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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.
B1991.011.549
"Newtok, sod house; E. Clements photo; 11/59" [dogs rest on sod house; window; snow]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1991.011.457b
"Nelson Island: Umkumiut sod house; E. Clements, dup" [sod and wood structure above river]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2010.023.715
"Nunivak illustrations, Housing" [woven basket atop sod roof; woven grass mat is door of sod structure; driftwood]
Collection: B2010.023
B2016.004.11.12
811113, 3, Bettles Lodge, Anaktuvuk aerials, sod house, Elijah Kakinya [interior of house with baby playing on floor]
Collection: B2016.004
B1989.016.2140.8
[woman in fur parka and mukluks standing outside sod house, wash basin on ground, second dwelling or cache in background, mountains in distance]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2298.4
(Chitina) [abandoned log cabin with sod roof next to lake, mountains in distance]
Keywords: residences, houses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1991.011.1203
Point Hope, May 1947; Ester Lane & her 2 brothers; note sod house in background [parkas, tundra]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2005.013.128
C.G. & F.P. & Eskimo sod house, Hooper Bay, 7-1951 [Clarence and another white man standing with Alaska Native family outside wood dwelling with sod roof]
Collection: B2005.013
B1991.011.124
"Sweat house, Eek, Aug 1959, E. Clements, dupe." [summer scene of structures above river, sod roof]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2007.005.5.228
[interior view, likely inside sod house; woman with woven grass matt; Honey Maid Graham cracker box at left]
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B1991.011.1166
Point Hope, 1946, sod igloos and terrain; Mary Louise & Esk[imo] children; old sod & whalebone house (igloo) [adults and children wearing parkas, mukluks pose in snow in front of structure]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1989.016.996
No. 41. Homesteader's cabin. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [log cabin with sod roof, Matanuska Valley?]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2143.51
97. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (New log home, Palmer) [log cabin with sod roof, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2016.004.11.7
811113, 3, Bettles Lodge, Anaktuvuk aerials, sod house [man unloading box of diapers for Alice Ahgook from Britten-Norman Islander airplane tail number N59360]
Keywords: transportation, aviation, shipping, freight
Collection: B2016.004
B2000.017.13
[woman wearing print parka carrying paper bag and walking down boardwalk in front of sod house, barrels, books, driftwood, sled, and other items in yard nearby, Point Hope; print date Jun 72]
Collection: B2000.017 Morris Reese
B2021.010.243
[group of Indigenous women and children in front of a sod house. Women at right are wearing fur parkas] [At AFN 2024, location identified as Nunivak or Bethel] [1926. Inupiaq territory, Nutchirviq / Nasirvik (White Mountain)]
Keywords: Inupiaq territory, Inupiat, Nutchirviq, Nasirvik, White Mountain, Indigenous, BIPOC, Sod houses, Children, Youths, Residences, Families, Nunivak, Bethel, Yup'ik territory, Fur parkas
Collection: B2021.010 Burlingame Collection
B2021.010.244
[three Indigenous women standing in front of sod houses. Two women at right are wearing fur parkas] [At AFN 2024, location identified as Nunivak or Bethel and individuals identified as Sami; At AFN 2025, the individuals were identified as possibly far eastern Russian Indigenous reindeer herders.] [1926. Inupiaq territory, Nutchirviq / Nasirvik (White Mountain)]
Keywords: Inupiaq territory, Inupiat, Nutchirviq, Nasirvik, White Mountain, Indigenous, BIPOC, Sami, Fur parkas, Sod houses, Nunivak, Bethel, Yup'ik territory, Reindeer herders, Eastern Russian, Infants
Collection: B2021.010 Burlingame Collection