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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.
B1994.022.359
(Aeronautics_Disaster)(Fokker_Detroit Arctic Expedition_GH Wilkins Commander)
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1994.022.363c
(Aeronautics_Disaster)(Fokker_Detroit Arctic Expedition_GH Wilkins Commander)
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1994.022.392N
(Aeronautics_Disasters)(Owen Meals crash at Gakona 1928)
Keywords: airplane
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1994.022.392O
(Aeronautics_Disasters)(Owen Meals crash at Gakona 1928)
Keywords: airplane
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1998.014.1.289
B55 Fort Richardson, Alaska (Elmendorf Chapel) [Chapel No 1, automobiles, services schedule, picket fence]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.291
B56 District Engineer Building, Elmendorf Field, Alaska [trees, road, continuous track vehicle tracks]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.199
Harvesting in the Matanuska Valley, Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, M-39.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1107
(O3 Alaskan home; L. Sepela [sic]) [L. Seppala; same as .1106]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.294
B57 Headquarters builiding, Fort Richardson, Alaska(Elmendorf) [Headquarters Alaskan Command, concrete sidewalks, walkway, automobile, jeep]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2022.005.249
[a group of people in western and Indigenous dress boarding a Wien Alaska Airlines airplane]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Wien Alaska Airlines, airplane
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1998.014.1.149
A58 Alaskan king crab "Homer, Alaska: (1-photo by Hilcher [likely Hilscher]) (1-Homer) (1-King Crab)
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.290
B55 Elmendort Field Chapel No 1 [automobiles, services schedule, picket fence]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.292
B56 Engineer's Building Fort Richarson, Alaska (District Engineer Building, Elmendorf) [trees, road, continuous track vehicle tracks]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.293
B57 (Elmendorf Headquarters Building) [Headquarters Alaskan Command, concrete sidewalks, walkway]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.295
B57 (Elmendorf Headqurters Building) [Headquarters Alaskan Command] [concrete sidewalk, walkway]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1994.003.26
Steel cantilever bridge,White Pass and Yukon Route [view from riverbed to bridge above, train on bridge. Print torn]
Collection: B1994.003
B1998.014.1.1465
S42 Hunting season in Alaska (1946 postcard) [same as .1464]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2422
"Christmas cards" [similar to .2419, with log cabin photograph]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1501
S71 Sgt Tetinek does okay fishing under the ice - near Ft. Richardson (An Alaska soldier strukes it rich, under the ice) [Eugene Tetinek poses with fish on stringer, fishing pole, ice fishing; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2022.001.139A
Letter to E&S Diversified Services at U. S. Coast Guard Base, Ketchikan, Alaska from U.S. Department of Transportation, United States Coast Guard, signed by Michael L. Dorsey, Captain, U.S. Coast Guard Commanding Officer, Coast Guard Base Ketchikan, March 2, 1994, with letter from Commanding Office USCGC Naushon dated February 24, 1994
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Letter, E&S Diversified Services, U.S. Coast Guard, Base, Ketchikan, Alaska, U.S., DOT, Department of Transporation, Dept. of Transportation, Michael L. Dorsey, Michael Dorsey, Captain, Commandig Office, USCGC, Naushon
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1990.014.5.People.10.1
"Festivals; 1944 Auction, City Hall lawn, Anchorage" [Federal building in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People
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
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
B2022.001.140
Letter to Mayfield Evans from Department of Defense, Department of the Air Force, Pacific Air Forces, signed by William A. Malec, Captain, USAF Commander, January 4, 1994
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Letter, Department of Defense, Defence, Department of the Air Force, Air Force, Pacific Air Forces, William A. Malec, William Malec, Captain, USAF, Commander
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1998.014.1.4647
(Barter Island Brooks Range 1963)[ shoreside view of skiffs pulled up on beach and several structures with oil drums]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1007.1
(Plane, Winter, Golden Zone) [child identified as Bruce Dunkle with Curtis Robin airplane NC778M with skis in snow]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection