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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.
B1996.009.16full
Crew wounded it in Bering Straits between the Diomedes and after making fast to it with the harpoon and bomb gun, was surprised when they cut it up to find -
Collection: B1996.009 McBride Collection
B2022.005.16
[Indigenous Alaskan mother seated with children on ground midwinter; family wearing fur parka]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Woman, Mother, Children, Toddler, Baby, Infant, Baby wearing, Parka, Fur, Clothing, Outerwear, Seated, Sitting, Outside, Winter, Snow, Ground
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1990.014.004.14689
June of '43 - plane with str passing at Ruby-Yukon River
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B2022.005.113
[Young couple in partial embrace; bus, people, and buildings in background]
Keywords: Alaska, Alaskan, Couple, Young man, Man, Young woman, Woman, Embrace, Hug, Holding hands, Bus, Transportation, People, Buildings, Structures, Houses
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.1455.2
43. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [Alaska Native woman with fur and bead headdress, lip and nose piercings. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1985.027.2437
[from verso] Eskimos - hunting; Wien Air Alaska photo by Frank Whaley [two children stand in shallow water holding what is likely a dead seal; shore ice and sea ice in background; one child wears a construction helmet]
Collection: B1985.027 Wien Collection
B1997.019.20full
The captain puts on his pendant made of pieces of whale meat sewed in pieces of seal skin, the whole village hurries to the
Collection: B1997.019 Wright Collection