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
1452 Alpine Equipment Gardiner, Richard J. Dynamic Modeling For Ski Design 1974 xii, 67 lvs. illus
1453 Alpine Equipment Ski Magazine 1974 Ski Equipment Survey, Volume II 1974 67 p.
1454 Alpine Equipment Ski Magazine 1975 Ski Equipment Survey, Volume III 1975 74 p.
1455 Alpine Equipment Holden, Michael S. An Instructor's Guide To Ski Mechanics 1976 51 p. illus
1456 Alpine Equipment United States International Trade Commissi Alpine Ski Bindings From Austria, Switzerland & West Germa 1976 iv, 15, A-72 p. illus
1457 Alpine Equipment Fohrell, William Barnett Vibration And Viscoelastic Damping Of Laminated Beams: A 1977 129 lvs. illus
1458 Alpine Equipment Ski Magazine Ski Equipment Survey, 1977 1977 73 p. plus questionnaire
1459 Alpine Equipment Keinonen, J. An Experimental Device For Measuring Friction Between Ski 1978 11 p. illus.
146 Nordic Expedition Nansen, Fridtjof The First Crossing Of Greenland 1902 452 p. illus.
1460 Alpine Equipment Lieu, Dennis Kenmon Design And Evaluation Of An Electronic Ski-Binding 1978 49 lvs.
1461 Alpine Equipment Melsky, Gerald Steven The Design Of A Device To Test The Dynamic Performance Of 1979 57 lvs. illus. plans
1462 Alpine Equipment U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Skiing And Skiing Equipment 1979
1463 Alpine Equipment Raskulinecz, George, Jr. Design And Construction Of An Athropometric Dummy Of The 1980 222 lvs.
1464 Alpine Equipment Schultes, Hermann The Alpine Ski 1980 x, 165 p. illus.
1465 Alpine Equipment Davis, Stephen J. Thermal Deformation Of Various Composite Material SkiCon 1981 x, 185 lvs. illus
1466 Alpine Equipment Ski Industries America The 1982 Ski Industries America Show Directory And Retailer 1982 96 p. illus
1467 Alpine Equipment 1983 Buyer's Guide 1982 170 p. illus.
1468 Alpine Equipment Buyers' Guide '83 1982 200 p. illus.
1469 Alpine Equipment Lyle, C.A. Optimal Ski Boot Stiffness For The Prevention Of Boot Top Fr 1983
147 Nordic Expedition Nansen, Fridtjof Farthest North, Being A Record Of A Voyage Of Exploration O 1902 2 vols. illus.
1470 Alpine Equipment Buyer's Guide 1983 v. illus.
1471 Alpine Equipment Goldsmith, David The Well-Equiped Skier 1984 24 p.
1472 Alpine Equipment Pihkala, Pekka Determination Of The Contact Area Between Ski And Snow U 1986 12 lvs. illus.
1473 Alpine Equipment DeRocco, Anthony The Design, Construction And Evaluation Of A Snow SkiPres 1987 165 lvs. illus
1474 Alpine Equipment Ruffolo Enterprises Ski-Hiker Window Mount Locking Ski Rack 1988 6 p. illus.