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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.
B1995.019.084
Mile 53; Bridge under construction, Alaska Railroad [men, engine and railcars on bridge made of wood and possibly concrete; structures in background; creek]
Collection: B1995.019 John D_ (Jack) Urban Collection
B1995.019.185
Eskimos dividing up walrus after hunt. Nome, Alaska. Lomen Bros. Nome #146. [walrus heads, tusks, entrails, men women, children]
Collection: B1995.019 John D_ (Jack) Urban Collection
B1995.019.190
Natives carving ivory in Nome, A.A.A. Using skin boat for house. Copyright 1905 by Lomen Bros. Nome #24. [hand colored, four Native men sitting, carving, beach]
Collection: B1995.019 John D_ (Jack) Urban Collection
B1995.019.346
[Winter scene with dogsled team stopped on a trail; sled and musher in distance; approximately 1925]
Collection: B1995.019 John D_ (Jack) Urban Collection
B1995.019.386
(harvesting barley experimental farm Fairbanks AAA)
Collection: B1995.019 John D_ (Jack) Urban Collection
B1995.019.393
(shocks of oats experimental farm fairbanks AAA)
Collection: B1995.019 John D_ (Jack) Urban Collection
B1995.019.397
(Shocks of Peas Experimental Farm Fairbanks AAA)
Collection: B1995.019 John D_ (Jack) Urban Collection
B1995.019.413
[Produce displayed on a table in front of Brown & Howkins store in Seward with sign "Raised n Seward, Alaska; approximately 1925]
Collection: B1995.019 John D_ (Jack) Urban Collection
B1995.019.448
[woman standing next to a fence poses with a pig; livestock; possibly Fairbanks Experimental Farm; hand colored; approximately 1925]
Collection: B1995.019 John D_ (Jack) Urban Collection
B1995.019.508
An Anchorage Home Aug 15, 1919; A.E.C. G-1418 H.G.K. [log structure with foliage in foreground; additional structures in right background]
Collection: B1995.019 John D_ (Jack) Urban Collection
B1995.019.608
Preparing to skin a two ton polar bear [two men on either side of bear]
Collection: B1995.019 John D_ (Jack) Urban Collection
B1995.019.609
Polar bears. Thomas photo [?] [zoo setting]
Collection: B1995.019 John D_ (Jack) Urban Collection
B1995.019.700
Walrus hunters and catch - Bering Sea. Lomen Bros. Nome #392
Collection: B1995.019 John D_ (Jack) Urban Collection