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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.
B2022.005.165
[Indigenous Alaskan man fishing from shoreline; additional people fishing in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Fishing, Fisher, Fishing pole, Pole, Rode, Shoreline, Shore
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2017.003.1
[Andrea Ramsey and her daughter Tracey standing outdoors in winter in 1964, with Anchorage in the background]
Collection: B2017.003
B2022.005.157
[Two images superimposed; one image of woman on phone; second image of two people reading on bunk beds]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Woman, Women, Phone, Telephone, Conversation, Communication, Reading, Magazine, Book, Glasses, Bed, Bunk bed
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1990.014.2018.1.264.005
82-3; Lorraine Nelson [woman at rocky beach skipping stones; August 1942]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2017.024.3538
January 1962, St Michael [child in foreground possibly holding shovel; man carrying two cases stands looking toward Russian Orthodox Church with roof removed]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3541
January 1962; St Michael [Children playing in snow; structures]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.1375
Diomede, Feb 1962 [three men standing in front of structure; two looking through binoculars]
Collection: B2017.024
B2022.005.239
[Indigenous Alaskan woman in fur parka standing outside United States Post Office and Court House building in Nome, Alaska. Man standing near doorway. Inupiaq territory.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Inupiaq, Territory, Inupiat, Woman, Parka, Fur, Geometric pattern, Design, Gloves, Mukluks, Outerwear, Clothing, Footwear, Winter, Snow, Pathway, Man, Door, Doorway, Entrance, Building, Structure, USPS, U.S.P.S., Post Office, Postal Service, Court House, Federal building, Government
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.231
[Young Indigenous Alaskan pair standing on boardwalk; building in background. Possibly Elva "Willie" Amidon on left.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Pair, Young woman, Young man, Skirt, Saddle shoes, Fashion, Clothing, Pomdadour, Hairstyle, Boardwalk, Fence, Building, House, Elva Amidon, Elva "Willie" Amidon, Willie Amidon
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.2141.46
D-64 [villagers posed for group portrait outside log cabin, most wearing Western style clothing, some men wearing mukluks, man at left with splint on finger]
Keywords: villages, houses, residences, clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.011.49
Alaska ’48 – Coville Lake, Bud fishing inlet [Bud Branham angling from gravel bank]
Collection: B2017.011
B1979.002.4.1534b
John Parks - Artist former ARR Employee. April 1963. By BP. [man wearing sweater, birds, wheelchair, artwork.]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B2014.027.188
[spectators sitting in folding chairs in hall, woman in foreground wearing print parka and holding cane, woman at far right with facial tattooing, wearing print parka; print date Mar 78]
Collection: B2014.027
B2015.019.43
Good ole boys [Alaska Native men sitting along building wall, equipment yard along water in background, Tanana]
Collection: B2015.019
B1979.002.4.287.002a
(Al Campbell, Stores Dept., hauling away records to be destroyed. April 1961.) [Man standing with wooden drawers, hat, coveralls, gloves]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1990.014.2018.1.211.006
67-1; March 1941; scene along Columbia River above Lake Chelan [view woman standing near front bumper of automobile parked on roadway above water; farm fields; mountains in distance; Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2015.007.87
[large group gathered on tundra, American flag at center, possibly Fourth of July celebration? Cf. .13]
Collection: B2015.007
B1989.016.1494.1
KFQD - farthest north station in U.S., Anchorage, Alaska [winter street scene, KFQD Radio at Fifth Avenue at E Street, circa 1924-26. neg damaged]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2053.21
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Fourth of July float, 1932) [young man in open automobile flying American flag, with slogans "Peterson Open Air Taxi," "You drive," " and "You drive it system" written on exterior, carrying chalkboard advertising Peterson Open Air Taxi, building in background]
Keywords: businesses, transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.118.11
[riverboat and barge, possibly sternwheeler Nenana and Alaska Railroad barge?]
Keywords: transportation, boats
Collection: B1995.014
B2005.013.128
C.G. & F.P. & Eskimo sod house, Hooper Bay, 7-1951 [Clarence and another white man standing with Alaska Native family outside wood dwelling with sod roof]
Collection: B2005.013
B2014.027.175
[two men smoking cigarettes, wearing fur-trimmed parkas, sitting on snow bank]
Collection: B2014.027