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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.
B1995.014.92.14
[Russian Mission cemetery and church in winter]
Keywords: religion, funerary customs
Collection: B1995.014
B2017.024.2095
King Island, copyright 1986 [men, hunters, hauling umiak across snow; motor]
Collection: B2017.024
B2021.002.024
Samuel Fleming, 20 years old, Fairbanks, October 1951 [note on the back: dressed and ready for platoon inspection.]
Keywords: Samuel Fleming, Fairbanks, African American Families, African Americans 1950-1990, African Americans Military Service
Collection: B2021.002 Samuel Fleming Collection
B2022.002.24
Right to left: Cal Williams, Harry Crawford, and Donna Brazil campaigning for Barack Obama, 2008 [Cal Williams in suit and striped tie during visit to Anchorage by Donna Brazil]
Keywords: Cal Williams, Harry Crawford, Donna Brazil, Politics
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B1998.014.1.1225
"O58 An Eskimo kayak and dog sled." (1958 postcard & print; photo by Frank Morgan) [kayak leaning on slde; sled dogs lay nearby on beach; boats in background; canvas wall tents above beach, stove pipes.; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1227
"O59 'Sourdough Jim,' Anchorage, Alaska {An Alaskan "Sourdough Jim" (Many poses w/crayon #)} [posed image of man wearing plaid shirt, suspenders, cap, beard; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1995.014.105.15
[soldier seated at camp site, with fire at left, tarped area in center, and tarped sleeping area hung between two trees]
Keywords: military, camping
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.105.14
[soldier cleaning fish on top of wooden crate at camp site]
Keywords: military, camping, fishing
Collection: B1995.014
B2017.024.1054
Jan71P7 #16039 Barrow [side view of Inupiat men holding drums; Inupiat women in background; parkas, fur]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Dancing, Drum, Drummers, Parka
Collection: B2017.024
B2014.016.2
Bill Hammersley's cache & doghouse, Kulik, Alaska [log cache and earthen kennel]
Keywords: residences, food, animals
Collection: B2014.016
B2015.007.129
[two Alaska Native women holding infants, seated outdoors next to log cabin]
Keywords: children, mothers
Collection: B2015.007
B2023.003.44
3985, 19, Photo by John Endler, Jr. [Alaska Railroad train engine and train cars parked on tracks with an automobile parked to the right of tracks and snow-capped mountains in the background]
Keywords: Alaska, Portage, Alaska Railroad, Chugach Mountains, John Endler Jr.
Collection: B2023.003 John Endler Jr. Slides
B1995.014.74.2
[wooden sign, "There are cities found in song and story, And some are not that ought to be, And one of these is Purgatory, Where water, wood, and air are free. The Chamber of Commerce"]
Collection: B1995.014
B2014.016.872
[on verso:] 11536-99 [portrait of Alaska Native man wearing parka with fur trim, mukluks, billed cap, and watch, smoking cigarette, sitting on sled]
Collection: B2014.016
B1998.014.1.1223
"O57 A fisherman's cabin at Seward, Alaska." [same as .1222; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.536
D33 Dick Mitchell & his racing team of siberian sled dogs. "Dick Mitchell's team, trees background 1 print; 1 neg, 3 negs" [sled dog team, musher, snow-covered road bank, plowed snow]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2014.016.1861
Kiana, on the Kobuk River. Sod-roofed cache is proud possession of Eskimo. Background, his wife stands outside their home [Alaska Native man and White woman stand near log cache, woman near log cabin in background, fireweed in foreground]
Keywords: food, residences
Collection: B2014.016
B1998.014.1.792
L30 Palmer, Alaska "1946 postcard" [view of roadway, automobiles, field, structures, agricultural buidings, townshite, water tower, mountains in background; nitrate]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.2424
August 1961 "Alaska - Eskimo dancers entertain at Kotzebue Social Club - winter; copyright 1986" [people drumming and singing whil others dance or observe; lettering on back wall: "Pagel(obstructed)cipsee E(obstructed)lot"; baleen hanging over window; snowshoes hanging on wall at left]
Collection: B2017.024
B2014.027.31
ITDR-78 #17. Mother and sleeping baby, “Spectators,” Iditarod Sled Dog Race, 1978, Nancy Lake, Alaska
Collection: B2014.027