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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.
B2022.005.143
[Three women in uniforms (likely Civil Air Patrol) holding belongings outside buildings]
Keywords: Alaska, Alaskan, Women, Young women, Uniform, Clothing, CAP, C.A.P., Civil Air Patrol, Holding, Carrying, Belongings, Books, Garment bag, Purse, Handbag, Outside, Buildings
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1964.001.409
Miss Reit’s reindeer herd. [View of Alaskan reindeer herd near Cantwell, Alaska, belonging to Ruth Reit.]
Collection: B1964.001 John Urban
B1990.014.5.Home.2.037a
14245; Home; A frame; Trappers; belongs to Steve McCutcheon; April, 1963 [man holding broom stands in doorway of structure; snow]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Home
B1985.027.1891
Photos of Sigurd Wien taken in front of Frank Whaley's house (FAI) Sept. 1972. (Parka he is wearing is new one belonging to Chester Seveck)
Collection: B1985.027 Wien Collection
B1998.014.1.2237
"Murphy" Seward, Alaska [dog posed with packs and equipment; pail, iron skillet, coffee pot, gaitor; possibly belonging to John Dubreuil (image .2236); copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1985.027.970
[from verso:] Wien - destinations - Bethel; Mr. John John, wife, daughter Mrs. Mary Gregory, Mrs. Agnes Farnsworth, Census crew leader at Bethel. Children belong to Mary Gregory. [family sits on or next to bed with census worker; file folder on floor; phonograph record leaning against wood stove; metal basin atop stove; wall calendar from M.L. Davies Company showing April 1960]
Collection: B1985.027 Wien Collection
b2011.014.99
[Boat “SEA LION” which belonged to N. J. “Nick” Gaikema of Anchorage. Same photo is cropped and reproduced on p. 17 of John Bagoy’s Legends & Legacies: Anchorage 1910-1935. Left to right: Nick Gaikema (standing at stern), Chris Eckman, George Kennedy, Robert S. Bragaw (on top of pilothouse), Dr. Lawlor W. Seeley, Dr. August S. “Wally” Walkowski, and Edgar R. Tarwater]
Collection: B2011.014
B2014.016.1901
Kotzebue, arriving in plane formerly owned by Gene Autry – Native children meet all planes mostly to ride on tractor-drawn sled which is only airport transportation. Note: it is wiser to walk the ½ mile over path thru tundra to town [group of children and adults gathered near small airplane, tail number NC59233, parked on airstrip, buildings in background; at AFN 2014, plane identified as belonging to Bob Baker’s Baker Airlines]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B2014.016