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
2790 Alpine Mountaineering Rowell, Galen High And Wild:Essays On Wilderness Adventure 1983 xiv, 207 p. illus.
1398 Alpine Conditioning Pedersen, Tage Getting In Shape To Ski 1971 95 p. illus
1462 Alpine Equipment U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Skiing And Skiing Equipment 1979
3991 Alpine Video Miller, Warren How The Super Skiers Ski 1992 VHS50 min
4055 Alpine Video Schneider, Hannes White Ecstasy 1993 VHS80 mins.
2603 Alpine Handbook Matthew, Eileen Holm Skiing For Pleasure 1968 232 p. illus.
2667 Alpine Handicap May, Michael Blind Alpine Skiing And Racing 1986 47 p. illus.
1277 Alpine Biography Holand, Hjalmar Rued Snowshoe Thompson:A Norwegian Hero On Skis 1990 21 p. illus.
2668 Alpine Handicap O'Leary, Hal Bold Tracks: Skiing For The Disabled 1987 151 p.
1278 Alpine Biography McCabe, Nora Laurie Graham 1990 48 p. illus.
1341 Alpine Children Hulbert, Elizabeth McKey I Love To Ski 1986 64 p. illus.
3868 Alpine Video Skiing Magazine Skiing With Style:The Parallel Turn 1988 VHS60 min
3932 Alpine Video Lee, Damian. producer & director Ski School 1990 VHS89 min
2480 Alpine Guide Winter Sports Guide, North And Central California-Nevada-Or 1992 99 p. illus.
2544 Alpine Guide Gill, Chris Where To Ski And Snowboard 2000 1999 638 p. illus. maps
1156 Alpine Autobiography Meredith, Brian Escape On Skis 1938 255 p. illus.
1220 Alpine Autobiography Couillard, Mike Miracle On The Mountain:A True Tale Of Faith And Survival 1998 420 p. illus.
3744 Alpine Video Jalbert Productions Marc Girardelli: A Legend Begins 1985 VHS22 - 28 min.
3808 Alpine Video Miller, Dean Ski Tuning With Dean Miller: Secrets Of The Pros Made Easy 1987 VHS30 min
2356 Alpine Guide Smith, Rodney A Guide To The Ski Fields Of New Zealand 1981 128 p. illus.
2420 Alpine Guide Fodor's Fodor's Skiing In North America 1989 393 p. illus.
3621 Alpine Tuning Howden, Michael World Class Ski Tuning: The Manual 1985 108 p. illus.
3684 Alpine Video Van Video Ski The Best Of The West:Lake Tahoe 1980 VHS30 min
2232 Alpine Guide Heuser, William L. Tourism And Skiing In The San Juan Basin Area 1959 53 p.
2296 Alpine Guide Schwartz, Gary H. Skiers' Guide Sun Valley 1972 68 p. illus.