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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.2.15.19
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P2
B2006.023.8076.jpg
[Boat building]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 8000-8999
B1990.014.2018.1.141.004
47-3 Basha's pictures - taken with Grace & Dorothy [shadows in river or creek of three figures on a bridge, likely May 1940, Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B90.14.5.ARR.1.205
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / B90_14_5_ARR.1
B90.14.5.ARR.1.136.5
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / B90_14_5_ARR.1
B2021.004.Box6.Page17
State of Alaska Executive Proclamation by Jay Hammond, Governor, "hereby proclaim January 15, 1982, as: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Day"
Keywords: Ed Wesley, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans, State of Alaska, Governor, Jay Hammond, Executive Proclamation, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, 1/15/1982
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B1990.014.5.AKNative.23.186
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.People.14.160
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 14
B1990.014.5.AKNative.24.61.11
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2006.023.5874
Sign: Galena Air Force Auxiliary Field, Gateway to the Far North, Elev. 120 feet
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1989.016.385.8
Scenes along the Palmer Highway [Knik Bridge with snow-covered mountains]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.TV.094.327.2A
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1990.014.3.1305
South of Little Tonsina River crossing. May 1975 9280
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.3
B2000.014.647
(647)(Mouth of Melorozi and Bar from opposite hill Ruby July 30 1916)
Collection: B2000.014 Malina
B1990.014.5.AKNative.35.42
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.180
Catholic Hospital and Church, Fairbanks, Alaska. Hewitt's 7. Dated 1/7/1942
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1962.001A.83
"Fairbanks, Chitina, Valdez, !! or bust!!" Valdez, Alaska. P.S. Hunt, P203 [Automobiles] [ca. 1885-1930]
Keywords: Automobiles, Trails, Glaciers, Valdez, Signs, Landscapes
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B2006.023.7457.jpg
[Joe Redington Sr. with lead/swing dog Ready prior to the 1975 Iditarod Race. Photo by Bill Devine]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 7000-7999
B1989.016.597.1
#1. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [construction of City Hall]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.TV.083.70.1.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1962.001.0924
Col. Richardson and Staff Alaska Road Commission [Alaska Road Commission; Richardson, Wilds Preston; Kunzig, Lieut., L.A.; Edgerton, Lieut. L.K.]
Keywords: Will Crary, Alaska Road Commission, Alaska Road Commission staff, Col. Richardson, Colonel Richardson, Wilds Preston Richardson, Lt. L.A. Kunzig, Lieut. L.A. Kunzig, Lieutenant L.A. Kunzig, Lt. L.K. Edgerton, Lieut. L.K. Edgerton, Lieutenant L.K. Edgerton
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B2006.023.4709
[Construction site next to Teeland's Moonshine Shop/Teeland's Country Store on Parks Highway]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington