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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.
B1991.011.391
"Tanunak, 1958; sorting roe and stringing fish; herring are braided with Native grass & then hung over driftwood flames" [Madena Flynn processes fish]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1984.077.3.025
[scenic view, river valley, mountains in distance, neg. is deteriorating]
Collection: B1984.077
B1991.011.392
"Tanunak, 1958; stringing fish with grass, Medina Flynn" [woman braids fish into grass; sled dog puppy at right background next to hole; boat in left distance; duplicate]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1991.046.33
Eskimo woman, Golovin, Alaska, 7/53 [Alaska Native woman wearing kuspuk standing on beach]
Collection: B1991.046
B2022.005.101
[Two Indigenous Alaskan girls standing on doorstep]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Girls, Child, Children, Doorstep, Door, Entrance, Doorway, Mukluks, Footwear, Building, House
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1990.014.4.scn.5.MtMcKNorth.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4 / B1990_014_4_scn_5
B1997.003.259
[possibly aerial view of land, water, river; possible double-exposure]
Collection: B1997.003
B2022.005.102
[Group of Indigenous Alaskans in skin boat; seal float at right near aft]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, People, Boat, Skin boat, Watercraft, Transportation, Parka, Clothing, Outerwear, Water, Travel, Seal, Seal float, Float, Group
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.62
[BIPOC man in fur (likely reindeer) parka driving loaded dog sled]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Parka, Fur, Gloves, Reindeer, Caribou, Clothing, Outerwear, Winter, Snow, Dog sled, Sled, Transportation, Load, Travel
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1991.011.396
"Tanunak, 1958; braiding herring" [young woman braids herring in grass; canvas shelter]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2017.029.2957
[crowd and dancers on lawn, three men wearing white tunics with whale design in center background, Native Spirit Festival; print date Jun 84]
Collection: B2017.029
B2017.029.2962
[Alaska Native dance group and drummers on lawn, Native Spirit Festival; print date Jun 84]
Collection: B2017.029
B1989.016.2150.8
Alaska, Northland Greetings [greeting card with sketch of dog team and holly with photograph of Mt. McKinley. copy neg, card clipped to copy stand with clothespins]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1991.011.386
"Tanunak fish camp, Mary Gulealad [?]" [woman weaving grass basket as another woman looks on; braided fish drying; water in distance; June 1958]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1991.011.258
"Kipnuk on a 'white-out' day, 1949; frozen fish" [winter scene with fish on racks]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2018.023.033a
Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [Four girls with braided hair wearing pants made of hide; mukluks; parkas; bags hung around the neck and over the chest may be for gathering roots or tubers; tundra; hill in background; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1991.011.321
Eskimo Woman picking blueberries Nome area
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2018.023.033b
Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: Four girls with braided hair wearing pants made of hide; mukluks; parkas; bags hung around the neck and over the chest may be for gathering roots or tubers; tundra; hill in background; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1989.016.2186.3
(Sid's Dog Racing, Feb. 28, 1967) [female musher leading dog team down Anchorage street past spectators, some people standing in trees along street, Fur Rendezvous sled dog races. Photo by Sidney Hamilton]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.622
E41 Cutting a Kotzebue Caper "Kotzebue, Feb 1948, Paul Smith, dancer" [same as .620, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2018.023.031a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [family, women, man, children, kuspuks, parka, kuspuks, canvas wall tents, clothesline, washtub, washboard, buckets; likely on beach; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.031b
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: family, women, man, children, kuspuks, parka, kuspuks, canvas wall tents, clothesline, washtub, washboard, buckets; likely on beach; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.038a
Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [two girls wearing kuspuks with fur-trimmed hoods and mukluks pose; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2022.005.196
[Boy in trash can collecting glass bottles; child and building in background]
Keywords: Boy, Child, Children, Trash, Trash can, Collecting, Bottle, Glass bottle, Running, Runner, Building
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.2186.4
(Sid's Dog Racing, Feb. 28, 1967) [musher leading seven-dog team down Anchorage street past spectators, some people standing in trees along street, Fur Rendezvous sled dog races. Photo by Sidney Hamilton]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2018.023.038b
Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: two girls wearing kuspuks with fur-trimmed hoods and mukluks pose; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023