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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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B2021.006.44
“Superior Court nominees” [Handwritten: Anchorage Daily News – 7-4 -93]
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Law, Court, Superior Court, Nominees, Governor Hickel
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B1993.020.368
Fur auctions, Rendezvous, 1956 [pelts with handwritten sign: Guaranteed as Advertised, Swifty’s Club 13]
Collection: B1993.020 Rhodes
B2022.002.11
Handwritten note on back of photograph: School Reunion 2019, Class of 1959 Little Flower Academy]
Keywords: Cal Williams, Sister Mary Consuela
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B2014.020.293
(Chow down!) [handwritten sign on pole near docks, “Dinner will be served aboard at 7:00 PM for Hoonah residents, children come, Swiftsure”]
Keywords: military, fires
Collection: B2014.020
B2022.002.14
Alaska Governor Tony Knowles with Cal Williams, 1994 [Color photograph autographed “Cal, Thanks for your public service, Tony Knowles” Handwritten on back: 1994]
Keywords: Cal Williams, Tony Knowles
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B2022.001.065
Letter to the Evans Family from Governor Sean Parnell, November 11, 2012 [Handwritten note: Thanks for always cheerfully and willingly participating. This Thank you is belated, but our gratitude remains!]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Family, Alaska, Governor, Governor Sean Parnell, Governor Parnell, Sean Parnell, Politician, Letter, Handwritten, Inscription, Signature, Note, Thanks, Thank you, Gratitude
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
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
B2021.006.42a
“Card gets Superior Court seat” by Sheila Toomey, Anchorage Daily News, Fran Durner, photographer [Photograph of Judge Card holding child, Jamaica Renner. Handwritten note added: God-granddaughter]
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Law, Court, Superior Court, Jamaica Renner, Granddaughter, Family
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B2021.006.42b
“Card gets Superior Court seat” by Sheila Toomey, Anchorage Daily News, Fran Durner, photographer [Photograph of Judge Card holding child, Jamaica Renner. Handwritten note added: God-granddaughter]
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Law, Court, Superior Court, Jamaica Renner, Granddaughter, Family
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B2022.002.10
Cal Williams, first person on left in second row, with others from Little Flower Academy Class of 1959 [Handwritten note on back of photograph: School Reunion 2019, Class of 1959 Little Flower Academy]
Keywords: Cal Williams, Little Flower Academy
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B2016.004.698
Valdez Shrine Club buckle, 1990 [handwritten sign selling belt buckles for $35.00, buckle caption “Exxon’s Alaska Oil Spill, 1989, Prince William Sound, Alaska”; print date Jul 90]
Collection: B2016.004
B1996.017.2
[4th Ave Theatre; 1948; crowds wait to enter theatre on opening night; automobiles parked along street; Eckmann's Furniture store to right; handwritten notation pointing to "Raynor's car" and circling a person standing in line.]
Collection: B1996.017
B2022.002.12
Cal Williams demonstrating against ExxonMobil in front of the company’s corporate office in Anchorage, 1989 [Cal Williams wearing white sheet with black “oil” stains, Handwritten note on back of photograph: 1989 Valdez Oil Spill]
Keywords: Cal Williams
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B2022.002.15
Cal Williams when he was President of NAACP Anchorage, 1968 [Cal Williams smoking a cigarette, wearing a dashiki, Condition note: photograph torn near Cal Williams’s lips, handwritten note on back: 1968 President of Anchorage NAACP]
Keywords: Cal Williams, NAACP Anchorage
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B2022.002.22
Installation of officers, American Legion Post 34, Anchorage [Cal Williams third from right holding American flag] Handwritten note on back of photograph: Instalation (sic) of officers Chappie James Post 34 American Legion
Keywords: Cal Williams, American Legion
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B2017.024.2745
Nome, July 1983 Street scenes [exterior view of police officer and man wearing plaid jacket outside the Board of Trade Saloon; Nome's Oldest Saloon since 1900; Headquarters for the Sin City of Nome; Olympia Beer Finish banner with handwritten correction]
Collection: B2017.024
B2022.002.20
Cal Williams performing at Pacific Islanders event, Park Strip, Anchorage, 2018 [Cal wearing blue robe and kente cloth hat, playing djembe] Handwritten note on back of photograph: 2018 performing at Pacific Islanders event on the Anchorage Park Strip in 2018
Keywords: Cal Williams
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B2022.001.017
Mayfield Evans with family and friends, General Daniel “Chappie” James American Legion Post 34, November 4, 2008 [Mayfield Evans celebrating with group at American Legion Post, handwritten note on front: Obama Makes History, 11-4-08, Post 34]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Family, Friends, General Daniel "Chappie" James, American Legion, Post 34, Celebration, Presidential, Obama Makes History, Ed Wesley
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1996.035.10.3.page.16b
[four-page tabloid newspaper reprint about Bikini Atoll nuclear tests: “Clippings Taken From The Honolulu Advertiser, 3 Feb & 1 March 1946 Pertaining to “A” Bomb Test Of Which You Are A Part . . . , handwritten note on first page that “Cot sent this to me” back page is taped down]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.page.16a
[Cover of four-page tabloid newspaper reprint about Bikini Atoll nuclear tests: “Clippings Taken From The Honolulu Advertiser, 3 Feb & 1 March 1946 Pertaining to “A” Bomb Test Of Which You Are A Part . . . , handwritten note on first page that “Cot sent this to me” back page is taped down]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.page.16c
[four-page tabloid newspaper reprint about Bikini Atoll nuclear tests: “Clippings Taken From The Honolulu Advertiser, 3 Feb & 1 March 1946 Pertaining to “A” Bomb Test Of Which You Are A Part . . . , handwritten note on third page that reads “we are about here on the X”; back page is taped down]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.page.12a
[typed letter, A.R. Brady, Captain, U.S. Naval Air Facility, Adak, Alaska to Mr. E. H. Kirby of El Centro, California, regarding his son, Stanton L. Kirby’s extension of his tour of duty, June 27, 1947 (folded)] [handwritten note card with itinerary for “Trip to Kodiak, Alaska 4/17/47.” Includes list of seven crew members and schedule for early morning take off]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.page.8
[baggage tag]: Kirby, S. L. S1/C Jose Gonzales El Centro Kid; Printed “Beer Chit” made out to Stanton L. Kirby, N.A.S. Operations [handwritten note] “Wake MAA at 0530 and duty cook. 0600 Call Ordance [sic] on field phone. 0630 Wake OOD and POOW. Wed. Dec 25 Xmas. Merry Xmas Kirby. Ha Ha
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B2022.002.09
Reunion of Little Flower Academy Class of 1959, Left to right: Cal Williams, Hattie Fletcher, Patricia Lewis John, Lerner Rae Gordon, Corene Johnson, Darlene (Williams) Watson, Bernice Allen. [Cal Williams and high school classmates in yellow t-shirts with aqua lanyards. Handwritten note on back of photograph: School Reunion 2019, Class of 1959 Little Flower Academy]
Keywords: Cal Williams, Little Flower Academy, Hattie Fletcher, Patricia Lewis John, Lerner Rae Gordon, Corene Johnson, Darlene Watson, Bernice Allen
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B1996.035.10.3.page.9
[newspaper clipping from Adak Tribune, daily schedule for radio station WXLB, March 15, 1946] [handwritten label, addressing envelope to S. L. Kirby at “Adak, Calif” with Calif crossed out and Alaska written in pencil, and note: “Don’t believe I ever heard of the place”] [newspaper clipping, letter from executive officer S. O. Cole detaching from duty at Adak: “The people and not the locality make a station. It is with this thought that I regret leaving Adak.”]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
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
B1963.016.189
Woolworth's store now, 1917. [handwritten and typed information on reverse] Masonic Temple spring of 1917. Small building in rear with sign "storage" on it was used as the first Presbyterian church while the present one was being built. A small corner of the roof can be seen. 1962.. Masonic temple 1963 Woolworth's 10 c store. corner of 4th Avenue and F Streets. Brought in by Norma Hoyt who received it at Christmas time from a Mrs. Archie Lewis. She gave it to us Feb. 24, 1963 during our Fur Rendezvous opening (1 week). [dog team on street in front of building, snow]
Collection: B1963.016 Marie Silverman
