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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.
B2019.003.103
Anvik River during breakup [scenic of water filled with ice chunks]
Collection: B2019.003
B2019.003.100
Same [students wearing uniforms and holding hoops performing dance next to May pole]
Collection: B2019.003
B2017.007.14b
April 23 [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking south. Close-up of damage to J.C. Penney parking garage]
Collection: B2017.007
B1989.016.1313.1
Ice breakup, Cook Inlet. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2019.003.101
Traders wife and baby [woman and infant on steps outdoors. Cf. .71]
Collection: B2019.003
B2019.003.099
Small girls buttercup drill [students wearing uniforms and holding hoops performing dance next to May pole]
Collection: B2019.003
B1989.016.2197.17
[Interior view of party goers gathered in Eagle Hall during F.O.E. (Fraternal Order of Eagles) ball, Nome, with band on stage and spectators seated in mezzanine. copy neg]
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.732
[wedding portrait of George and Dora, couple holding hands. Closer view of .731. Vertical]
Keywords: wedding
Collection: B2015.008
B1979.002.Album1.226
Corduroy road near mile 150, C. R. & N. W. Ry. P. S. Hunt J1914 [view of corduroy road from Copper River & Northwestern Railway car]
Keywords: transportation, roads
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1995.014.52.11
[man snowshoeing in wooded area in winter]
Keywords: transportation, footwear
Collection: B1995.014
B1979.002.Album1.197
Corduroy road built by C. R. & N. W. Ry. Co. for construction purposes near mile 145. P. S. Hunt J1911 [view down Copper River & Northwestern Railway track with corduroy road at left, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation, roads
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2014.005.304
[Alaska Railroad train crossing Hurricane Gulch in summer]
Keywords: railroads, transportation
Collection: B2014.005
B2019.003.098
May pole [girls wearing uniforms holding ribbons attached to pole]
Collection: B2019.003
B2022.005.73
[Indigenous Alaskan young man in parka and mukluks posed outside house midwinter]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Young man, Man, Parka, Fur, Mukluks, Gloves, Outerwear, Clothing, Footwear, Winter, Snow, House, Building
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.2150.12
Alaska, Merry Christmas, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph F. Wells and Charles. Thomas Kodagraph Shop, Anchorage [greeting card mock-up with sketch of bear with photograph of glacier and terminal lake. copy neg, mock-up clipped to copy stand with clothespins]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2019.003.105
Breakup [scenic of water filled with ice chunks. Double exposure]
Collection: B2019.003
B2022.005.100
[Dog sled team heading towards buildings]
Keywords: Alaska, Alaskan, Dogs, Sled, Team, Transportation, Winter, Snow, People, Buildings, Community
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2015.008.885
[two hunters with caribou carcass in flat. Poor quality print]
Keywords: hunters, hunting, caribou
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.2198.1
Lomen Bros. [Dredge No. 7 on creek, Nome or Ophir Creek? copy neg, original caption cropped from image]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.656
Keywords: mountains, glaciers, Harvard Glacier, Prince William Sound, College Fjord
Collection: B2015.008