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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.
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B1998.014.1.506
D20 Serving the United States Army Alaska "Different titles, servng the U.S. Army; 1 print, 3 negs." [dog sled team, musher climbing hill, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1300
Areas of Alaska and United States compared (O87, transparency) [Alaska silhouette superimposed over map of lower-48 states]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2022.001.124
Letter to Mayfield Evans from United States Senator, Frank H. Murkowski, January 4, 2001
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Letter, United States Senator, Senator, Senator Murkowski, Frank Murkowski, Frank H. Murkowski, E&S Diversified Services, OSHA, Egonomics
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2017.023.073
United States Post Office and court House, Sitka, Alaska [building, automobiles, people, bicycle]
Collection: B2017.023
B2012.006.083
[photo of folder labeled “United States Army Alaska Information Folder, visit of Gen. J. Lawton Collins” date 2 Aug 55(?); no date. Cf. .544]
Collection: B2012.006
B1998.014.1.2589
"Maps of AK over USA; 2 negs" ["Relative areas Alaska and United States" map shows Alaska superimposed over Lower-48 states]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2022.001.142
Certificate of Appreciation to E&S Diversified Service [sic] from Georgia-Pacific Corporation and the United States Olympic Committee, signed by A.D. “Pete” Correll, President and Chief Operating Officer, Georgia-Pacific Corporation and Harvey W. Schiller, Executive Director/Secretary General, United States Olympic Committee
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Certificate, Certificate of Appreciation, E&S Diversified Services, Georgia-Pacific Corporation, U.S., Olympic, Olympic Committee, A.D. "Pete" Correll, Harvey W. Schiller
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1974.040.096b
The U.S.S.R. & M. gold dredge (Fairbanks Expl. Dept.) at Goldstream, 1940 [United States Smelting, Refining, and Mining Company’s dredge]
Collection: B1974.040 Charles Weller Collection
B2022.001.116
Copy of Certificate of Appreciation from the United States Coast Guard Kodiak Commissary and The Defense Commissary Agency to Marcello Townsend, signed by James R. Rector, Commissary Officer, December 2, 2003
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Honor, Award, Certificate, E&S Diversified Services, Business, United States Coast Guard, Coast Guard, USCG, Kodiak Commissary, Kodiak, Commissary, Defense Commissary Agency, DECA, DeCA, Marcello Townsend, Employee, Team, Crew, Certificate of Appreciation, Appreciation, Commended, Commendation, Contributions, Effort, Professional, Performance, James R. Rector, James Rector, Commissary Officer, Officer
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2022.005.239
[Indigenous Alaskan woman in fur parka standing outside United States Post Office and Court House building in Nome, Alaska. Man standing near doorway. Inupiaq territory.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Inupiaq, Territory, Inupiat, Woman, Parka, Fur, Geometric pattern, Design, Gloves, Mukluks, Outerwear, Clothing, Footwear, Winter, Snow, Pathway, Man, Door, Doorway, Entrance, Building, Structure, USPS, U.S.P.S., Post Office, Postal Service, Court House, Federal building, Government
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2016.006.2689
Granite Mt July 58 [man standing next to small buildings, with signs for Granite Mountain International Airport and United States Air Force Contract number and contractor, windsock in center]
Collection: B2012.006
B2022.005.238
[Indigenous Alaskan woman (likely Elva "Willie" Amidon) in parka standing outside United States Post Office and Court House building in Nome, Alaska. Men standing near doorway. Inupiaq territory.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Inupiaq, Territory, Inupiat, Woman, Parka, Fur, Geometric pattern, Design, Gloves, Mukluks, Outerwear, Clothing, Footwear, Winter, Snow, Pathway, Man, Men, Door, Doorway, Entrance, Building, Structure, USPS, U.S.P.S., Post Office, Postal Service, Court House, Federal building, Government, Elva Amidon, Elva "Willie" Amidon, Willie Amidon
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1981.020.144
Sitka, Alaska No. A113, The Photo Shop Studio [United States Post Office and Court House building; poured-concrete structure with geometric ornamentation; flag atop roof; seawall and utility lines in foreground; structure with brick chimney in background]
Collection: B1981.020 Hotchkiss
B1998.02.4
Captain Michael A. Healy on board the U.S. Revenue Cutter Bear with his parrot Polly. The old sea captain's Arctic careet spanned nearly 25 years from 1880 to 1902. He was one of the most colorful and celebrated officers of the United States Revenue Service.
Collection: B1998.002
B2009.014.2
The Burning of Baranoff Castle, Sitka, Alaska. March [?, 1894?]. On verso: "Governor House at New Archangel's Port Sitka Island is on fire after the transfer of the Russian Fur Company possessions of Alaska to the United States for a small sum of $7.200.000 in 1867 March 5th."
Collection: B2009.014
B2015.008.955
(Enlarge) Alaska is 1/5 the size of the U.S., but has only 65,000 pop., because its vast
resources cannot well be developed until railways are built, and this is too costly for private
capital [map of Alaska with passenger ship route, cable and wireless stations, inset of United
States. With stamp of Dora Keen]
Keywords: map
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.955a
(Enlarge) Alaska is 1/5 the size of the U.S., but has only 65,000 pop., because its vast
resources cannot well be developed until railways are built, and this is too costly for private
capital [map of Alaska with passenger ship route, cable and wireless stations, inset of United
States. With stamp of Dora Keen]
Keywords: map note
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.2055.17
17 (July 4, 1938, parade) [man driving flat bed truck festooned with crepe and flags, "Star Wood Phone 273R Bob Graham" painted on door, model of United States Post Office on back of truck with sign for Carpenters Local 2182]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.406
B116 Anchorage, Alaska "Federal Building" [United States Post Office and Court House; pedestrians; people sitting in cars; automobiles parked at meters; Dodge pickup truck "J.S. Ramstad Construction Co. Inc.," Northwest Airlines sign; Lounge sign in midground]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1809
T114 Sitka, Alaska; Frank Morgan photo (Sitka, National Monument of Totem poles) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service sign between two totems, possibly Raven and Eagle; Waasgo Legend Pole and Raven/Shark Pole at center along pathway and plaque]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1964.001.043
"Ho" for Klondike. Lake Bennet [sic].7001 [on verso:] Boats on Lake Bennett. Spring of 1898.[View of men on boats on Lake Bennett, Canada, with United States flag flying from third boat from left and men holding oars and poles to move boats. One man in photo may possibly be Frank Michaud. Photographer's numbers 7001 and 82.]
Collection: B1964.001 John Urban
B1989.016.2054.13
13-1940 (Fourth of July Parade, 1940) [V.F.W. military color guard with flags reading in part "Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States" and "American Legion" on Fourth Avenue at E Street passing businesses including Hewitt's Drug Store, Cheechako Tavern, Star Air Lines, North Pole Bakery, Piggly Wiggly. same group as in .2054.12]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.001.139
Letter to E&S Diversified Services at U. S. Coast Guard Base, Ketchikan, Alaska from U.S. Department of Transportation, United States Coast Guard, signed by Michael L. Dorsey, Captain, U.S. Coast Guard Commanding Officer, Coast Guard Base Ketchikan, March 2, 1994, with letter from Commanding Office USCGC Naushon dated February 24, 1994
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Letter, E&S Diversified Services, U.S. Coast Guard, Base, Ketchikan, Alaska, U.S., DOT, Department of Transporation, Dept. of Transportation, Michael L. Dorsey, Michael Dorsey, Captain, Commandig Office, USCGC, Naushon
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2022.001.139A
Letter to E&S Diversified Services at U. S. Coast Guard Base, Ketchikan, Alaska from U.S. Department of Transportation, United States Coast Guard, signed by Michael L. Dorsey, Captain, U.S. Coast Guard Commanding Officer, Coast Guard Base Ketchikan, March 2, 1994, with letter from Commanding Office USCGC Naushon dated February 24, 1994
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Letter, E&S Diversified Services, U.S. Coast Guard, Base, Ketchikan, Alaska, U.S., DOT, Department of Transporation, Dept. of Transportation, Michael L. Dorsey, Michael Dorsey, Captain, Commandig Office, USCGC, Naushon
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1998.014.1.1373
(PT9 Valdez & print) [McKinley Street scene, businesses, automobiles, people, children, sign: "Richardson Hightway. Valdez to Chitina 131 mi Fairbanks 371 mi; United States Department of the Interior; Alaska Road Commission" sign; Pinzon Bar; Pabst, Valdez Liquor Store, City Market; Office of Alaska Road commission; food store delivery truck'
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2022.005.253
[one white woman and one white man in military dress with bags standing next to two people with a bus in the background and lettering that reads: "Air Force"]
Keywords: Alaska, United States Air Force, military
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon