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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.
B1980.050.16
(189)(4x5 copy neg){native man dressed in traditional clothes holding a ornate dance staff or paddle)
Keywords: traditional dress, native man
Collection: B1980.050 Roy Barron
B2015.008.1188
[commercial portrait of two children in traditional clothing, Transcaspian Oblast. With Russian caption]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.007.76
[large group of men, women, and children on steps of church building, some wearing traditional clothing and some wearing Western style clothing]
Keywords: religion
Collection: B2015.007
B1980.050.19
(4x5 copy neg)(41){Native man standing on board walk dressed in traditional clothes holding an ornate staff and carved bird}
Keywords: traditional dress, native man
Collection: B1980.050 Roy Barron
B1964.001.110
Alaskan belles and reindeer. [Color postcard. Alaska Native women wearing traditional clothing, with reindeer]
Collection: B1964.001 John Urban
B2015.007.169
[group portrait of Alaska Native family next to log cabin in winter, all wearing traditional clothing]
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.80
[large group of men, women, and children on steps of church building, some wearing traditional clothing and some wearing Western style clothing. Cf. .76]
Keywords: religion
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.008.1192
225. Albania [studio portrait of man in traditional clothing, with large dagger in sheath tucked in belt]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.007.150
[group portrait of Alaska Native family posed next to wood-plank building, man wearing Western style clothing and driving cap, women and young boys wearing traditional clothing, young woman holding infant]
Keywords: clothing, residences
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.008.1190
[commercial portrait of man wearing traditional clothing sitting on field stones, Transcaspian Oblast. With Russian caption]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.007.68
[large group of Alaska Native women on boardwalk next to large wooden building, some wearing traditional clothing and some wearing Western style clothing, water in distance]
Collection: B2015.007
B1980.050.17
(189)(4x5 copy neg){native man dressed in traditional clothes holding a two part throwing spear called an ATLATL}
Keywords: hunter, native man, spear, atlatl
Collection: B1980.050 Roy Barron
B2001.041.281
The old and the young {native woman dressed in traditional clothing with a young buy sitting in her lap posing for portrait in photogrpahers studio}
Keywords: child, mother, native alaskan
Collection: B2001.041 Goetze
B2015.007.101
[Alaska Native family next to wood-plank building, wearing traditional and Western style clothing. Original print damaged]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.133
[large group of Alaska Natives gathered outside public school, all wearing traditional clothing, other buildings at right. Print faded]
Keywords: education
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.128
[large group of Alaska Natives gathered on tundra, all wearing traditional clothing, some wearing spotted reindeer fur parkas. Original image blurry]
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.008.1189
[commercial photograph of man with horse-drawn cart, man and young child wearing traditional clothing standing at right, Transcaspian Oblast. With Russian caption]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.007.110
[Alaska Native family posed outdoors, wearing traditional and Western style clothing, one man wearing eyeglasses, young man wearing necktie and holding driving cap]
Collection: B2015.007
B1980.050.15
(5x4 copy neg)(Rudolph Walton, carver)(Dance staff in photo on loan from Sitka Natl Historic Park)(191){Native man dressed in traditional clothes holding a Raven and standing next to a dance staff}
Keywords: native man, dancer, traditional dress
Collection: B1980.050 Roy Barron
B2015.007.126
[group portrait of large group of villagers posed next to large wooden building, two women sitting in sled in front, people wearing both traditional and Western style clothing]
Collection: B2015.007
B2010.023.671
(The rare airplane, both men wear traditional fur caps and boots otherwise modern clothing, ML)[two men and a boy walk past the tail section of an airplane with ID of NC 709Y)
Collection: B2010.023
B2015.007.159
[Alaska Native elder woman and four young women posed outdoors, all wearing traditional clothing, woman at right wearing squirrel fur parka, wood-plank building and hill in background]
Collection: B2015.007
B1995.014.58.9
[portrait of Native family outside store, man, woman, and children in Western and traditional dress next to log building with Hills Bros. Coffee thermometer and can of Standard Gasoline, woman wearing kuspuk, mukluks, and baby belt]
Keywords: clothing, food, footwear
Collection: B1995.014
B1980.050.14
(104)(The Merrill Studio Sitka, Alaska){Native man dressed in ceremonial clothes seated infront of a large american flag}
Keywords: native man, traditional dress, ceremony, flag, chief
Collection: B1980.050 Roy Barron
B2015.008.1205
Women grinding meal between two heavy stones by a peg on which their hands are in picture. Notice gold bracelets. Anklets, toe rings, and necklaces happen not to show. Jeypore [two women in traditional clothing seated on rug]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.1204
Native woman such as an “ayah.” She wears a full skirt of cotton and a jacket half way to waist. Only this cloth beside. Trousers under shirt. If Mohammedan, no skirt over trousers. The water jar she carries is usually on the head. Women do the hardest work and carry the biggest burdens. This one unusually pretty [portrait of woman in traditional clothing posed in front of backdrop]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.1202
A “bearer” carrying his mistress’s pith hat, because it is after 4 P.M. when the sun’s danger is over. Shoes because outdoors. No socks. As stupid as all the rest. We are on our 4th, the best yet. The “bearer” packs up and when one is visiting often includes the hostess’s bed linen, blankets, and towels, only to transfer them later to his own luggage! Hence hostesses now don’t provide these for guests [portrait of man in traditional clothing posed in front of backdrop]
Collection: B2015.008