Resources
How to search this site: SkiingHistory.org as a research tool
Using the website for research The skiinghistory.org website has become an invaluable research tool for students and writers. An increasing number of journalists now rely on the site as a fact-check...
Washington State Skiing History Papers by John Lundin
The On-line Encyclopedia of Washington History Milwaukee Ski Bowl, 1938-1950: Revolution in Local Skiing, Essay 10060l http://historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=10060 Cle...
CANADIAN SKI HISTORY WRITERS PROJECT
The Canadian Ski History Writers Project (CSHWP) is an ongoing collaboration between the Canadian Ski Hall of Fame and Museum (CSHFM) and the International Skiing History Association (ISHA). The...
Glossary: More Than 100 Historical Ski Terms
This Glossary of Historical Ski Terms is from the book "Story of Modern Skiing," by John Fry, published in 2006 by University Press of New England, 380 pages, 90 illustrations, $24.95." The author is...
Index to Skiing History Magazine and Skiing Heritage past Articles by Issue
The journal was started in 1989 by Glenn Parkinson as a six-page newsletter under the name Blizzard. In the third issue, the name was changed to Snow News. In 1991, the journal was acquired by I.S.H....
Ski Magazine Back Issues and Index, 1941-1993
In 1935 Seattle native Al Nydin had the idea for a magazine about skiing. Until that time most ski periodicals and annuals were association-published. In publishing America’s first independent,...
Index to Skiing Magazine, 1949-1986
Skiing Magazine Index includingRocky Mountain Skiing 1949-52 National Skiing 1949-52 Skiing Magazine 1958-1986 Rocky Mountain Skiing To search within this index, first call up the Text Find...
Snow Country Back Issues and Searchable Index, 1988-98
By John Fry In 1987, the New York Times Co.’s Golf Digest magazine publishing division decided to start a new magazine aimed at skiers, Snow Country. The premiere issue was published in March 1988....
America's First Ski Magazine
In 1935 Seattle native Al Nydin had the idea for a magazine about skiing. Until that time most ski periodicals and annuals were association-published. In publishing America’s first independent,...Index of American/Eastern Ski Annual, 1934-61
American Ski Annual and Eastern Ski Annual Index, 1934-61: To search within this index, first call up the Text Find function (control-F). A search box will appear. In the search box, type the name or...
Historic Mountain dishes
Raclette: Slices of Raclette cheese are melted in small pans, then eaten with boiled potatoes, pickles and dried meats. Fondue Bourguignon, meat dipped in boiling butter and oil fat to cook, then in...Henry Yaple's Ski Bibliography 1890-2002
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...
The Story of Modern Skiing -- INDEX NAMES AND PLACES
by John Fry University Press of New England2006 • 408 pp. 90 illus. 6 x 9″Sports & Recreation / History$24.95 Cloth, 1-58465-489-9 The book is available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble and the...
Skiing History Magazine (Formerly Skiing Heritage) Back Issues
All back issues of ISHA’s official publication Skiing Heritage/Skiing History, can be read on line, page by page, in digital format. Older editions, from Summer 1989 (Volume 1, Number 1) through to...
The Beekley International Collection of Skiing Art & Literature
Article by John Fry The Beekley International Collection of Skiing Art & Literature, contains 200 exquisite paintings and sculptures of skiers; 600 posters, some of which now auction for as much...
Speed Skiing World Records from 1874 to 1999
Speed skiing went through a number of organizational convolutions after 1984, stabilizing in 1993 when the French Ski Federation became the sanctioning body for the races. Eighty to a hundred racers...
Race Results
Olympic, World Cup and World Championship race results The most extensive database on race results is the FIS website, with results lists (not just medalists) for Olympic and FIS World Championships...
2018 World Guide to Ski Museums, Collections, and Libraries
Ski Museums of the World 2018 Updated March, 2021 By E. John B. Allen Of the 128 nations (up from 110 in 2012) that belong to the Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS), 21 have established museums...