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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.
Anchorage Museum Archive Image Search
The Anchorage Museum Archive collection includes more than 700,000 photographs and print materials
on Alaska and the Circumpolar North, with 94,942 items scanned and searchable online.
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B1990.014.5.AKNative.2.70
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1997.003.185
[bulldozer, track vehicle aboard ship, men standing, preparing to unload]
Collection: B1997.003
B1998.014.1.1373
(PT9 Valdez & print) [McKinley Street scene, businesses, automobiles, people, children, sign: "Richardson Hightway. Valdez to Chitina 131 mi Fairbanks 371 mi; United States Department of the Interior; Alaska Road Commission" sign; Pinzon Bar; Pabst, Valdez Liquor Store, City Market; Office of Alaska Road commission; food store delivery truck'
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2016.006.1833
Nome [six Alaska Native children standing next to building; 1950s]
Collection: B2016.006
B1998.014.1.2476
"Sticking shutter shots: 3 Ellis Air Lines; 6 town near river; 2 misc." [aerial view over water of Wrangell; likely an object on lens]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.BoskovichMartin.1
Boskovich, Martin, Passport Photos, 1942
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1990.014.5.AKNative.3.99
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2016.019.1.08d.03115.X
Mt. McKinley [Denali] & fireweed [National Parks - Denali], c. 1982
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, National Parks, Denali, Denali National Park, Flowers, Fireweed
Collection: B2016.019
B1990.014.2018.1.115.002
41-4 Fritzie on rocking horse [March 1-3, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.AKNative.24.27
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.388.12
Willow Creek District [man and woman standing on road near cabins; cf. other images filed under Mt. McKinley]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2338
Camped in the dead forest under the crater of Katmai Volcano. c. Roy Gilley, Guide, Kodiak, Alaska [deteriorated nitrate negative]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.28.3
[mining camp in Interior, with several wood-frame buildings, Fairbanks Exploration Co., 1942]
Keywords: residences, houses
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.2077.16
49 (Fur Rendezvous, Last Day of Big Races, 1954) [young boy driving single-dog sled down Fourth Avenue past spectators, sign for Bill's Electric in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B90.14.5.ARR.1.79
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / B90_14_5_ARR.1
B1990.014.5.AKNative.44.129
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.AKNative.38.70.10B
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1995.014.9.1
[Quonset huts on gravel road, mountains in distance]
Keywords: military, residences
Collection: B1995.014