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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.
B2008.004.001
Bunch of Alaskans. Some of the crew with a few of the Alaskan Eskimo. Bjorkman [Mattoi?] [This photo was taken during the 1888 summer cruise of the U.S.S. Thetis. Crewmen and Natives seated on the ground.]
Collection: B2008.004 Bjorkman Collection
B2008.004.008
Indian hut. Eskimo hut [shows a log cabin that was used by prospectors going up the Copper River]
Collection: B2008.004 Bjorkman Collection
B2008.004.016
Eskimos on ship [Alaska Natives aboard the Thetis]
Collection: B2008.004 Bjorkman Collection
B2008.004.017
Eskimos on ship [Alaska Natives aboard the Thetis]
Collection: B2008.004 Bjorkman Collection
B2008.004.021
Bringing the body of a missionary home after burial. Eskimos had killed him [crewmen of the Thetis with a coffin]
Collection: B2008.004 Bjorkman Collection
B2008.004.022
X’ind papa. Some of ships crew. Papa shown by check [Ships officers aboard the Thetis. The man under the check mark may be Richard Bjorkman. The man in the lower right corner is holding a sextant]
Collection: B2008.004 Bjorkman Collection
B2008.004.026
Indian hut. Living quarters of Alaskan Indians [interior of a Tlingit community house]
Collection: B2008.004 Bjorkman Collection
B2008.004.027
Another view of killing and skinning them. Skinning of the seals after killing by crew of the ship [shows men salting the fur of seals during a seal harvest. Location is probably St. Paul Island in the Pribilofs]
Collection: B2008.004 Bjorkman Collection
B2008.004.034
Eskimo family [Eskimo family from Kotzebue Sound region]
Collection: B2008.004 Bjorkman Collection