen 1898
1239 Alpine Biography Stoutenburg, Adrien Snowshoe Thompson 1957 215 p. illus.
72 Nordic Biography Huntford, Roland The Last Place On Earth: Scott And Amundsen's Race To The 1999 xxxii, 588 p. illus.
1271 Alpine Biography Schuller, Carol In The Shadow Of His Wings 1986 224 p. illus.
42 Nordic Biography Douglas, Mary Across Greenland's Ice Fields: The Adventures Of Nansen And 1902 vi. 218 p. illus.
1240 Alpine Biography Teal, Evelyn Flying Snowshoes 1957 181 p.
73 Nordic Biography Preston, Diana A First Rate Tragedy: Captain Scott's Antarctic Expeditions 1999 256 p. illus.
1272 Alpine Biography Schuller, Carol In The Shadow Of His Wings 1986 216 p. illus.
43 Nordic Biography Bain, J. Arthur Life And Explorations of Fridtjof Nansen 1908 xix, 449 p. illus.
1241 Alpine Biography Fairlie, Gerard Flight Without Wings: The Biography Of Hannes Schneider 1958 223 p. illus
Nordic Biography Flemmen, Asbjorn Sondre Norheim:The Father Of Modern Skiing 2003 150 p. illus.
1273 Alpine Biography Sir Arnold Lunn, 1888-1974-1988: A Centenary Tribute 1988? 64 p.
1274 Alpine Biography Valens, Evans G. The Other Side Of The Mountain 1988 313 p.
44 Nordic Biography Starritt, S. Stuart The Life Of Nansen 1930 144 p. illus.
1242 Alpine Biography Stoutenburg, Adrien Snowshoe Thompson 1962 vii, 215 p. illus.
Nordic Biography Oimoen-Stalions, Sonja A Rough Way To Ride Between Earth And Sky:Memoir Of Sk 2003 xii, 150 p. illus.
1275 Alpine Biography Eastman, Tom Flight Without Wings:A Celebration of Hannes Schneider An 1989 88 p. illus.
45 Nordic Biography Sorenson, Jon Saga Of Fridtjof Nansen 1932 372 p. illus.
1243 Alpine Biography Lougee, Laurence W. Ski Champs 1965
1276 Alpine Biography La Bianca, Cory The Legend Of Snowshoe Thompson Mailcarrier On Skis:A 1989 21 p. illus. map
46 Nordic Biography Sorenson, Jon Saga Of Fridtjof Nansen 1932 372 p. illus.