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The Anchorage Museum library includes books, maps, and print resources focused on Alaska and the Circumpolar North. The public is welcome to access the collection and conduct research on-site during open hours, or by appointment.
The Anchorage Museum archives include historic photographs and print materials covering a broad range of topics related to Alaska and the Circumpolar North. Some materials are available online, while others are available for detailed research on site at the Bob and Evangeline Atwood Alaska Resource Center.
B2014.001.916
(ca-1980 -1982){woman showing a pan full of gold nuggets}
Keywords: gold, mining, placer mining, miner, gold pan
Collection: B2014.001
B1989.016.1718.2
$500 gold and platinum nuggets. Hewitt's Photo [ore arranged in small pans on platter]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.596
33. Alaska Gold. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [nugget with coin for size comparison and flags "Anchorage" and "Alaska"]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2018.023.063a
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] [label] “61” [caption] “Collection of nuggets of Nome, Alaska” [gold nuggets arranged in display, some in frames listing possibly locations and dates; black and white image]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.063b
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] [label] “61” [verso of slide] [caption] “Collection of nuggets of Nome, Alaska” [gold nuggets arranged in display, some in frames listing possibly locations and dates; black and white image]
Collection: B2018.023
B1998.014.1.1378
S3 Sourdough Doe and still no dough (Sourdough Boy "Pete on No Nugget Creek" 1946 postcard [man wearing military garrison cap inspects a gold pan]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1962.001A.475
First gold from Shushitna District showing the $900.00 nugget found in Lucky Gulch, a tributary to Valdez Creek, property of Oregon-Sushitna Mining Co., Sept. 30, ’07, found on August 15, ’07. P.S. Hunt, G1657 [Gold mines and mining; Oregon-Susitna Mining Co.; Valdez] [Studio portrait of three people seated with gold pan. Alutiiq/Sugpiaq territory, Suacit (Valdez)]
Keywords: Alutiiq territory, Sugpiaq territory, Suacit, Valdez, Gold, Gold pans, Gold nuggets, Lucky Gulch, Gold mines and mining, Studio portrait
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B2022.005.15
Mrs. K. F. Waldhelm. Nome, Alaska. [Indigenous Alaskan man and woman with dog outside midwinter. Image signed by Kathinka Waldhelm, wife of George Waldhelm, miner and proprietor of George's Gold Nugget Shoppe.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Woman, Outside, Winter, Snow, Dog, Mrs. K. F. Waldhelm, Mrs. Waldhelm, Kathinka Waldhelm
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.14
Mrs. K. F. Waldhelm. Nome, Alaska. [Small Indigenous Alaskan boy in fur (likely reindeer) parka holding dead bird at side; midwinter. Image signed by Kathinka Waldhelm, wife of George Waldhelm, miner and proprietor of George's Gold Nugget Shoppe.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Boy, Child, Fur, Parka, Reindeer, Hide, Skin, Clothing, Outerwear, Mukluks, Footwear, Bird, Dead bird, Harvest, Subsistence, Winter, Snow, Mrs. K. F. Waldhelm, Mrs. Waldhelm, Kathinka Waldhelm
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon