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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.
B1997.003.003
[man reclined on rocky ground, leaning against metal drum, man standing at left]
Collection: B1997.003
B2017.024.2289
Kotzebue, June 1967 [two children stand on a dirt road; boats, structures, clotheslines, metal drums in distance]
Collection: B2017.024
B2022.003.77
F 122 131, Tim with King Salmon [one Indigenous individual holding two King Salmon with metal drums in the background]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Indigenous, Salmon, King Salmon, Fish, Metal drum, Ladder
Collection: B2022.003 Temkin
B2017.024.1156
Alaska - Eskimo kids play in Barrow street in summer, 1986 [1961?; five Inupiat children play and laugh while looking at camera; metal drums (containers) in background]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Children
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.2369
Kotzebue June 1967 [woman wearing parka with baby in hood sits in front of wood structure; metal drums; tools hanging on wall of structure; similar to .2272]
Collection: B2017.024
B1998.014.1.588
E27 King Island craftsmen at work, photo by Frank Morgan "1948 postcard" [three men inside shelter, leather, skin wall coverings, ropes, tools, metal fuel drum, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1420a
(S23 Japanese equipment captured in the Aleutians) [tracked vehicle, Rising sun emblem on windshield; star above grill, metal on ground, bullet holes, steel drums mountains in background; negative damage iin upper left quadrant of image]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.603
"E34 Kotzebue. An Eskimo hunter's home, Sept 4, 1952; Drying wolf & muskrat skins; postcard." [snow, cabins, child at right near metal tub, person in parka standing in doorway of arctic entry, oil drums, shovel, dog sled, structures in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley