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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.
B1994.022.619
(people)(two men weaving)[two men weaving and drinking from a jug]
Keywords: weaving, loom, men
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B2007.005.5.190
[stereo views; girl stands in front of wood and sod structure, weaving grass]
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B1990.014.004.28151
28151 Baleen, Once used for women's corsets. Now used to weave baskets or wall decorations
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B2016.004.34.10
Alaska Native basket makers, 800325 [Selina Peratrovich at table, Belle Deacon weaving basket, unidentified women weaving baskets. 35 b&w images. Alaska Native Basketry
Workshop sponsored by the Visual Arts Center]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska Native, Basket, Basket makers, Visual Arts Center
Collection: B2016.004
B1989.016.427
Native net weavers [two Alaska Native women weaving nets and baskets. Postcard copy neg.]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2005.013.363
Omukumiut, July ’49 [Alaska Native woman weaving basket, seated outside barabara, two other people at right, Umkumiut?]
Collection: B2005.013
B1991.011.386
"Tanunak fish camp, Mary Gulealad [?]" [woman weaving grass basket as another woman looks on; braided fish drying; water in distance; June 1958]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2016.004.34.23
Alaska Native basket makers, 800325 [Evelyn Douglas weaving baskets. 35 b&w images. Alaska Native Basketry Workshop sponsored by the Visual Arts Center]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska Native, Basket, Basket makers, Visual Arts Center
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.34.4
Alaska Native basket makers, 800325 [Belle Deacon weaving basket, Selina Peratrovich at table. Alaska Native Basketry Workshop sponsored by the Visual Arts Center].
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Basket, Basket makers, Weaving, Workshop, Visual Arts Center
Collection: B2016.004
B1998.014.1.1362
(PS3 Baskt Bee) [Women wearing parkas sit together with children, making baskets; weaving; fur, pelts draped behind people, baskets displayed against wall.]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2016.004.34.14
Alaska Native basket makers, 800325 [Eunice Neseth weaving while Barbara Bland
looks on. 35 b&w images. Alaska Native Basketry Workshop sponsored by the Visual Arts Center]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska Native, Basket, Basket makers, Visual Arts Center
Collection: B2016.004
B2015.004.42
Kotzebue class learning the art of tom cod fishing. The two sticks are used to “weave” the line to the surface, can be done with amazing speed. Photo by Brickley Photocraft [man and three children, all wearing fur-trimmed parkas, sitting on ice next to fishing hole]
Keywords: clothing, ethnotechnology
Collection: B2015.004