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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.
B2022.005.174
[Indigenous Alaskan young woman in navy swimsuit and holding a book standing on pilings at waterfront]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Young woman, Girl, Swimsuit, Swimming, Swim, Book, Paperback, Pilings, Dock, Waterfront, Recreation
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1990.014.5.People.20.18
(People Rondy Queens Rondy Queen giving Bill Bap coronet, McClain is Queen)
Keywords: fur rondy
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People
B2014.012.48
A.P.P.A. Salmon Cannery, Aug. 10, 1910, C.W. Wray photographer, Nushagak, Alaska [showing aftermath of fire which destroyed cannery, buildings in background]
Keywords: fires, fishing
Collection: B2014.012
B2022.005.75
[Seated Indigenous Alaskan young woman with long hair on display]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Young woman, Woman, Girl, Seated, Posed, Long hair, Hair, Hairstyle, Mukluks
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.952
P-563. Matanuska Valley. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [homestead with log and wood frame house, barn and outbuilding]
Keywords: agriculture, houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.953
P-565. Matanuska Valley Farm. Hewitt's Photo Shop [homestead with barn and outbuildings, with cultivated field in foreground]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.958
(Valley Farming, Strawberries) [man crouched in cultivated field, homestead buildings in background, Matanuska Valley]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.86.1
Truck going to Wonder Lake [snow removal on road, two soldiers standing behind vehicle, Adak]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
B2019.003.012
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Dining room [four young women setting tables] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet (Eklutna)]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, School, Education, U.S. Government, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Dining room, Place setting, Young women, Students, Indigenous
Collection: B2019.003
B1995.014.118.11
[riverboat and barge, possibly sternwheeler Nenana and Alaska Railroad barge?]
Keywords: transportation, boats
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.685
229.2 [climber standing above large crevasse, looking down]
Keywords: Prince William Sound, College Fiord, glacier, mountaineering, mountains, crevasses, climbing
Collection: B2015.008
B1998.014.1.636
E53 A hunting party returns to Diomede Island, Frank Morgan photo [boats, sea ice, seals, hunting tools, dogs, water, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley