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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.
B2021.006.41
“Man gets 77 years in wife’s murder” by Sheila Toomey, Anchorage Daily News, March 10, 2004
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Law, Court, Judgement, Verdict, Isaiah Wallner
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B2022.002.08A
Little Flower Academy seventh and eighth grade graduating class, 1955 [Four rows of students in caps and gowns, Cal Williams, second from left in first row of male students, Franciscan priests in belted robes on either side of first row, Father Ardwin Hillard on right side]
Keywords: Cal Williams, Little Flower Academy, Father Ardwin Hillard
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B2014.019.91
Community hall on Yukon [view up from floatplane dock to group of adults and children gathered outside two-story wood-frame building]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B2014.019
B2022.002.12
Cal Williams demonstrating against ExxonMobil in front of the company’s corporate office in Anchorage, 1989 [Cal Williams wearing white sheet with black “oil” stains, Handwritten note on back of photograph: 1989 Valdez Oil Spill]
Keywords: Cal Williams
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B2022.001.061
Mayfield Evans, E&S Diversified Services employees, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, Governor’s Family Picnic [Note on front: Thanks for all you are doing for Alaska! God Bless You, Sarah Palin]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, E&S Diversified Services, Business, Employees, Crew, Team, Governor's Picnic, Picnic, Gathering, Alaska, Governor, Governor Sarah Palin, Governor Palin, Sarah Palin, Politician, Thank you, Gratitude, Group photo, BBQ, Barbeque, Grill
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2022.002.03
Cal Williams (left) with Lillor Culpepper, his paternal grandmother, in front of the home of Bennie Browning. (Right) Cal Williams’s father, Eddie Williams with his mother, Lillor Culpepper, who was in the first graduating class of licensed nurses in Louisiana. [Photocopy of black and white photo on left, of sepia photograph on right]
Keywords: Williams, Cal Williams, Lillor Culpepper, Eddie Williams
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B2021.006.39
“Picking judges” July 26, 1993
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Law, Court, Governor, Governor Hickel
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B2021.006.40a
“Governor gets no new choices to fill out court” by Sheila Toomey, Anchorage Daily News (publication date cut off clipping)
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Law, Court, Governor Hickel, Superior Court
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B2022.002.07
Cal Williams, Little Flower Academy, 1959 [Copy of photograph of Williams in bow tie, cap, and gown. Handwritten note on back: 1959 Little Flower Academy Graduation]
Keywords: Cal Williams, Little Flower Academy
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B2016.004.689
Stebbins, Alaska, April 1983 [young girl posed on snowmachine; print date Apr 83]
Keywords: children
Collection: B2016.004
B2022.002.08B
(Photograph on reverse side of .8A) Little Flower Academy 12th grade graduating class, 1959, Cal Williams fourth from left in first row on male students, Father Ardwin Hillard to left of students in belted robe, Sister Mary Consuela in habit to right of students [four rows of students in caps and gowns]
Keywords: Cal Williams, Little Flower Academy, Father Ardwin Hillard, Sister Mary Consuela
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B2022.002.13.1
Cal Williams’s headshot, Hollywood, California, 1971-1975 [black and white photographs of Cal Williams, at bottom: contact information about Cal Williams’s manager, Ernestine McClendon of Ernestine McClendon Enterprises Inc.]
Keywords: Cal Williams
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B2022.002.17
Cal Williams making a presentation at the Bartlett Democratic Club Political Forum lunch, Anchorage Senior Activity Center
Keywords: Cal Williams, Bartlett Democratic Club
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B2017.024.2740
Nome, July 1983 Street scenes [boy riding BMX bicycle between two automobiles, station wagons; street and structures in distance]
Collection: B2017.024
B2022.002.16
Cal Williams, third from left, with other members of the John S. Parks Naming Panel
Keywords: Cal Williams, John S. Parks
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B2022.001.013
Alice Hemphill [Black and white portrait of Alice Hemphill, mother of Mayfield Evans with American flag in background]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Alice Hemphill, Mother, Portrait, Studio Portrait, American flag
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1996.035.10.3.page.13back
[accordion-fold black & white souvenir postcards of Kodiak, twelve images with captions, 1940s? (6 per side)]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.page.13b
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.page.13front
[accordion-fold black & white souvenir postcards of Kodiak, twelve images with captions, 1940s? (6 per side)]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
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
B1996.035.10.3.page.7c
Adak Tribune newspaper, February 23, 1946, page 3 of 6 pages. Lead article about a Russian ship, the Donbass, which broke in two and was found 400 miles south of Adak. “Navy search parties have been hampered by bad weather. . .” and Kirby has penciled: “That is me.”
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B2022.002.06
Cal Williams, seventh from right, at his Kindergarten graduation from Martin Temple Baptist Church and Kindergarten, 1946. Teacher, Miss Lily Florence far right in row behind students, school principal in center [black and white photograph of children in white caps and gowns with tassels, three adults behind them, standing in front of door to brick schoolhouse. Handwritten note on back: Calvin Williams First school pitcher (sic) 5 years old]
Keywords: Cal Williams, Martin Temple Baptist Church
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B1996.035.10.3.page.7d
Adak Tribune newspaper, February 23, 1946, page 4 of 6 pages. Lead article about a Russian ship, the Donbass, which broke in two and was found 400 miles south of Adak. “Navy search parties have been hampered by bad weather. . .” and Kirby has penciled: “That is me.”
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B2022.002.02
Cal Williams (top right) in 1944 with photographs of people he admired: Sam Cook (top left), and Little Richard with Bill Hailey [Cal Williams as a child, sitting on bench and looking down]
Keywords: Williams, Cal Williams
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B1963.016.162
[The Alaska Railroad Gateway to the Interior Brochure]
Collection: B1963.016 Marie Silverman