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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.
B1991.048.187
[men and women standing next to wood plank buildings, onlookers at right]
Collection: B1991.048 Dr_ H_E_ Auringer Collection
B1998.014.1.620
"E41 Kotzebue, Cutting a Kotzebue Caper, Feb 1948, Paul Smith, dancer" [man wearing fur mukluks, knit goves, western clothing dances; onlookers in parkes in background sitting next to wall]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1881.1
(Fur Rendezvous, clowns at train) [two men dressed as Keystone Kops, one man dressed as robber, and train engineer acting out scene next to the Alaska Railroad Aurora train, locomotive 1050, with onlookers, 1952?]
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.2309
"Dog mushing under bridge" [Winter scene of musher with sled and six dogs posed near trestle bridge, likely Cushman Street bridge over Chena River, Fairbanks; onlookers in background; utility pole at upper left]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2019.003.049
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Pie eating contest [onlookers including teachers watching students eating pie off plates without using hands, Fourth of July at Eklutna] [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, Pie, Pie eating contest, Contest, Competition, Girls, Boys, Children, Schoolchildren, Students, Indigenous, 4th of July, Fourth of July, Independence Day, Summer, Holiday, Teacher
Collection: B2019.003
B2019.003.048
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Pie eating contest [young girls posed next to picnic table, onlookers in back, pieces of pie on plates on table, Fourth of July at Eklutna] [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, Pie, Pie eating contest, Contest, Young girls, Children, Schoolchildren, Students, Indigenous, 4th of July, Fourth of July, Independence Day, Summer, Holiday
Collection: B2019.003
B1989.016.1924.1
(Alaska Railroad Moose Gooser, Fur Rondy, 1952) [two men dressed as Keystone Kops, one man dressed as robber, and train engineer acting out scene next to the Alaska Railroad Aurora train, locomotive 1050, with onlookers, during Fur Rendezvous in Anchorage. Cf. 1881.1]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.450
C6 Alaskan queens on ice throne "Fairbanks, 1938-1939" [Women, one mann on throne, winter garments, parkas, fur, mukluks, sashes, Miss Yukon, Miss Palmer?, Miss University, Miss Nome, Miss Dawson, Miss Yukon, Miss Anchorage; onlookers in background above contestants]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1963.016.025
1916. Fast teams from the Interior, Anchorage Post Office. The Sydney Laurence Co. [on verso:] Where the Federal Building now stands, 4th St. F & G. The building at right is still our federal jail (up to 1943) [sled dog teams and onlookers in front of post office and U.S. Marshal’s office] [Dena'ina Territory, Dena'ina Elnena]
Keywords: Dena'ina Territory, Dena'ina Elnena, Alaska, Anchorage, Dogs, Dog teams, Mushing, Post office, Shipping, Crowd, Transportation, Sydney Laurence Company, Sydney Laurence Co., Photographer, Federal Building, Fourth Avenue, 4th Ave., F St., G St., F Street, G Street, Federal jail, U.S. Marshal's office
Collection: B1963.016 Marie Silverman