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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.
B1979.002.Album1.283
84. Matanuska Coal Mine [view of mine entrance on side of hill, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, mining
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1957.005.190
Kargin and Co. Works, mile 26 ½, Matanuska Branch, AEC Ry. AEC G292 P.S. Hunt. Verso: Alaska Railroad - Matanuska Branch, King [coal mine]
Keywords: AEC, A.E.C., Alaskan Engineering Commission, Alaska Railroad, Railroad, Matanuska, Branch, King, Kargin and Co. Works, Mile 26.5, P.S. Hunt, Coal Mine, Coal, Mine, Mining, Hillside, Snow, Winter
Collection: B1957.005 Jack H Floyd
B1974.040.046
Canneries. Anchorage. Princess pat, a trading boat to load on sacked Matanuska coal at old Emard Dock; Sonnecke Cannery is to rear. 1937.
Collection: B1974.040 Charles Weller Collection
B1957.005.205
Temporary coal loading platform at Eska Creek spur, Feb. 13, [19]17, A.E.C. R[ailwa]y. AEC G306 P.S. Hunt. Verso: Alaska Railroad - Matanuska Branch, Eska [view down side of train to coal loading dock]
Keywords: AEC, A.E.C., Alaskan Engineering Commission, Alaska Railroad, Railroad, Matanuska, Branch, Eska, Coal, Loading, Platform, Eska Creek Spur, P.S. Hunt, View, Train, Tracks, Dock, Winter, Snow
Collection: B1957.005 Jack H Floyd
B2017.033.263
Historical marker at Matanuska River on ARR, 10-8-78 [interpretive marker about Jack Dalton and Chickaloon coal deposits; print date Oct 77] [Ahtna, Nay’dini’aa Na’ Kayax]
Keywords: Matanuska River, River, Chickaloon, Nay’dini’aa Na’ Kayax, Coal, Deposits, Historical, Marker, Sign, Jack Dalton, Dudley Westler
Collection: B2017.033
B1957.005.204
Eska coal mines, May 27/ 1919. AEC G1368 HGK. Verso: Alaska Railroad - Matanuska Branch, Eska [hospital at Eska] [possibly H.G. Kaiser photo]
Keywords: AEC, A.E.C., Alaskan Engineering Commission, Alaska Railroad, Railroad, Matanuska, Branch, Eska, Coal, Mine, H.G. Kaiser, Hospital, Medical, Building, Hospital
Collection: B1957.005 Jack H Floyd
B1957.005.192
Fred Johnson & Co., mile 26, Matanuska Branch, AEC Ry., Feb. 11, ’17. AEC G294 P.S. Hunt Verso: Alaska Railroad - Matanuska Branch, King. [cut bank as seen from river, coal mine operation?]
Keywords: AEC, A.E.C., Alaskan Engineering Commission, Alaska Railroad, Railroad, Matanuska, Branch, King, Fred Johnson & Co., Mile 26, P.S. Hunt, Bank, River, Coal, Mine, Operation
Collection: B1957.005 Jack H Floyd
B1957.005.206
Cottages in Eska Creek new town. AEC G748 P.S.H. Verso: Alaska Railroad - Matanuska Branch, Eska [Eska coal mine housing. Same image as AEC G748 with caption: “Cottages in new townsite, Emery, Alaska. Eska Creek Coal Mine”] [Possible P.S. Hunt photo]
Keywords: AEC, A.E.C., Alaskan Engineering Commission, Alaska Railroad, Railroad, Matanuska, Branch, Eska, Cottage, Building, House, Dwelling, Eska Creek, Creek, New town, Town, P.S. Hunt, Coal, Mine, Housing, Townsite, Emery
Collection: B1957.005 Jack H Floyd
B1957.005.208
Eska Creek, Eska mine, a gov’t mine, 1917 or 1918 Verso: Alaska Railroad - Matanuska Branch, Eska. [coal mine] [2 copies] [Distant view of mining camp, creek, logs, buildings]
Keywords: AEC, A.E.C., Alaskan Engineering Commission, Alaska Railroad, Railroad, Matanuska, Branch, Eska, Creek, Mine, Government, Coal, View, Camp, Buildings, Housing, Logs, Mountain, Range, Tracks
Collection: B1957.005 Jack H Floyd
B1957.005.182
Map, railroad route, Anchorage to Chickaloon and main line to Houston showing agricultural mining & industrial development, in vicinity of government railroad. Feb. 1918 Verso: Alaska Railroad - Matanuska Branch [AEC H55. cf. .33] [3 copies]
Keywords: Railroad route, Railroad route map, Railroad map, Chickaloon, Route to Chickaloon, Anchorage to Chickaloon, Anchorage to Chickaloon route, Houston, Railroad main line, Main line to Houston, Agricultural development, Mining development, Industrial development, Government railroad, Alaskan Engineering Commission, Alaskan Engineering Commission H55. cf. .33, AEC, AEC H55. cf. .33, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Willow Creek Mining Dist., Willow Creek Mining District, Matanuska Coal Field, Matanuska River, Alaskan Engineering Commission, Matanuska Branch
Collection: B1957.005 Jack H Floyd