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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.
B1996.009.05full
The captain of a boat opens the ceremonies by taking from his meat cellar pieces of the whale he last killed and while sitting in charmed state under his whole charmed whaling gear he serves tiny pieces to each caller.
Collection: B1996.009 McBride Collection
B1997.019.12full
... a line of graphite around the skin boat as a protection against evil spirits. After patrolling Bering Straits with several other crews and seeing no whales they camp on the shote ice, sleep and
Collection: B1997.019 Wright Collection
B1989.016.625
35. Alaska Totem. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [Sitka?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.366
Virginia, Norman and Dick Freeman on Mrs. Greene’s Shetland ponies [three children riding horses on dirt road, Dora’s niece and nephews]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.949
From Maj. Gen. Greeley, credit to Geol. Survey. 559, Prof. Israel Russell [scenic of
heavily wooded area with pine trees, moss, ferns]
Keywords: woods, trees, ferns
Collection: B2015.008
B1991.011.594
"Newtok" [summer scene looking across the tundra toward village, structures]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1998.014.1.1127
(O17 Prospectors, vintage, 1898, 1946 postcard. note reads: Kasper Elinger & Fritz Miller discover Atlin country) [copy neg; two men and dog near river; gun, rifle, iron skillet,possibly waders, rucksack, miners]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1979.002.Album1.263
R7-3. W. C. Edes at Ship Creek [man on horseback near tent filled with hay, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Anchorage
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.289
R30-10. Headquarters [man standing next to flagpole and long tent near the mouth of Ship Creek, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Anchorage
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1