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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.
B1962.001.1045
Valdez (Interior of schoolhouse with pupils, teachers) [Schoolhouses-interiors; People-Valdez]
Keywords: Valdez, Schoolhouse, Schools, Students, Pupils, Children, Teachers
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1962.001.798
“Kenai School” [Schoolhouses; People-Kenai; school teachers] [Adults and Indigenous children posed outside schoolhouse. Dena'ina Territory, Sh k'ituk't (Kenai)]
Keywords: Dena'ina Territory, Sh k'ituk't, Kenai, Indigenous, BIPOC, Children, Students, Kenai School, Schoolhouse, Teachers, School, Education
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1990.014.5.Ed.2.49
Schoolhouse in the Aleutians, 1949 [building on hill with grasses in foreground, trees in back]
Keywords: education
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Ed
B1995.014.104.8
[village in winter, church or schoolhouse on rise in distance. original neg severely underexposed]
Collection: B1995.014
B1991.011.593
Newtok; temporary schoolhouse [structure with corrugated metal surface; bell above entrance; likely 1957]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
TV.202.11.1
08 21 70 Bringing ice to the schoolhouse which will be melted for drinking water. At village of Wainwright, Alaska
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
TV.202.11.10a
08 21 70 Bringing ice to the schoolhouse which will be melted for drinking water. At village of Wainwright, Alaska
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
TV.202.11.10b
08 21 70 Bringing ice to the schoolhouse which will be melted for drinking water. At village of Wainwright, Alaska
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
TV.202.11.11a
08 21 70 Bringing ice to the schoolhouse which will be melted for drinking water. At village of Wainwright, Alaska
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
TV.202.11.11b
08 21 70 Bringing ice to the schoolhouse which will be melted for drinking water. At village of Wainwright, Alaska
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
TV.202.11.12a
08 21 70 Bringing ice to the schoolhouse which will be melted for drinking water. At village of Wainwright, Alaska
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
TV.202.11.12b
08 21 70 Bringing ice to the schoolhouse which will be melted for drinking water. At village of Wainwright, Alaska
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
TV.202.11.2
08 21 70 Bringing ice to the schoolhouse which will be melted for drinking water. At village of Wainwright, Alaska
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
TV.202.11.3
08 21 70 Bringing ice to the schoolhouse which will be melted for drinking water. At village of Wainwright, Alaska
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
TV.202.11.4
08 21 70 Bringing ice to the schoolhouse which will be melted for drinking water. At village of Wainwright, Alaska
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
TV.202.11.5
08 21 70 Bringing ice to the schoolhouse which will be melted for drinking water. At village of Wainwright, Alaska
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
TV.202.11.6a
08 21 70 Bringing ice to the schoolhouse which will be melted for drinking water. At village of Wainwright, Alaska
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
TV.202.11.6b
08 21 70 Bringing ice to the schoolhouse which will be melted for drinking water. At village of Wainwright, Alaska
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
TV.202.11.7a
08 21 70 Bringing ice to the schoolhouse which will be melted for drinking water. At village of Wainwright, Alaska
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
TV.202.11.7b
08 21 70 Bringing ice to the schoolhouse which will be melted for drinking water. At village of Wainwright, Alaska
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
TV.202.11.8a
08 21 70 Bringing ice to the schoolhouse which will be melted for drinking water. At village of Wainwright, Alaska
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
TV.202.11.8b
08 21 70 Bringing ice to the schoolhouse which will be melted for drinking water. At village of Wainwright, Alaska
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
TV.202.11.9a
08 21 70 Bringing ice to the schoolhouse which will be melted for drinking water. At village of Wainwright, Alaska
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
TV.202.11.9b
08 21 70 Bringing ice to the schoolhouse which will be melted for drinking water. At village of Wainwright, Alaska
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B2016.006.2331
[white buildings, possibly schoolhouse, with playground equipment at left, Tanana; print date Jul 62]
Keywords: education
Collection: B2016.006
B2005.013.119
Father Paul O’Connor, C.G. & Eskimo children, Mr. Weiss & Al in background, schoolhouse, Hooper Bay [Clarence standing foreground left, with priest and four Alaska Native girls, three men on schoolhouse porch in background, large pile of barrels at right]
Collection: B2005.013
B1962.001.801
“Seldovia school Jan 1910” [Schoolhouses; People-Seldovia] [Indigenous children seated at desks, classroom interior. Alutiiq/Sugpiaq territory, Angagkitaqnuuq (Seldovia)]
Keywords: Alutiiq territory, Sugpiaq territory, Angagkitaqnuuq, Seldovia, Indigenous, BIPOC, Children, Students, Education, Classroom, Interior, Desks, School, Teachers
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
TV.202.29.1
08 21 70 Air: Eskimo village of Wainwright. Large bldg in center is schoolhouse which was about 1 year old when photo made (6 Negs)
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
TV.202.29.2
08 21 70 Air: Eskimo village of Wainwright. Large bldg in center is schoolhouse which was about 1 year old when photo made (6 Negs)
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
TV.202.29.3
08 21 70 Air: Eskimo village of Wainwright. Large bldg in center is schoolhouse which was about 1 year old when photo made (6 Negs)
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
TV.202.29.4
08 21 70 Air: Eskimo village of Wainwright. Large bldg in center is schoolhouse which was about 1 year old when photo made (6 Negs)
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
TV.202.29.5
08 21 70 Air: Eskimo village of Wainwright. Large bldg in center is schoolhouse which was about 1 year old when photo made (6 Negs)
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
TV.202.29.6
08 21 70 Air: Eskimo village of Wainwright. Large bldg in center is schoolhouse which was about 1 year old when photo made (6 Negs)
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1990.14.5.People.12.036
People-Parades-Anchorage 1745-6; School house float; 4th July 47 [truck, children looking out window of schoolhouse, "Anchorage School," Dykes Bldg in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People
B1962.001.2013
1st school opened in 1901. 1903 Nan Fitch Crary (Mrs. Will) Henderson 5th teacher Valdez School. (This is the 2nd one on site) Old City Hall-1st school. I taught here taking Miss/Mrs. Paine’s place (in 1910?) I know all these children but time has dulled my memory of faces. This is the 3rd school for Valdez (other side) (also written-perhaps to match faces on other side Owen Meals, Mary Whelan. [Schoolhouses; School teachers]
Keywords: Valdez, Schools, Schoolhouses, Buildings, Education, Children, Students, Pupils, Teachers, Nan Fitch Crary, Mrs. Will Henderson, Valdez School, City Hall, Mrs. Paine, Owen Meals, Mary Whelan, School teachers, Winter, Snowbanks
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
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