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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.
B2022.005.120
[Indigenous Alaskan Elder couple standing on porch outside of home] [At AFN 2024, location identified as Wales and woman identified as Martha Anungazuk with either her husband Toby Anungazuk or her brother Roy Sereadlook (husband of Ethel Sereadlook]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Elder, Couple, Pair, Man, Woman, House, Home, Porch, Family, Wales, Martha Anungazuk, Toby Anungazuk, Roy Sereadlook
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1962.001.0545
[on back] Central figure is Macrena Skavorzoff, who induced her lover to kill her husband. Boy in foreground is Likandra, only witness of the crime. Other women are witnesses in case. [Group of individuals, including child, together]
Keywords: Macrena Skavorzoff, Likandra, Crimes, Criminals, Witnesses
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B2022.005.203
[Group of Indigenous Alaskan Elders gathered outside building on steps; midwinter] [At AFN 2024, adults on left identified as Grace Tocktoo and her husband on the steps of Nome's Our Lutheran Church, which was built in the 1960s. Nagazyuk home on far left.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Group, Elder, Elders, Men, Women, Community, Relationships, Community, Building, Steps, Winter, Snow, Nome, Grace Tocktoo, Tocktoo, Our Lutheran Church, Churches, Nagazyuk
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2025.002.11
“At Finger Lake Resort June 1944. Some of our Dolly Vardens. My cousin & her husband > Chet & Alma Goodman” [L-R: Vida, Thurston, Chet Goodman, Alma Goodman. Vida and Alma holding fish]
Keywords: Finger Lake, Cabins, Fishing, Chet Goodman, Alma Goodman, Vida Nye, Thurston Nye
Collection: B2025.002 Vida and Thurston Nye Collection
B1991.011.539
"Newtok; 1957; sod igloo; making Eskimo boots (mukluks) Interior of sod igloo - wall lined with split paper cartons; husband (at time) hospitalized w/T.B" [woman sewing boots while toddler sits next to her on sofa or bed]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1991.011.539
"Newtok; 1957; sod igloo; making Eskimo boots (mukluks) Interior of sod igloo - wall lined with split paper cartons; husband (at time) hospitalized w/T.B" [woman sewing boots while toddler sits next to her on sofa or bed; identified in 2019 as Maryanne Hooper and David Moses]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection