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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.
B2022.005.49
[Seated Indigenous Alaskan woman processing animal hide, likely reindeer pelt; stack of fur pelts in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Seated, Woman, Processing, Hide, Pelt, Skin, Reindeer, Room, Interior, Mukluks, Footwear, Clothing, Chair, Braids, Hairstyle
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.323.1
Fox furs, blue fox, wolverine [man holding string of pelts]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.323.2
Fox furs, blue fox, wolverine [man holding string of pelts]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1315
(P1 alaska furs/exhibit; 1946 postcard) [woman seated on bear pelt, surrounded by animal furs, pelts, spruce trees, parka in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1326
P5 Alaska's fur is the world's finist - Beaver pelts [copy neg; same as .1323]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1316
(P1 alaska furs/exhibit; 1946 postcard) [woman seated on bear pelt, surrounded by animal furs, pelts, spruce trees, parka in background; similar to .1316]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1993.020.368
Fur auctions, Rendezvous, 1956 [pelts with handwritten sign: Guaranteed as Advertised, Swifty’s Club 13]
Collection: B1993.020 Rhodes
B1989.016.2141.7
D-7 (Native fur trader) [man holding rifle and wearing fur parka, standing in front of three hanging wolf pelts]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2141.9
D-9 (Native fur trader) [man holding rifle and wearing fur parka, standing next to building with hanging wolf pelts]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2024.001.322
“Eklutna Bridge Jan 71” [Idluytnu (Eklutna River) bridge in the fall, one youth jumps on rocks in the river. Dena’ina territory, January 1971]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Idluytnu, Eklutna River, Brdige, Fall, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B1998.014.1.1274
O77 Polet's, Nome (Polet Store) [interior view of store, fur, pelts, footwear, parkas, wolf, fox; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.Anc.14.152
"2-20-57 Anchorage Streets; Good Fed Bldg scene w/furs on fur Rondy sign" [Alaksa Visitors Association sign, fur pelts hanging over intersection, snow, automobiles]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc / B90_14_5_ANC_14
B1998.014.1.1314
P1 Alaskan furs (exhibit; 1946 postcard; & 1 print) [display of animal pelts, hides; bear, parka, spruce trees in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2046.10
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska (Early Alaska Pilots, McGee and Star Airways) woman holding on to two furs, pelts probably hanging off airplane]
Keywords: aviation, transportation, hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1327
Bristor Bay trapper (P6 Alaskan trapper) [exterior image of man standing near sod structure holding up fur pelts; sled, dog at right; snow]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1362
(PS3 Baskt Bee) [Women wearing parkas sit together with children, making baskets; weaving; fur, pelts draped behind people, baskets displayed against wall.]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1881.2
(Fur Rendezvous, trappers information) [Fish and Wildlife Service display, with trophies, pelts, and sign "Trappers, Something New in Trapping Line, special design by Oscar E. Fredrickson," 1952?]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2023.011.58
17 Sep 60 [view of possibly Mindiltna Lodge, September 1960]
Keywords: Alaska, 1960, September, Cars, Buildings, Mindiltna Lodge, 35mm, Film
Collection: B2023.011 Patricia A. Volkman