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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.
B2016.019.1.02f.06475.04
Aerials of flame & snowflake for AOC [Anchorage - Anchorage Organizing Committee (AOC)], 1988
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Anchorage, Anchorage Organizing Committee, AOC, Olympics
Collection: B2016.019
B1989.016.BennettClifton.1
Bennett, Clifton, Passport Photos, 1942
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1989.016.294.6
Anchorage, Alaska, Nov. 18. Hewitt's. Cement pouring at 10 degrees.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1985.027.tourism.nonumber1
Texans by walrus heads. 8 x 10 b&w negative. Severe vinegar syndrome.
Collection: B1985.027 Wien Collection
B2016.004.21.18
Barrow, Whaling, Whale Feast, May 1981 [people eating whale meat at captain’s house]
Collection: B2016.004
B2002.20.094
(Wasilla Lake in the Matanuska Valley Alaska 1944)
Keywords: lake, Wasilla Alaska
Collection: B2002.020 Henrietta 'Pen' Lee Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.230.004
71-4; Captain of "Caleb Haley" [man poses with pipe, wearing fishing cap, suspenders; Sitka; August 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.230.005
71-4; Captain of "Caleb Haley" [man poses with pipe, wearing fishing cap, suspenders; Sitka; August 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.231.001
71-5 Deckhand on [Caleb] Haley [man standing on ship deck holding onto rope near pulley; shhips in bakcground; Sitka; August 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1997.019.17full
herders leave their fawns to sleep and grow
Collection: B1997.019 Wright Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.22.006
5-6 Jack Bailey [man in profile wearing driving cap in front of Tongass Trading Company sign; Ketchikan, 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.230.001
71-4; Eric [man sitting on grassy hilllside wearing dress shirt, pants and necktie; August 1941; Sitka]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.230.002
71-4; man on rocks [man sitting above shoreline; boats moored in background; August 1941; Sitka]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2021.006.20
Program from reception for Judge Larry Card’s installation to the Superior Court of Alaska, 1993 October 1
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Program, Reception, Installation, Superior Court, State of Alaska, James Wanamaker
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B1996.035.2.1068to1069
.1068—The bar with Taylor and Thurkelson serving beer 10/24/46 .1069—Dutch, Hodges and Wally just coming to beer party. 10/24/46
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_2_B6_F2_Kirby_Album
B1996.035.2.1103
*.1103—Gladowski and the pup he brought back from Tanaga, 4/3/47 [on boardwalk in front of Quonset hut]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_2_B6_F2_Kirby_Album
B2022.001.138.exterior
Invitation from Governor and Mrs. Tony Knowles to dinner at the Governor’s House on Monday, December 5, 1994 [Dinner invitation to Mayfield Evans from Governor and Mrs. Tony Knowles with menu, Note on invitation: “To Mayfield, Thanks for everything Tony Knowles”]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Invitation, Governor, Governor Knowles, Tony Knowles, Governor's House, Dinner Invitation
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1989.016.1590.7
(KFQD Radio Station, Interior) [three men inside KFQD, with equipment including turntables, signs over windows read "Studio 'A'" and "Studio 'B'"]
Keywords: communications
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1996.009.01bfull
The old walrus hide cover is removed from the frame of his boat, the lashings of thong are examined and new cover put on
Collection: B1996.009 McBride Collection
B1996.009.04full
Seal skins filled with air are used as rollers under the boat as it is taken over the rough ice hummocks to the open waters of Bering Straits. They are then made fast to the thong attached to harpoon point and used as buoys to the dead whale.
Collection: B1996.009 McBride Collection
B1996.035.10.3.page.11a
[U.S.O. phonograph record, yellow plastic-coated cardboard, 6 ½ inches diameter, “From Wa, To Sugar,” in mailing sleeve labeled “To Sugar.”] [Christmas Day Dinner menu, N.O.B. Adak Alaska, December25, 1946]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.2.1031to1033
.1031—M[otor] F[erry] Kalakala .1032—Bremerton Navy Yard—Bremerton, Wash. .1033—Air view of Bremerton with Mt. Rainier in the background
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_2_B6_F2_Kirby_Album
B2022.001.136
Article, “For Evan’s Saks” [sic]Anchorage Community YMCA Community Connection, Winter 1996
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Article, Anchorage, Community, YMCA
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2022.001.137
Certificate of Completion, presented to Mayfield Evans from Neighborhood Reinvestment Training Institute, signed by Tracy Taft, Institute Director and Nathaniel Grant, Division Director, Oakland, California, November 1, 1995
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Certificate, Certificate of Completion, Neighborhood Reinvestment Training Institute, Community, Tracy Taft, Neighbor Works, Nathaniel Grant
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1996.035.10.3.cover
Front cover of scrapbook, 11 ½ x 17 inches, plywood covers tied together with white braided string, front cover decorated with color map of Alaska featuring towns and resources.
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook