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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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B1997.003.032
[Roebling blue center spool, continuous-track vehicles, bulldozer, supplies, tundra]
Collection: B1997.003
B90.14.5.Anc.Air.5.24
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 5
B1990.014.5.AKNative.24.61.18
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2016.004.38.16
International Women's Year, 1977. At Camp Myer, Wasilla, #1 9-24-77 [group portrait]
Keywords: BIPOC, International Women's Year
Collection: B2016.004
B1989.016.1627
Cordova, Alaska. Hewitt's [aerial. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.35.87.86A
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.AKNative.44.95
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1995.014.90.1
[winter scenic with river, low bluffs on opposite side, mountains in distance, Susitna River?]
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.984
L123 Horseshoe Lake, McKinley Nat'l Park [same as .983]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2053.38
(Fourth of July float, 1932) [4-H Club float covered in foliage, with young women in bathing suits, holding golf clubs, or with rod and reel and creel, building in background]
Keywords: agriculture, animal husbandry, recreation, sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Anc.14.417
Anchorage, Alaska, 4th Ave, main street, looking east from midtown – est. 1915 has pop. Now over 60,000. Only planned city in Alaska. Photographer’s number 3509
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc / B90_14_5_ANC_14
B1983.091.C10172.40
(Oct 10 / 10 /1979)(Stack Steel Poly Creek)(conservator #067_10_03_00)
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Commercial
B1989.016.2299.3
(Merrill Field searchlight) [bird's eye view of airfield, with hangars and parked airplanes at left and runway at right, Chugach Mountains in background]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B90.14.5.AncAir.21.10
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 21
B1990.014.5.AKNative.40.73.4
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.1593.1
[bird's eye view of residential area in northwest Anchorage with Ship Creek, Anchorage docks, ship in Cook Inlet in distance; Sackett's Harbor at dock?]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2012.030.3633
Fissure on "M" St. looking NE on day after 3/27/64 'quake [earthquake damage, automobile and residences in Anchorage]
Collection: B2012.030
B1990.014.5.AKNative.44.145
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.4.MF.TV.59.24
(Kutchin Tribe Indian boys of Fort Yukon:Athapascan Group)
Keywords: kids, play, boys, river
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4 / Medium Format
B2012.030.2303
Siberian Eskimo dancers from Gambell on St. Lawrence Is., Anchorage, Alaska, 2/24/63
Collection: B2012.030