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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 93,409 items scanned and searchable online.
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B1986.096.110.17
Fire Dept. commendation. L-R: John Franklin Fire Chief?, Bob Goldberg Attorney Labor, [rest unknown]
Collection: B1986.096 Anchorage Public Information Office
B1990.014.5.TV.095.128.38
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1990.014.5.AKNative.35.91.13B
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2017.024.2760
Nome, July 1983 Street scenes [man wearing cap with embroidered design: "USS Sea Tiger SS395; Operation Petticoat" (fictional film); automobile in background]
Collection: B2017.024
B1998.014.1.573
E12 Eskimo Summer "Natives in boats" [same as .572, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.EQ.15.27
Steve gets lumber for earthquake repair and relocation of Mac's Foto.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_15
B1989.016.288.5
Tonsina Road House. Hewitt's Photo Shop. [interior with fireplace]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.23.169
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2014.027.187
[Alaska Native man wearing green kuspuk and eyeglasses preparing to put on mittens, possibly for Wolf Dance; print date Mar 78]
Keywords: dancing
Collection: B2014.027
B2006.023.8184.jpg
Jean Kawcheck, Unalakleet [Girl holding Dog Power patch, standing in doorway of Iditarod Joe's Camp, Unalakleet]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 8000-8999
B1990.014.2018.1.143.003
47-5 Nefco buying scows on west coast [fishing boats and structure; June 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B90.14.5.ARR.1.238
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / B90_14_5_ARR.1
B1990.014.5.AKNative.40.67.12
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.AKNative.35.91.46
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1998.014.1.2493
"Earth movers, 44 yds; April 16, 1963" [man drives Caterpillar; dirt; snow]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
AEC.TT210
T210 Kalisoff Cont. Mile 334 LN showing dry frost, Feb 18 21[Several men and a horse working around a slope that is slumping down onto the tracks]
Keywords: labor, railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1990.014.5.TV.019.45.42.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B2013.007.048
[bicycle race in river town; steamer visible at anchor on left, viewing stands for spectators set up between two buildings]
Collection: B2013.007
B1989.016.1094.1
P-156. Hewitt's (Clearing Land for Farming, Palmer) [smoke through trees, burning brush]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection