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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.
B1995.010.2626
[lupine and dandelions gone to seed in cemetery, with wooden Russian Orthodox crosses, Dena’ina spirit house, and other graves, mountains in background, Anchorage. Cf. .2630]
Keywords: funerary customs
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.2630
[lupine, grave markers, and crosses, mountains in distance, Anchorage cemetery. Cf. .2626]
Keywords: funerary customs
Collection: B1995.010
b2012.006.735
[village cemetery in winter; no date]
Keywords: funerary customs
Collection: B2012.006
b2012.006.772
[graveyard on tundra, buildings at left; print date Jul 61]
Keywords: funerary customs
Collection: B2012.006
B1995.010.342
[Dena’ina spirit houses in cemetery, Eklutna]
Keywords: religion, funerary customs
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.361
[Dena’ina spirit houses in cemetery, buildings in distance, Anchorage]
Keywords: religion, funerary customs
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.6
293-3. Cemetery wonderland [gravestones and spirit house in hoar frost, Anchorage]
Keywords: religion, funerary customs
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.014.108.13
Jim Douglas's grave, he died in 1947, alone, he was a miner [white picket fenced grave with marker for James A. Douglas]
Keywords: funerary customs, religion
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.108.14
Jim Douglas's grave, he died in 1947, alone, he was a miner [white picket fenced grave with marker for James A. Douglas]
Keywords: funerary customs, religion
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.15.6
[Russian Orthodox graveyard with crosses, fences, trees]
Keywords: religion, funerary customs
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.29.5
Funeral of a young boy who went out trapping and presumably died of hypothermia. The priest's name was Vassily Changsak. Russian Mission [men in procession with coffin near church]
Keywords: religion, funerary customs
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.8.1
The funeral of a young boy who went out trapping and presumably died of hypothermia. The priest's name was [Vasily] Changsak. [Russian Mission, men carrying coffin]
Keywords: funerary customs, religion
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.8.2
The funeral of a young boy who went out trapping and presumably died of hypothermia. The priest's name was [Vasily] Changsak. [Russian Mission, procession]
Keywords: funerary customs, religion
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.8.3
The funeral of a young boy who went out trapping and presumably died of hypothermia. The priest's name was [Vasily] Changsak. [Russian Mission, procession]
Keywords: funerary customs, religion
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.8.4
The funeral of a young boy who went out trapping and presumably died of hypothermia. The priest's name was [Vasily] Changsak. [Russian Mission, procession]
Keywords: funerary customs, religion
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.8.5
The funeral of a young boy who went out trapping and presumably died of hypothermia. The priest's name was [Vasily] Changsak. [Russian Mission, men carrying coffin]
Keywords: religion, funerary customs
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.8.6
The funeral of a young boy who went out trapping and presumably died of hypothermia. The priest's name was [Vasily] Changsak. [Russian Mission, men carrying coffin]
Keywords: funerary customs, religion
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.8.7
The funeral of a young boy who went out trapping and presumably died of hypothermia. The priest's name was [Vasily] Changsak. [Russian Mission, start of procession]
Keywords: religion, funerary customs
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.8.8
The funeral of a young boy who went out trapping and presumably died of hypothermia. The priest's name was [Vasily] Changsak. [Russian Mission, start of procession]
Keywords: funerary customs, religion
Collection: B1995.014
B1996.035.1.245
[men dressed in civilian clothing climbing hillside carrying crosses, possibly Adak natives moving cemetery? Adak, World War II]
Keywords: funerary customs, military
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society
b2012.006.780
April 14, 1956 [cemetery in village in winter]
Keywords: funerary customs, religion
Collection: B2012.006
B2015.007.73
[group portrait of men and women posed with burial casket next to church building in summer, several women holding wild flowers, young boy standing on church steps at right]
Keywords: religion, funerary customs
Collection: B2015.007
B2016.010.106
Tutchoni cemetery 1904 [Tutchone Indian graveyard, sign in foreground, “This cemetery is not a tourist attraction”, spirit houses behind wooden fencing, Champagne]
Keywords: funerary customs, indigenous peoples
Collection: B2016.010