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 Sort descending Title Publication Date Issue
970 Nordic Trails NSTOA OperationsManual 1978
1985 Alpine Film Oh-To-Hell-I-Copter With It 1977?
4145 Alpine Video Alf Engen, An American Ski Legend 1996 VHS
3834 Alpine Video Ski The Best Of The West:Taos 1987 VHS
2450 Alpine Guide Wisconsin Winter Adventures: A Guide to Winter Recreational 1990 112 p. illus. maps
3650 Alpine Video Sports Hour # 6 1977 VHS60 min
5977 Combined Management Plans A Management Plan For The Burtnside Ski Touring And Hikin 1978 26 p. illus.
6992 Combined Winter Safety Winter Safety Handbook 1975 96 p. illus.
6804 Combined Special Olympics Special Olympics Alpine Skiing Sports Skills InstructionalP 1982 46 p.illus
1522 Alpine Film Ski Battalion 1938
6312 Combined Olympics Ski Artistique: Reglement=Freestyle Skiing: Regulations 1990 49, 49 p. illus.
1095 Nordic Video Ski Faster With Olympic Champion Bjorn Daehlie 1997 VHS33 min
5762 Combined Impact Statements Early Winters Alpine Winter Sports Study: Final Environmenta 1984 372 p. v. illus.
6836 Combined Statistics Utah Ski Database 2002 15 p. illus.
3835 Alpine Video Ski The Best Of The West:Telluride 1987 VHS
6280 Combined Olympics Olympic Books 1979 6 vols. illus.
2451 Alpine Guide Skiing The Alps Handbook 1990 320 p. illus. maps
5622 Combined History Japan Ski Team 1994: Alpine, Jump, Cross Country, Nordic C 1994 97 p.
6805 Combined Special Olympics Cross Country Skiing 1995 1 v. (various pagings), illus.
1523 Alpine Film Ski Chase 1939? 16 mm.20 min.
2480 Alpine Guide Winter Sports Guide, North And Central California-Nevada-Or 1992 99 p. illus.
6313 Combined Olympics [Technical Manual] 1990 14 v. illus. maps
3250 Alpine Technique Trouble-Shooting Guide For Skiers 1950 32 p. illus
539 Nordic Guide Cross Country Skiing And Snowshoeing: Riding Mountain Nati 1991 1 v. illus.
4147 Alpine Video Let's Go Skiing: The Powder Skiing Workshop 1996 VHS50 min