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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.
B2016.004.22.12
Barrow, Whaling, Kupak camp, May 1981, Eugene Brower [men at camp]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.22.13
Barrow, Whaling, Kupak camp, May 1981, Eugene Brower [men at camp]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.22.2
Barrow, Whaling, Kupak camp, May 1981, Eugene Brower [two men sitting in tent eating]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.230
Eskimo blanket toss, Fur Rondy, 1983, Reggie Joule? [man being tossed, Ferris wheel in background; print date Feb 83]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.23.31
Barrow, Whaling, May 1981 [people cutting meat]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B2016.004
B1996.009.19full
catch even a 30 foot pup whale and loses no time in donning his water proof seal skin suit & gets right into the whales stomach, not through his throat, but through a hole he makes himself with his sharp knife
Collection: B1996.009 McBride Collection
B2016.004.34.14
Alaska Native basket makers, 800325 [Eunice Neseth weaving while Barbara Bland
looks on. 35 b&w images. Alaska Native Basketry Workshop sponsored by the Visual Arts Center]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska Native, Basket, Basket makers, Visual Arts Center
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.21.17
Barrow, Whaling, Whale Feast, May 1981 [people eating whale meat at captain’s house]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.21.18
Barrow, Whaling, Whale Feast, May 1981 [people eating whale meat at captain’s house]
Collection: B2016.004
B1997.019.20full
The captain puts on his pendant made of pieces of whale meat sewed in pieces of seal skin, the whole village hurries to the
Collection: B1997.019 Wright Collection
B1983.091.S1564.B89
(Nunivak Island Trip native people Eskimo children)
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2017.024.2056
King Island, copyright 1986 [men and women sit on bare ground, possibly eating, outside abondoned structures]
Collection: B2017.024
B2022.005.151
[People in uniforms (possibly Civil Air Patrol or US Air Force) milling around; USAF vehicle at left, buildings in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, People, Uniform, Air Force, USAF, U.S.A.F., Bus, Vehicle, Transportation, Buildings, Civil Air Patrol, CAP, C.A.P.
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2000.017.014
Point Hope, 1972 [same dwelling as in .13, Point Hope; print date Jun 72]
Collection: B2000.017 Morris Reese
B2000.017.309
Griffin’s [commercial slide. Woman wearing eyeglasses, woman carrying baby, and young child posed outdoors, all wearing parkas with fur trim; no date]
Collection: B2000.017 Morris Reese
B2016.004.203
Sven Johansson Ski Race, Fur Rondy, 1983 [hot air balloons rising behind field of skiers racing; print date Feb 83]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.204
Sven Johansson Ski Race, Fur Rendezvous, Anchorage, AK [hot air balloons rising behind field of skiers racing;print date Feb 83]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.217
George Attla [musher kicking sled past sign on Campbell Airstrip; print date Feb 83]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.21.1
Barrow, Whaling, Whale Feast, May 1981 [boy walking in front of snowmachines]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.21.10
Barrow, Whaling, Whale Feast, May 1981 [people eating whale meat at captain’s house]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.21.11
Barrow, Whaling, Whale Feast, May 1981 [people eating whale meat at captain’s house]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.21.12
Barrow, Whaling, Whale Feast, May 1981 [people eating whale meat at captain’s house]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.21.13
Barrow, Whaling, Whale Feast, May 1981 [people eating whale meat at captain’s house]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.21.14
Barrow, Whaling, Whale Feast, May 1981 [people eating whale meat at captain’s house]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.31.001
Alaska Sign & Lighting, 1974 Winter. The Sheraton is built on the site of the shop now [Willow Park Apartments and Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery; Chugach Mountains in distance, snow, automobiles]
Collection: B2016.004
B2000.017.024
[women seated on tundra near low tent, stove in right foreground, Point Hope; print date Jun 72]
Collection: B2000.017 Morris Reese
B2016.004.57.36
Radar, Bethel, August 1984, VOR/TACAN, 1862 [family sitting outside house in Bethel]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.34.10
Alaska Native basket makers, 800325 [Selina Peratrovich at table, Belle Deacon weaving basket, unidentified women weaving baskets. 35 b&w images. Alaska Native Basketry
Workshop sponsored by the Visual Arts Center]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska Native, Basket, Basket makers, Visual Arts Center
Collection: B2016.004
B1997.019.17full
herders leave their fawns to sleep and grow
Collection: B1997.019 Wright Collection
B1998.014.1.553
D40 Two sour-sourdough [two sled dogs in harnesses, rope, snow, portrait]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
b2015.027.163
Peg and his bride [wedding portrait, Aleut man with wooden leg standing with woman and young girl on boardwalk in front of building]
Keywords: weddings, religion
Collection: B2015.027
B2015.008.749
334.1. Crossing the Nizina. 8.25.10 [man on horseback fording broad river. Proof print]
Keywords: Nizina River, horses, pack horse, man
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.5.Anc.Bus.29.26
Carr's Food Center 13th and Gambell 1st anniversary Hawaiian Sale 9/18/53
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Bus
B2017.024.2058
King Island, copyright 1986 [woman wearing parka and blue scarf, carrying leather satchel stanks on snow, ice, structures in background]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.2294
Kotzebue, June 1967 [children walking on dirt road; two children ride in wheelbarrow pushed by older child; man walking; structures in background]
Collection: B2017.024
B1990.014.5.Anc.Bus.15.11
Mac & Mac Shop Steve and Phyllis McCutcheon owners. Mac's Foto 315 4th Ave outside shop
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Bus
B2017.024.2373
Kotzebue, June 1967 [Woman uses ulu to process meat while boy looks on from distance; metal bucket; gravel; wood barrels; structures in background
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.1248.1
Eskimo seal hunters, Alaska. No. 88. Lomen Bros, Nome, #1141 [copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection