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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.
B1996.x.001b
Panoramic Photograph of Downtown Anchorage 1948, looking across Knik Arm towards Pt. Mckinzie and Mt. Susitna. Printed by Ken Wray's Print Shop. INC.
Keywords: Panoramic photograph; Anchorage; 1948, Pt Mckinzie
Collection: B1996.x_001
B2017.024.2284
Kotzebue, June 1967 [child stands next to fish drying on a rack, likely salmon]
Collection: B2017.024
B2022.003.7
B 6, Territorial School [view of buildings]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Indigenous, School, Territorial School, Buildings, Wood
Collection: B2022.003 Temkin
B2017.024.1152
Alaska - Eskimo kids play in Barrow street in summer, 1986 [1961?; Inupiat children pose for camera]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Children
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.2344
Kotzebue, June 1967 [man with gun and boy look at belugas on gravel beach; shore ice; water]
Collection: B2017.024
B1998.014.1.584
"E26 Tom cod fishing in Eskimoland, 1948 postcard 'Eskimo woman fishing,' 5 negatives" [woman in cloth parka ice fishing, fish on ice, snow, dogsled]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.599
E31 Building a snow house north of Nome, Alaska "(G.I.)" [man wearing parka, boots, mittens, heavy pants, sitting in snow, lifting a snow slab; igloo in background; neg has damage at bottom where emulsion is peeling from support]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley