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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.
B1973.079.105
[2 mules hitched to sledge hauling ice][three people on or around the sledge several other people in the back ground]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B2003.022.14
Aug. 1945 On Way to King Is. Sledge Island Lunch
Collection: B2003.022 Von Der Heydt Collection
B1990.014.004.science.8.Jun91P08.10
Grassy Tundra: Back is Bering Sea with Sledge Island; Alaska, USA; 1991
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1991.030.21
Sledge dogs and owner [man, log cabin, stove pipe, sawhorse, metal tub]
Collection: B1991.030 Castner Collection
B2007.005.6.A8
[unknown individual dressed in winter attire attending to a working dog team attached to sledge, winter]
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B1995.014.28.5
F-E Co. 1942 [man driving bulldozer on dirt road, pulling pieces of crane or other machinery on sledges]
Keywords: mining, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.31.18
F-E Co. 1942 [bulldozer pulling sledge with crane parts, Fairbanks Exploration Co. mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B1979.002.4671
"Strawstack, back field 5/1/1918" [sleeve 2; Fairbanks Experiment Farm, milepost 466, two horses; one man standing on sledge holding reins; one man standing in knee-deep snow, two dogs on sledge; straw in background]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1991.011.121
"Eek, 1949" [winter scene; people possibly cutting firewood, loading sledge; structures, tarpaper, windmill, likely river in background]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1992.003.005
Hotel Holman [winter scene; men standing in front of log structure with skis crossed above porch and flag; packed sledges; horses; dogs]
Collection: B1992.003
B2017.024.3311
Northern Alaska, April 1968 [winter scene; men standing next to sledge containing meat and furs; snowmobile in left background; structure at right]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3313
Northern Alaska, May 1969 [metal sledge parked on tracks left in grass by continuous track vehicle; mining operation structures in distance; dragline; tailings]; mountains and snow in distance]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.1026
June 70 P5, #15400 Barrow [woman pulling rope attaching objects to wooden sledge; child stands behind second sledge while another child reclines on it; one person stands looking at structure; possibly domicile with door ajar, parkas, moose antlers above doorway, possible seal poke at right on ground, snow, puddles, steel drums (containers) at left]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Sledge, Antlers, Moose antlers
Collection: B2017.024
B2018.023.059a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [winter scene of two people with sledge, ski poles, supplies, flag, snowshoes; mountains and valley in distance; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.059b
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: winter scene of two people with sledge, ski poles, supplies, flag, snowshoes; mountains and valley in distance; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1979.002.4670
"north hillside May 1, 1918. Plenty moisture here" [sleeve 1; Fairbanks Experiment Farm, milepost 466, two horses hitched to sledge; harness, yoke, two men standing in knee-deep snow; two dogs on wagon; fields in distance]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B2018.023.058a
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] [label] “29” “Freighting with Reindeer, Nome, Alaska” [snow scene; people wearing parkas, surrounding sledge filled with supplies, furs, reindeer, handler, snow, harness, structure in background; black and white image]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.058b
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] [label] “29” verso of slide: “Freighting with Reindeer, Nome, Alaska” [snow scene; people wearing parkas, surrounding sledge filled with supplies, furs, reindeer, handler, snow, harness, structure in background; black and white image]
Collection: B2018.023