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
4360 Alpine Wit & Humor Poster, Carol Skiing!: Faceplants, Eggbeaters, And Snowsnakes:A Guide T 1995 74 p. illus.
2969 Alpine Racing Miller, Peter The 30,000 Mile Ski Race 1972 231 p. illus.
3033 Alpine Teaching Guid Rowe, Patricia A Study Of The Modified Arlberg Versus The French Method 1951 91 lvs.
1647 Alpine Film Scofield, Frank A World In White 1952 90 min
1711 Alpine Film Union Pacific Railroad Western Wonderland Series No. 1 1957 16 mm. 12 min.
4239 Alpine Video Fanck, Arnold The White Flame 2000 VHS30 min.
4301 Alpine Wit & Humor Emtage, J.B. Ski Fever 1936 109 p. illus.
2850 Alpine Mountaineering Vives, Jean Backcountry Skier: Your Complete Guide To Ski Touring 1998 272 p. illus.
2909 Alpine Promotional Pfeifer, Friedl, editor The Sun Valley Ski Book 1939 94 p. illus.
1523 Alpine Film Ski Chase 1939? 16 mm.20 min.
1587 Alpine Film Jay, John Singing Skis 1947 16 mm.
4115 Alpine Video Perlman, Eric X-Team: Advance To The Steeps: An Instructional Ski Movie 1995 VHS
4179 Alpine Video Winter, Steve Pura Vida:The Purest Life 1997 VHS48 min.
2728 Alpine Motor Ability Gorton, Linda G. The Relationship Between Selected Factors Of Motor Ability, 1966 vi, 65 lvs. illus
2791 Alpine Mountaineering Roberts, Eric High Level Route: Chamonix, Zermatt, Saas: Ski Mountaineer 1984 147 p. illus. maps
1399 Alpine Conditioning Stiles, Merritt H. Ski At Any Age: Fitness Can Be Fun 1971 xii, 115 p. illus
1463 Alpine Equipment Raskulinecz, George, Jr. Design And Construction Of An Athropometric Dummy Of The 1980 222 lvs.
3992 Alpine Video Miller, Warren Skiing Bloopers II 1992 VHS46 min.
4056 Alpine Video Stanfield, James A Matter Of Inconvenience 1993 VHS16 min.
2604 Alpine Handbook Heller, Mark Ski 1969 248 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