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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.
B2016.004.17.30
Barrow people, 5-80 [man inside home, man, woman, and son holding small dog posed on couch]
Collection: B2016.004
B2014.023.010
(Jeanne([woman standing on a beach]
Keywords: beach, summmer, portrait
Collection: B2014.023
B2015.008.357
My pet pig, following me about [view back towards house from yard, piglet in middle distance]
Collection: B2015.008
B1973.079.113
[a wintery scene with 7 people and 2 reindeer one of which is harnessed to a sled with 4 people dressed in winter parkas sitting on the sled]
Keywords: recreation, winter
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B2014.023.061
(People in Boat)(three women seated in row boat posing for picture)
Collection: B2014.023
B1984.077.1.004
[Dog leaning into chicken wire in dog yard. Pan on ground behind dog.]
Collection: B1984.077
B2010.023.346
(Barter Island-carrying ice for water)(From N Chance 4-4-8) [individual walking past snow covered houses carrying ice]
Collection: B2010.023
b2011.014.216
Fishing party, man in suit with mosquito net, man with stringers of fish. 3.5 x 5.5 nitrate negative
Collection: B2011.014
b2011.014.219
Two men, one holding folded camera or camera case, standing in road with 1920s Oakland automobile. 3.5 x 5.5 nitrate negative
Collection: B2011.014
B2021.008.12
Mink – enjoying feed and water. Back, Mrs. Everett. [thirteen minks eating out of a bucket and food trough on the ground at the Northern Lights Fur Farm in Anchorage]
Keywords: Mink, Fur Farm, Anchorage, Alaska
Collection: B2021.008 Myrtle Everett Bragaw
B1973.079.120
[a very blurry photograph of a man sitting on the stairs infront of a house]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B2013.075.129
Tanana #1 Koyukuk [village scene, snow, sea ice, dewllings, 1966]
Collection: B2013.075
B2013.075.502
1967-68 [Koliganek? man, woman, and young man standing outside house]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B2013.075
B1991.011.545
"Newtok; Family on Nelson Island fish camp; dupe; see also Tununak" [women cleaning fish at shore; children; kuspuks; boat at left; drying racks in background]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1989.016.1518
(Proposed Legion Hall, by Sedille) [artist's rendering of Jack Henry Post, American Legion, Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.5686
Anchorage [exterior of house, possibly CAA housing, water tanks at left, electrical transformer at right, 1940s. has neg]
Collection: B1995.010
b2011.014.102
[Two duck hunters in boat with outboard motor, Susitna Flats?]
Keywords: hunting, recreation
Collection: B2011.014
b2011.014.215.1
Woman on bank with stringer of fish. 3.5 x 5.5 nitrate negative
Collection: B2011.014
B2015.008.1082
256.11 [portrait of man standing in yard, white picket fence in background, William
Williams Keen?]
Keywords: man, portrait, trees, fence
Collection: B2015.008
B1973.079.144
[Bering Sea ship and open ocean]
Keywords: transportation, waves, maritime
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1995.010.5687
Anchorage [exterior of houses, possibly CAA housing, electrical transformer in center, metal barrels at left, 1940s. has neg]
Collection: B1995.010
b2012.006.454
[view up to village buildings on bluff, metal barrels in middle ground, dog in foreground; no date]
Collection: B2012.006
B1990.014.004.art.windshieldrain
[print date Jul 72]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1995.010.6059
[view of residential area in winter, tracks in snow in foreground, houses in background, Anchorage Fairview neighborhood, 1940s]
Collection: B1995.010
B1989.016.2141.15
D-15 [children gathered on large snow pile outside building with sign "Government School and U.S. Post Office, Wales," with church belltower visible at left]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.3374
[portrait of two young Alaska Native girls, one wearing bonnet]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.6061
5/27/46 [Allens’ house in Fairview with boardwalk or addition under construction, two dogs in foreground, young child at left, 1940s. cf. .5698]
Collection: B1995.010
B1989.016.144.2
[Christmas card with Sydney Laurence painting from .144.1]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.5902
[scenic of Portage Glacier, 1940s. Heinz stamp on verso. Has neg. Cf. .6121
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.5917
Anchorage [unidentified woman wearing fur parka, mukluks, and knit mittens standing on porch of log house in winter, same parka as Clarissa is wearing in .5915, Fairview, 1940s. Has neg
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.6057
[winter scenic, outbuilding in background, Anchorage, 1940s. Original image blurry]
Collection: B1995.010