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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.
B2013.075.224
Canyon Village, 1966 [man standing in doorway of log cabin]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B2013.075
B2013.075.260
Nenana, 1966 [man standing with dog outside log cabin]
Keywords: residences, animals
Collection: B2013.075
B1989.016.294.3
Anchorage, Alaska, Nov. 18, 38. Hewitt's. Cement pouring at 10 degrees.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.294.4
Anchorage, Alaska, Nov. 18, 38. Hewitt's. Cement pouring at 10 degrees.
Keywords: cold weather engineering, construction
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1971.014.023
[from verso] two natives - rowing [two people paddling canoe; 1923 scrapbook or album; copy print]
Collection: B1971.014 CIHS Grube Collection
B1989.016.2312.6
(Alaskan Merchandisers, exterior of warehouse, May 9, 1951) [long warehouse building between two sets of Alaska Railroad tracks, crane at right, automobiles parked outside building]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.2661
(Fly Boy and Camera Man June 24, 1952) [7 planes flying in formation]
Keywords: military, airplanes
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2013.010.284
Dorothy, Sidney Jane [father and daughter on slide]
Keywords: families, recreation
Collection: B2013.010
B1962.001A.150
Copper Center, Alaska. P.S. Hunt, E110 [Men and horses along row of buildings. Tl'aticae'e (Copper Center), Ahtna region]
Keywords: Tl'aticae'e, Copper Center, Ahtna region, Ahtna, Territory, Men, Horse, Animals, Transportation, Log Building, Log cabin, Building, Cabin, Landscape, Mountain, Range, Community
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1989.016.180
Catholic Hospital and Church, Fairbanks, Alaska. Hewitt's 7. Dated 1/7/1942
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1970.073.016
Winter & Pond Large Totem Wrangell
Collection: B1970.073 Minnesota Historical Collection
B1989.016.1801
KFQD, Anchorage, Alaska [exterior of KFQD Radio at Fifth Avenue at E Street in winter, circa 1924-26]
Keywords: communications
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2013.049.67
[schoolchildren outside school building, Kokrines?]
Keywords: education
Collection: B2013.049 Kane
B1962.001A.149
Angora goats, Copper Center, Alaska. P.S. Hunt, P15 [C.C.M. & T. Co.] [Ahtna Territory. Tl'aticae's (Copper Center)]
Keywords: Ahtna, Territory, Tl'aticae'e, Copper Center, P.S. Hunt, Alaska, Alaskan, Angora goats, Goat, Animals, Livestock, C. C. M. & T. Co., Dog House, Log Buildings, Buildings, Cabins, People, Men, Winter, Snow
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1962.001A.123
Mount Drum and Copper Center, Alaska, looking down Klutena River. P.S. Hunt, E91 [Klutina River] [Tl'aticae'e (Copper Center). Ahtna region.]
Keywords: Ahtna region, Ahtna, Territory, Tl'aticae'e, Copper Center, Mount Drum, Mountain, Range, Klutina River, River
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1972.038.16
P-11. Eskimo Ivory Carver, Nome, Alaska. c. Robinson
Collection: B1972.038 Alice Swanson Collection
B1962.001A.147
[Indigenous Alaskans], Willow Creek, Alaska. P.S. Hunt, E1031 [verso:] Copper Center people. Stako? Ewan and wife? [Ahtena Indians] [Ahtna Territory. Tl'aticae'e (Copper Center)]
Keywords: Ahtna, Territory, Tl'aticae'e, Copper Center, Indigenous, BIPOC, P.S. Hunt, Alaska, Alaskan, Willow Vreek, Family, Stako, Ewan, Wife, Women, Man, Camp, Tent, Gear, Child, Children
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1998.014.1.827
(L47 Experimental farm, Tanana Valley, 1946 postcard) [agriculture, structures, barn, house, grain filed in foreground, garden; shadow in right side of image]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2009.061.106
The "switchback" on the trail to the summit. Cantwell, Valdez, Alaska #107. [on back:] Ed S. Orr Stage Co. Received M.L.W. Upper end of switchbacks 260 double ender sleds were working at one time this season freighting up to summit [of Thompson Pass].
Collection: B2009.061
B1998.014.1.280
B52 Paxson's Lodge and A.R.C. Camp, Richardson Hiway (1948) [cabins, hillside, road, gasoline pump]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1977.89.007
{downtown Anchorage circa 1916 with early model cars parked infront of stores}
Keywords: Anchorage, vintage automobile, downtown
Collection: B1977.89
B1998.014.1.828
L47 Experimental farm - Tanana Valley (1946 postcard [copy neg, cropped version of .827]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1992.003.001
Ahtna men [wo men wearing suit jackets, vest, holding hats at their thighs, pose in front of small trees, possibly aspens]
Collection: B1992.003
B1979.002.Album1.158
V. M. Eaton. D. L. Reaburn [man standing at table in walled tent, with books, papers, and ink spread out in front of him, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.300
R32-1. Loading supplies at Ship Creek [boats and barge tied to banks of Ship Creek, men moving supplies, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Anchorage
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1998.014.1.810
(L41 Beaver season in Alaska, 1946 postcard) [copy neg; winter scene, reflection on water, cabin, snow, spruce trees]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.812
L42 Mt. McKinley, highest mountain in the world - from its base (1946 postcard) [Denali, mountains, possibly road in lower right of image, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1979.002.Album1.160
R18-12. F. Mears, Mike Sullivan, Portage Glacier [Lt. Frederick Mears and Mike Sullivan walking across glacier, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1994.008.369
(LUPC May 1979 Anchorage_ Wunnicke Hammond Parker presiding)
Keywords: public hearing
Collection: B1994.008