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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.
B1999.014.1607
[Native children playing in the snow]
Keywords: children, winter, snow, play
Collection: B1999.014 Hilscher
B1999.014.1610
[Native child playing in the snow]
Keywords: children, play, sled, native, snow, winter
Collection: B1999.014 Hilscher
B1972.088.50
Plenty of play in Anchorage, Alaska. All day suckers too.
Collection: B1972.088 Mueller
B1990.014.5.Ed.2.38.3a
"Schools, Kids and Teachers" [children playing indoors]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Ed
B1994.008.525
(BP Hilton Prudhoe Bay_guys playing basketball)
Keywords: recreation, BP, housing
Collection: B1994.008
B1979.002.8903
locos steam #556 [chilidren playing on the train in the playground]
Keywords: trains, recreation, playground, kids
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1990.014.2018.1.3.005
Fritzie [child next to fireplace playing, laughing; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.3.005
Fritzie [child next to fireplace playing, laughing; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2015.020.29
[passengers playing shuffleboard on deck between funnels and lifeboats]
Collection: B2015.020
B2022.002.35
[Cal Williams holding mic, with man playing guitar]
Keywords: Cal Williams, Music, Instruments
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B2016.010.164
Ready for dinner, music [musicians playing guitar, bass, and violin playing for people seated at table in dining room aboard ship]
Collection: B2016.010
B1983.091.S4827.43
Anaktuvuk Pass trip, 5/70 [kids playing with man's hair]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S4827.44
Anaktuvuk Pass trip, 5/70 [kids playing with man's hair]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1990.014.004.35221
Young Women Playing Soft Ball: Anchorage, Alaska. 35221
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1990.014.004.35223
Eskimo Boys of Gambell, Play Soft Ball at Recess Period.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1990.014.2018.1.4.001
Fritzie [child playing with bubbles; fireplace in background; rug; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.4.001
Fritzie [child playing with bubbles; fireplace in background; rug; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2013.075.85
(Alaska _Tanana #2 Kaktovik)[child and dog playing on blanket in the snow]
Collection: B2013.075
B2016.006.2339
[young Alaska Native children playing on riverbank, Hughes; 1967]
Collection: B2016.006
B2017.023.185
[three men, service men, playing horseshoes, buildings in background]
Collection: B2017.023
B2017.024.3541
January 1962; St Michael [Children playing in snow; structures]
Collection: B2017.024
B1962.001A.439
Native boys at Tonsina playing steamboat [Ahtna boy playing with boat; Ahtena Indians] [Structures with chimneys behind trees at right. Lower Ahtna region]
Keywords: Ahtna, Lower Ahtna, Ahtena, Indigenous, Boy, Child, Play, Playing, Water, Creek, Boat, Tonsina, Bridge, Tents, Building, Smokestack, Chimney
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1984.077.12.013
[Ship deck scene, rigging, people standing, possibly playing game?]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.2105
Where Big Trout Play. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [summer creek]
Keywords: fishing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.1707
[two men playing shuffleboard on ship deck, three spectators at left]
Keywords: tourism, transportation, recreation
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.5699
Anchorage [Clarissa playing with two dogs in yard, houses in background, 1940s]
Collection: B1995.010
B2013.075.093
(Alaska _Tanana #2 Kaktovik)[two children playing in the snow outside of a village]
Collection: B2013.075
B2016.004.14.26
Barrow, 89884, May 1980 [children playing with freight sled on Barrow street]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.006.2350
[Alaska Native children playing on skiff on gravel beach, Hughes; 1967]
Collection: B2016.006
B2017.002.26
[children playing next to drying rack, buildings in background, 1956-57]
Collection: B2017.002
B2017.023.227
[musicians playing for audience, service men, tables, benches, beer bottles]
Collection: B2017.023
B2017.024.3378
June 1971 [children play atop overturned boat; snow; likely Savoonga]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.029.1651
[children playing outdoors, buildings in background; print date Sep 76]
Collection: B2017.029
B2022.005.233
[Two rows of houses on either side of the dirt road; children playing in distance]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Houses, Homes, Residence, Buildings, Community, Dirt road, Road, Children, Play, Playing
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1991.011.537
"Playing cards - a favorite pastime Newtok; 11/66" [a woman plays solitaire while another woman holding a baby stands nearby; interior of dwelling; possibly bunks in background]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2017.024.1156
Alaska - Eskimo kids play in Barrow street in summer, 1986 [1961?; five Inupiat children play and laugh while looking at camera; metal drums (containers) in background]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Children
Collection: B2017.024
B1988.012.740
[three young children playing on gravel riverbed, tents in background. Cf. .738]
Collection: B1988.012 Morgan C_ Edmunds Collection
B1991.046.86
Children in Akutan, 7/52 [two Alaska Native children playing on overturned wheelbarrow]
Collection: B1991.046
B1998.014.1.3628
Anchorage, children's play, Empress Theatre, 1938 [group of children on stage in costume]
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley