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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.
B2016.004.203
Sven Johansson Ski Race, Fur Rondy, 1983 [hot air balloons rising behind field of skiers racing; print date Feb 83]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.204
Sven Johansson Ski Race, Fur Rendezvous, Anchorage, AK [hot air balloons rising behind field of skiers racing;print date Feb 83]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.217
George Attla [musher kicking sled past sign on Campbell Airstrip; print date Feb 83]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.21.1
Barrow, Whaling, Whale Feast, May 1981 [boy walking in front of snowmachines]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.21.10
Barrow, Whaling, Whale Feast, May 1981 [people eating whale meat at captain’s house]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.21.11
Barrow, Whaling, Whale Feast, May 1981 [people eating whale meat at captain’s house]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.21.12
Barrow, Whaling, Whale Feast, May 1981 [people eating whale meat at captain’s house]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.21.13
Barrow, Whaling, Whale Feast, May 1981 [people eating whale meat at captain’s house]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.21.14
Barrow, Whaling, Whale Feast, May 1981 [people eating whale meat at captain’s house]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.21.16
Barrow, Whaling, Whale Feast, May 1981 [people eating whale meat at captain’s house]
Collection: B2016.004
B2007.005.6.B8
[two native woman preparing salmon harvest for drying racks]
Keywords: fishing, salmon, subsistance
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B1989.016.1431
B-51. Lake Eklutna, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2016.004.21.17
Barrow, Whaling, Whale Feast, May 1981 [people eating whale meat at captain’s house]
Collection: B2016.004
B1991.011.1185
POint Hope, Summer 1963, Beatrice Vincent flencing (SIC: flensing) a seal [two women wearing kuspuks sit on the ground while one uses an ulu to flense a seal; whale bones in background
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1990.014.004.00047
Union/Marathon Trading Bay, oil exploration and production. Photographer's number: 00047 [print date Jul 65]
Keywords: petroleum industry
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1997.019.24full
The most valuable part of the whale is the head. The commercial bone is fitted in the upper jaw as out upper teeth
Collection: B1997.019 Wright Collection
B2016.004.1029
Willy Hensley, 7/17/81 [portrait of Willie Hensley underneath airplane]
Collection: B2016.004
B2017.024.2292
Kotzebue, June 1967 [children playing near boat; one child holds a slingshot; structures in background]
Collection: B2017.024
B2008.013.75
[two buildings and possibly grave markers on grassy hill above mouth of river, ocean in distance]
Collection: B2008.013
B2008.013.77
[men butchering whale at commercial whaling station, carcass on dock, men using cutting tools, inlet and mountains in background]
Collection: B2008.013
B2016.004.22.12
Barrow, Whaling, Kupak camp, May 1981, Eugene Brower [men at camp]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.22.13
Barrow, Whaling, Kupak camp, May 1981, Eugene Brower [men at camp]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.22.2
Barrow, Whaling, Kupak camp, May 1981, Eugene Brower [two men sitting in tent eating]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.230
Eskimo blanket toss, Fur Rondy, 1983, Reggie Joule? [man being tossed, Ferris wheel in background; print date Feb 83]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.23.31
Barrow, Whaling, May 1981 [people cutting meat]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B2016.004
B1998.014.1.2214
"Huge Kodiak bear, 1700 lbs, Fred Henton - AK guide" [copy neg; same as .2213]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1432
45. Arctic transportation. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [man with dog pulling sled on ice floes. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2155.1
(Dall sheep) [single sheep on ridge]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.004.permafrost.jul74p5.9
Frost thawing surcharged the soils to semi liquidity when the flowing occurred. Monkmeyer Press [print date Jul 74 P5]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B2013.066.116
13. Whaling feast at Point Hope, Alaska. Distribution of meat by successful whaling captain
Keywords: hunting, ethnotechnology
Collection: B2013.066