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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.
B2013.058.495
(Woman dressed in night gown standing infront of mirror looking at a comb)
Keywords: mirror, dressor, night gown, stool
Collection: B2013.058
B2022.002.45
Cal Williams in University of Alaska Anchorage cap and gown, receiving an honorary doctorate
Keywords: Cal Williams, Academic degrees
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B1990.14.5.People.12.143
People-Parades-Anchorage 7/49; 7/4/49 ["Rainbow Girls," float, women in gowns on float; red cross truck, spectators]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People
B1998.014.1.1628
Queen of the Rendezvous, Miss Babs Ninteman (T29 Anchorage, Alaska) [Babs is seated on throne between two other women wearing gowns, 1954]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2022.002.07
Cal Williams, Little Flower Academy, 1959 [Copy of photograph of Williams in bow tie, cap, and gown. Handwritten note on back: 1959 Little Flower Academy Graduation]
Keywords: Cal Williams, Little Flower Academy
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B2017.019.210
Elmendorf 29 Dec ’51 [Elanor sitting on floor, wearing formal gown that she was sewing in .207-208, Christmas tree at left, greeting cards mounted on wall, dish of nuts next to radio on shelf]
Collection: B2017.019
B1990.14.5.People.12.014
People-Parades-Anchorage 7/47; 4th of July 47; 13 of 18 [women wearing gowns on float, one standing in front of rainbow, ferns, podium, flatbed pickup, parked in field; automobiles, houses in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People
B2022.001.007
Willie Mae James [later Willie Mae Evans], first in third row of students, Hale County Training School class photo, Greensboro, Alabama, 1957. [Black and white class photo; students in graduation regalia, cap and gown.]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Willie Mae James, Willie Mae Evans, Hale County, Training School, Class photo, Greensboro, Alabama, Students, Graduation, Regalia, Cap and gown, Cap, Gown
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2022.002.08A
Little Flower Academy seventh and eighth grade graduating class, 1955 [Four rows of students in caps and gowns, Cal Williams, second from left in first row of male students, Franciscan priests in belted robes on either side of first row, Father Ardwin Hillard on right side]
Keywords: Cal Williams, Little Flower Academy, Father Ardwin Hillard
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B2022.002.08B
(Photograph on reverse side of .8A) Little Flower Academy 12th grade graduating class, 1959, Cal Williams fourth from left in first row on male students, Father Ardwin Hillard to left of students in belted robe, Sister Mary Consuela in habit to right of students [four rows of students in caps and gowns]
Keywords: Cal Williams, Little Flower Academy, Father Ardwin Hillard, Sister Mary Consuela
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B1998.014.1.1627
Queen Ninteman & her royal Rendezvous court. (T29 Anchorage, Alaska) [Babs Ninteman sits on throne with pickaxe back, with two women wearing gowns seated on each side of her; three girls wearing tutus and one boy wearing suit sit on steps; piano, drum, microphone, northern lights, aurora borealis backdrop; 1954, Fur Rondezvous]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2022.002.06
Cal Williams, seventh from right, at his Kindergarten graduation from Martin Temple Baptist Church and Kindergarten, 1946. Teacher, Miss Lily Florence far right in row behind students, school principal in center [black and white photograph of children in white caps and gowns with tassels, three adults behind them, standing in front of door to brick schoolhouse. Handwritten note on back: Calvin Williams First school pitcher (sic) 5 years old]
Keywords: Cal Williams, Martin Temple Baptist Church
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams