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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.
B1991.030.21
Sledge dogs and owner [man, log cabin, stove pipe, sawhorse, metal tub]
Collection: B1991.030 Castner Collection
B1991.030.4
Mendenhall USGS 1998(Mendenhall, Camp of Lt Leonard's party at spruce Camp head of Turnagain Arm, Cook Inlet County, showing dense undergrowth page 6)[8 men standing amongst two tent structures amid tree trunks and standing trees a possible logging camp or survey crew]
Keywords: logging, outpost, tents
Collection: B1991.030 Castner Collection
B1991.030.5
Tidal Fish Trap Cook's Inlet[four men standing amongst dead fish inside the fish trap at low tide]
Keywords: fish, fishing, natural resource, fishermen, trap
Collection: B1991.030 Castner Collection
B1991.030.63
Hunting camp of Copper River, Ahtena [sic: Ahtna] Native Alaskans. From front of image: "Upper Copper River Indians, summer camp; Mendenhall, USGS 1898." From verso: Mendenhall, W. C. #27; Hunting camp of Copper River INdians, Delta River. Gulkana District, Copper River regions, 1898" [men, women, children, dogs, canvas tents; river and mountains in background]
Collection: B1991.030 Castner Collection
B1991.030.7
Mendenhal USGS 1898(Mendenhall Camp of Miners at Spruce Camp head of Turnagain Arm Cook Inlet County)[9 men and a dog standing amid several tent structures and a newly constructed log cabin]
Keywords: survey crew
Collection: B1991.030 Castner Collection
B1991.030.8
Matanuska Glacier. Mendenhall, U.S.G.S., 1898 [distant view of glacier]
Collection: B1991.030 Castner Collection