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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.
B1984.077.20.031
[bear on chain, man in hat petting bear, oil drums, building in background]
Collection: B1984.077
B1991.011.144
"Eek, 1949" [woman in winter parka and mukluks poses in front of oil drums with river in bakcground]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2022.005.197
[Three Indigenous Alaskans standing outside next to oil drum; woman standing in house doorway in background; midwinter]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, People, Group, Man, Women, Outside, Winter, Snow, Parka, Mukluks, Outerwear, Clothing, Footwear, Oil drum, Fuel, House, Home, Building, Doorway
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1998.014.1.4647
(Barter Island Brooks Range 1963)[ shoreside view of skiffs pulled up on beach and several structures with oil drums]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2022.005.214
[Two Indigenous Alaskan Elder women in parkas and fur mukluks standing outside house midwinter; oil drums nearby]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Elder, Elders, Women, Parka, Fur, Mukluks, Clothing, Outerwear, Footwear, Outside, Winter, Snow, Oil drum, House, Home, Building, Residence
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1999.014.2052a
(Snowmobiles_Barrow "Roaring Boring Alice")[man in a white parka, standing in front of a snow machine and numerous oil drums on the tundra, no snow visible]
Keywords: snow machine, snow mobile, tundra, Barrow
Collection: B1999.014 Hilscher
B1999.014.2052b
(Snowmobiles_Barrow "Roaring Boring Alice")[man in a white parka, standing in front of a snow machine and numerous oil drums on the tundra, no snow visible]
Keywords: snow machine, snow mobile, tundra, house, parka
Collection: B1999.014 Hilscher
B2022.005.226
[Small group of people in uniforms (possibly Civil Air Patrol or US Air Force) standing next to a vehicle; near a building and raised oil drums]
Keywords: Alaska, Alaskan, Group, People, Man, Women, Uniforms, Vehicle, Building, Oil drums, Civil Air Patrol, CAP, C.A.P., USAF, U.S.A.F., US, Air Force, Clothing
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1983.091.S1450.072
NCL Trip: Children receiving candy & gum. 8/12/53. Northern Consolidated Airlines [children and women above river bank at Eek; possibly boats in water; oil drum in left foreground]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S1450.90.15
(NCL TRIP: (Goodnews Bay Mining Co. Series Baseball on the Tundra" Children at Platinum)(090-15 view of children at game)
(Stock 1450-090-15)(08/12/53)(158negs)[8 children playing baseball on the tundra with oil drums visibile in the background]
Keywords: children, baseball, games, tundra, recreation
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2017.024.2072
King Island, copyright 1986 [people in boat, likely an umiak, with boxes, suitcases, food; man reclining smoking pipe with camera case around his neck; women wearing parkas sit atop oil drum; water, ice]
Collection: B2017.024
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