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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.
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The Anchorage Museum Archive collection includes more than 700,000 photographs and print materials
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B1990.014.5.P.2.25E.2
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P2
B1998.014.1.1644
T36 Anchorge - Alaska [gravel road leading uphill to structure on E Street, Anchorage Hotel, wood plank boardwalk, automobiles]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.746.1
Placer River Crossing, Aaa. G.L. Johnson, Anchorage, Aaa. [Alaska Railroad trestle bridges on Kenai Peninsula]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.25.56.5B
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B90.14.5.ARR.5.7
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 5
B1989.016.347
#56. Northwestern, Juneau, Alaska. Winter & Pond Co. Hewitt's Photo Shop [ship encased in ice. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2006.023.7780
Snow machines preparing to depart from the Knik Bar to break trail for the 1973 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1998.014.1.11898
Ft. Richardson Whittier Pvt Roy Alex from Anchorage and Silas Negavanna from Wainwright display a few items they have carved of ivory. The native boys make a lot of trinkets from ivory and have no trouble finding a market for their goods. 4-24 4-427-45 Photo by Walter T. Smith, 3900710, T/5
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2012.006.530
[dog yard in village in winter, sled at left, buildings in background; no date]
Keywords: transportation, animals
Collection: B2012.006
B1989.016.679.17
#50. Alaska Reindeer Transportation, Naknek, Alaska [Star Airways airplane and men loading reindeer]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B90.14.5.ARR.2.106
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 2
B2006.023.6381.jpg
[hooligan on drying rack]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B1995.010.6105
[summer scenic in mountain pass area, fireweed in foreground, 1940s]
Collection: B1995.010
B2017.011.144
Alaska ’48 – Aniak, Rep. Len Hall of N.Y. with pike [Leonard W. Hall holding fish]
Collection: B2017.011
B1989.016.707.4
Jade Room, June 23, 1948. [Anchorage restaurant]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.52.006
21-5 Interior of Pioneer Bar, beer, etc.. [men in bar; calendars on wall at left, likely August 1939; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.AKNative.45.32
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2015.008.964c
Photo by E.F. Foley, N.Y. Who went to Alaska in 1914 explore and map the sources of
the Harvard and Bryn Mawr Glaciers in an unexplored part of the Chugach Mts., above College
Fjord, Prince William Sound, Alaska. Miss Keen is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College. In 1912
she made the 1st ascent of Mt. Blackburn, Alaska, 16,140 ft., in an expedition that required 33
days on ice and snow, and is the only sub-Arctic exploration ever organized and led by a
woman. A surveyor will be of the party this time. The Royal Geographical Society of Antwerp,
Belgium, had invited Miss [studio portrait of Dora]
Keywords: woman
Collection: B2015.008