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
1545 Alpine Film Shurcliff, Sidney Skiing Again 1940 16 mm. 110 min
1546 Alpine Film Swiss Ski School? Beginner To Parallel-- Swiss Ski School 1940
1547 Alpine Film Two-Faced Woman 1940
7045 Combined Winter Sports Union Pacific Railroad Company Snow Sports In Western Wonderlands, 1940-41 1940 48 p. illus.
3212 Alpine Technique Healy, Allan How To Ski 1940 10 p. illus.
3213 Alpine Technique Schneider, Hannes. editor The Northland Ski Manual 1940 48 p. illus.
3214 Alpine Technique Schniebs, Otto Modern Ski Technique 1940 109 p. illus.
2573 Alpine Handbook Gerber Brothers Ski Manual 1940 48 p. illus.
2574 Alpine Handbook Lang, Otto Ski Tips 1940 unpaged. illus.
2575 Alpine Handbook McLane, Charles Bancroft. editor Intercollegiate Ski Union Handbook 1940 64 p.
1157 Alpine Autobiography Furse, Dame Katherine Hearts And Pomegranates:The Story Of Forty-Five Years,187 1940 xx, 407 p. illus.
292 Nordic Guide New England Council.Winter Sports Committee The Skier's Guide To New England, A Handbook To New Engl 1940 84 p. illus. fold map
1158 Alpine Autobiography Lunn, Sir Arnold Come What May: An Autobiography 1940 482 p.
Alpine Wit & Humor Reynolds, Helen Skiing Guests And Other Problems 1940? 45 p. illus
1535 Alpine Film Franconia Holiday 1940? 45 min.
2184 Alpine Guide USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Region The Snow Book:Your National Forest Winter Sports Guide 1940? 47 p.
1536 Alpine Film New Hampshire Skiing 1940? 35 mm.
1537 Alpine Film Ski Novice 1940? 16 mm. 10 min.
238 Nordic Film Cross-Country Skiing 1941 16 mm.20 min
6108 Combined Military War Department Basic Field Manual:Operations in Snow & Extreme Cold 1941 82 p.
4306 Alpine Wit & Humor Delano, John Ski Daddle 1941
6109 Combined Military Instructions For Winter And Ski Training 1941 124 p. illus.
4307 Alpine Wit & Humor Delano, John Ski Daddle 1941
2186 Alpine Guide Elkins, Frank Ski Hints And Snow Lands: Prepared For The Ski Enthusiasts 1941 63 p. illus.
4958 Combined Fiction Knight, Clifford The Affair Of The Skiing Clown 1941 256 p.