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
143 Nordic Expedition Johansen, Hjalmar With Nansen In The North; A Record Of The Fram Expedition I 1899 vii, 351 p. illus. maps
1430 Alpine Equipment Northland Ski Manufacturing Company Northland Skis 1925 48 p. illus.
1431 Alpine Equipment Northland Ski Manufacturing Company Northland Skis: Toboggans, Snow Shoes, Hockey Sticks 1930 56 p. illus.
1432 Alpine Equipment Northland Ski Manufacturing Company Northland Skis 1933? 68 p. illus.
1433 Alpine Equipment Northland Skis:Ice And Field Hockey Sticks, Toboggans, Sno 1936? 68 p. illus.
1434 Alpine Equipment J. Warshal & Sons 1938 Skis And Ski Equipment 1938 24 p. illus.
1435 Alpine Equipment Medelios [Catalog Of Sports And Ski Clothes And Equipment] 1939
1436 Alpine Equipment J. Warshal & Sons Warshal's 1940 Ski Catalog 1940 22 p. illus.
1437 Alpine Equipment Northland Ski Manufacturing Company Northland Skis 1943? 23 p. illus.
1438 Alpine Equipment Northland Ski Manufacturing Company Northland Skis 1947 23 p. illus.
1439 Alpine Equipment Miller, Earl That Men Might Ski 1951 76 p. illus.
144 Nordic Expedition Du Chaillu, Paul The Land Of The Long Night 1900 xvii, 266 p. illus.
1440 Alpine Equipment The Norse House Guide To The Proper Selection Of Ski Equip 1954 34 p.
1441 Alpine Equipment Head Skis:The Engineered Revolution 1955? 26 p.
1442 Alpine Equipment Northland Ski Manufacturing Company Northland Skis For Superior Performance 1955 27 p. illus
1443 Alpine Equipment Head Ski Company Head Skis Service & Repair Manual 1957 spiral bound
1444 Alpine Equipment Gordon, Alex A Service Manual For Ski Repair Shops 1965 1 v. (various pagings) illus.
1445 Alpine Equipment Northland Ski Manufacturing Company Northland 1965 25 p. illus
1446 Alpine Equipment Rossier, Charles A Study Of The Coefficient Of Friction Between A Ski And Ski 1968 l v.[unpaged] charts
1447 Alpine Equipment Head Skis:The Emerging Revolution 1970? not paged
1448 Alpine Equipment Piziali, Robert Louis Dynamics Of Snow Skis 1970 1 v.
1449 Alpine Equipment Outwater, John Ogden On Ski Bindings And Their Calibration For Safety 1971 23 lvs. & tables
145 Nordic Expedition Borchgrevink, C.E. First On The Antarctic Continent; Being An Account Of The Bri 1901 xv, 333 p. illus. maps
1450 Alpine Equipment Consumer Guide Ski And Equipment Test Reports 1973 146 p. illus
1451 Alpine Equipment Editors of Consumer Guide Complete Buying Guide To:Ski Equipment 1974 386 p. illus.