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
1542 Alpine Film Landers, Lew. director Ski Patrol 1940 64 min.
1543 Alpine Film New York, New Haven & Hartford RR Let's Go Skiing 1940 28 min approx.
1544 Alpine Film Shurcliff, Sidney Ski America Third 1940 16 mm45 min
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
1548 Alpine Film 10th Mountain Division Film 1941- 4 reels
1549 Alpine Film Humberstone, H. Bruce. director Sun Valley Serenade 1941 86 min
155 Nordic Expedition Du Chaillu, Paul The Land Of The Long Night 1910 266 p. illus.
1550 Alpine Film Jay, John Ski The Americas - North And South 1941 16 mm
1551 Alpine Film Lang, Otto The Basic Principles Of Skiing 1941 B&W
1552 Alpine Film Shurcliff, Sidney Dr. Quackenbush Skis The Headwall 1941 60 min
1553 Alpine Film Union Pacific Railroad Sun Valley Holiday 1941 15 min.
1554 Alpine Film Jay, John Company A-87Mt. Rainier 1942 16 mm.
1555 Alpine Film Jay, John Ski Here, Senor! 1942 16 mm
1556 Alpine Film Roberts, John W. Singing Skis 1942 60 min
1557 Alpine Film U.S.War Department Ski Safety: First Aid And Emergency Repair Of Equipment 1942 16 mm. 41 mins
1558 Alpine Film U.S. War Department Ski Equipment 1942 16 mm 21 mins.
1559 Alpine Film U.S. War Department Ski Safety 1942 16 mm, 21 mins
156 Nordic Expedition Nansen, Fridtjof The First Crossing Of Greenland 1910 452 p. illus.
1560 Alpine Film Hannes Schneider Ski Technique 1942
1561 Alpine Film Parchutists With Skis 1942
1562 Alpine Film Jay, John Ski Patrol 1943 16 mm.120 min
1563 Alpine Film Johnston, Robert Training Films Of The 10th Mountain Division At Camp Hale, Colorado 16 mm. 2 reels Color
1564 Alpine Film Lang, Otto. producer Ski Gulls 1943