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
1632 Alpine Film Howard, Dr. Frank Ski Technics--Alpine Events 1951? 16 mm.11 min.
1633 Alpine Film Jay, John Alpine Safari 1951 16 mm
1634 Alpine Film Miller, Warren California Skis 1951
1635 Alpine Film Thorner, Hans Nacht am Montblanc (They Came on Skis) 1951 35 mm.
1636 Alpine Film Benafield, Jay. producer Winter Holiday 1952 35 mm. 8 min
1637 Alpine Film Durrance, Dick Never Again 1952
1638 Alpine Film Durrance, Dick. director & producer Olympic Winter 1952
1639 Alpine Film Howard, Dr. Frank She And Ski 1952? 16 mm. 45 min.
164 Nordic Expedition Butler, Frank Hedges Through Lapland With Skis And Reindeer 1917 286 p. illus.
1640 Alpine Film Howard, Dr. Frank Ski Safari 1952? 16 mm. 11 min.
1641 Alpine Film Jay, John Olympic Victory 1952 16 mm
1642 Alpine Film Miller, Warren Wandering Skis 1952
1643 Alpine Film Miller, Warren Let's Ski 1952 16 mm. 15 min
1644 Alpine Film National Film Board of Canada Winter Weekend 1952 16 mm. 11 min.
1645 Alpine Film New Zealand Government. Wellington Ski Vacation In New Zealand 1952 35 mm. 44 fr
1646 Alpine Film Scofield, Frank The Skiing Saints 1952?
1647 Alpine Film Scofield, Frank A World In White 1952 90 min
1648 Alpine Film Union Pacific Railroad Championship Skiing 1952 16 mm. 13 min.
1649 Alpine Film Union Pacific Railroad Sun Valley Snowtime 1952 16 mm. 14 min.
165 Nordic Expedition Du Chaillu, Paul The Land Of The Long Night 1917 ix. 266 p. illus.
1650 Alpine Film Union Pacific Railroad ABC Of Ski 1952 16 mm. 13 min.
1651 Alpine Film USDA Forest Service Avalanche Rescue: A Film 1952
1652 Alpine Film 1952 Olympic Games 1952 22 min
1653 Alpine Film Skiing Canon 1953? 20 min.
1654 Alpine Film Coty, Victor Winter Holiday 1953? Color