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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.
B1995.014.57.13
Hospital, Mountain Village, Dr. Corsell, 1935 [surgeon wearing scrubs operating on patient, nurse at left]
Keywords: health, medicine
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.007.104
[group portrait of Alaska Native men posed outdoors next to large wooden building, all wearing Western style clothing, one man wearing eyeglasses, bowtie, and suit coat]
Collection: B2015.007
B1995.014.51.9
[four men wearing ranger hats seated around camp fire in wooded area, Willow?]
Keywords: hiking, military, camping
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.007.15
[group portrait of Alaska Native men, women, and children posed outdoors, two men wearing Western style clothing, one woman wearing spotted reindeer fur parka. Original print damaged]
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.177
[six Alaska Native boys posed outdoors next to wooded-sided building. In manuscript on verso: “[illegible] Anagrok [illegible] gave it to [illegible] picture are [illegible] boys, Unalakleet, Alaska, Nov. 28, 1[cropped]”]
Keywords: clothing, education
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.103
[Alaska Native man and woman seated outdoors between building and metal barrel, both wearing Western style clothing, man holding guitar, woman holding balalaika]
Keywords: musical instruments
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.1
[Alaska Native woman wearing fur parka with geometric trim and mukluks posed outdoors with young child wearing parka, mukluks, and knitted cap]
Keywords: clothing, children, footwear
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.77
[Alaska Native woman and two children posed seated on boardwalk outside wood-plank building, all wearing Western style clothing]
Keywords: families, residences
Collection: B2015.007
B1995.014.6.1
Sam Applebaum, trader at Russian Mission. Behind him was the new Russian Mission church, constructed from the remains of the old church, which was torn down in 1941
Keywords: clothing, economy
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.007.66
[Alaska Native family posed outdoors in winter in sparsely wooded area]
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.81
[Alaska Native women posed next to log cabin. Original image blurry. Same as .65]
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.46
[two Alaska Native women wearing print parkas and Athapascan style beaded mittens posed next to wood-shingle and tarpaper building]
Keywords: residences, clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.147
[young man wearing three-piece suit and necktie posed outdoors. Print cropped]
Collection: B2015.007
B1995.014.52.2
[group of school children posed outdoors in winter, most wearing Western-style clothing, some with skin mittens, Russian Mission?]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.007.85
[Alaska Native family next to wood-plank building, all wearing cloth parkas with fur trim]
Keywords: clothing, residences
Collection: B2015.007
B1995.014.68.11
[man wearing parka with fur ruff ice fishing, Susitna Flats?]
Keywords: fishing
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.007.44
[group portrait of several Alaska Native men, women, and infants posed outside a large wooden building. Original image blurry]
Keywords: children
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.176
[Alaska Native man wearing plaid jacket and necktie posed outdoors in low brush]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.72
[group portrait of Alaska Native men and women posed with white man, probably teacher or preacher, next to large wooden building, most holding books, one man wearing eyeglasses]
Keywords: education, religion
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.110
[Alaska Native family posed outdoors, wearing traditional and Western style clothing, one man wearing eyeglasses, young man wearing necktie and holding driving cap]
Collection: B2015.007
B1995.014.68.10
[man standing outside abandoned cabin in winter, fallen cache at right]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.007.93
[group portrait of Alaska Native family posed outdoors, man wearing suspenders, possibly river in background. Original print damaged]
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.86
[group portrait of large group of Alaska Native children posed next to large wooden building, probably students at school. Original print cropped]
Keywords: education
Collection: B2015.007
B1989.016.2186.4
(Sid's Dog Racing, Feb. 28, 1967) [musher leading seven-dog team down Anchorage street past spectators, some people standing in trees along street, Fur Rendezvous sled dog races. Photo by Sidney Hamilton]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.2.20
Willow and people [bushes covered in hoar frost]
Keywords: winter
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.007.78
[Alaska Native elder woman and young boy, both wearing parkas with fur trim, seated next to wood-plank building]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.80
[large group of men, women, and children on steps of church building, some wearing traditional clothing and some wearing Western style clothing. Cf. .76]
Keywords: religion
Collection: B2015.007
B1973.079.6
[Woman dressed in fur parkas walking past Russian Orthodox church at St. Michael in winter 1907-1908]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B2005.032.088
[Photographic postcard] Merrill, Sitka [view of town across water]
Collection: B2005.032
B2017.023.051
[three women stand on sidewalk in front of store window; two in dresses; one in trowsers.]
Collection: B2017.023
B2022.002.39
Holy Communion certificate, 1968, Cal Williams
Keywords: Cal Williams, Certificates, Religion, Christianity
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B2015.007.19
[group portrait of Alaska Native family next to large wooden building, with mother carrying infant and three children standing in front, woman wearing spotted reindeer fur parka and knit cap, children wearing cloth parkas]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.166
[young Alaska Native girl and boy posed outdoors, boy wearing bib overalls and driving cap, girl wearing Western style clothing and holding infant]
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.64
[group portrait of Alaska Native family posed next to log cabin. Original image blurry]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B2015.007
B2014.009.2
Kotzebue 1957 [man wearing rubber boots, brimmed hat and zippered jacket sitting on bench outside building next to woodpile]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2014.009
B1989.016.164
Eustace Ziegler painting. Alaskan Indian. Z-50
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1640.1
(Cannery) [Anchorage docks on Ship Creek, with cannery complex (possibly Emard's), boats tied to pilings in foreground]
Keywords: fishing industry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1640.2
(Cannery) [Anchorage docks on Ship Creek, with cannery complex (possibly Emard's), S.S. Sackett's Harbor, other boats and buidlings, and Cook Inlet in distance]
Keywords: fishing industry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.81.3
[large tents in wooded area in winter, inflatable raft on snow in center]
Keywords: camping, boats, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.83.14
[scenic with tracks through snow in wooded area, mountain peak in distance]
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.007.114
[young Alaska Native man and woman wearing Western style clothing posed next to log cabin, woman wearing coat with fur trim, hair cut short with bangs, man wearing driving cap and sport coat, cache in background]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.007