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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.
B1989.016.1140.10
McKinley Park Route. Bragaw [mountains and lake along Alaska Railroad route]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1140.11
The McKinley Park Route. RB [mountains and lake along Alaska Railroad route]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1911.1
(Alaska Railroad route to Anchorage, early air view) [aerial of railroad tracks in winter]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1911.2
(Alaska Railroad route to Anchorage, early air view) [aerial of railroad tracks in winter]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1486
Nenana River Canyon [scene along the Alaska Railroad route]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.Album1.115
1C. Looking south from Tunnel No. 4. C. R. Breck [view railroad tracks, Alaska Northern Railway Route, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1989.016.581.4
2. Spencer Glacier, The Alaska Railroad. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [glacier on Alaska Railroad route]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.Album1.114
6C. South Portal Tunnel No. 3. C. R. Breck [railroad tracks leading into tunnel entrance, Alaska Northern Railway Route, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.116
2C. South Portal Tunnel No. 4. C. R. Breck [railroad tracks leading into tunnel entrance, Alaska Northern Railway Route, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.118
10B. North Portal Tunnel No. 4. C. R. Breck [railroad tracks leading into tunnel entrance, Alaska Northern Railway Route, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.119
3C. South Portal Tunnel No. 4. C. R. Breck [railroad tracks leading into tunnel entrance, Alaska Northern Railway Route, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.124
6B. South Portal Tunnel No. 7. C. R. Breck [railroad tracks leading into tunnel entrance, Alaska Northern Railway Route, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.113
5B. South Portal A. N. Tunnel No. 6. C. R. Breck [railroad tracks leading into tunnel entrance, Alaska Northern Railway Route, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1989.016.580.1
A-39. Nenana River canyon. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [Alaska Railroad route]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.620
Spencer Glacier on the McKinley Park Route. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [Alaska Railroad]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.555.4
A-30. The McKinley Park Route. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska. [view from Alaska Railroad]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.581.2
2. Spencer Glacier. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [glacier on Alaska Railroad route]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.Album1.127
2D. Turnagain Arm. C. R. Breck [view down Turnagain Arm from Alaska Northern Railway Route, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.117
9C. Alaska Northern Ry. C. R. Breck [view down railroad tracks running across gravel riverbed or flats, mountains in distance, Alaska Northern Railway Route, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1989.016.1496
Curry Hotel and suspension bridge, "The McKinley Park Route." [bird's eye view of Curry depot and hotel on Alaska Railroad route, with suspension bridge over the Susitna River]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.Album1.125
8C. Looking south A.N.R. track Mile 54 1/2. C. R. Breck [view down railroad tracks over gravelly river near Spencer Glacier, Alaska Northern Railway Route, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.120
5C. Placer River Canyon. C. R. Breck [bird's eye view of river through canyon on Alaska Northern Railway Route, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1989.016.1908
Scene along the Alaska R.R. Bragaw's [mud flats with termination-dusted mountains in distance, Alaska Railroad route]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.581.3
2. Gov. R.R. Spencer Glacier, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [glacier on Alaska Railroad route]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.626
Mile 52, The McKinley Park Route. Bragaw [Alaska Railroad Engine No. 606 at siding north of Tunnel, Alaska]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.Album1.121
4-C. Placer River Canyon. C. R. Breck [bird's eye view of river through canyon on Alaska Northern Railway Route, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.122
9D. Across Turnagain Arm, Mile 66 1/2. C. R. Breck [view of Turnagain Arm north of Portage from Alaska Northern Railway Route, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.175
66. Bear Creek Flats. Thomas Riggs Jr. [written on back: "Bear Creek Flats Portage Route." scenic with glacier in mountain valley, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1989.016.557.1
A-31. Hotel Curry (McKinley Park Route). Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [Alaska Railroad depot at Curry]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
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
B1979.002.Album1.230
Trestle en route to Seward. P. S. Hunt J1868 [view down Alaska Northern Railway/Alaska Railroad tracks from railcar]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.231
Trestle en route to Seward. P. S. Hunt J1869 [view down Alaska Northern Railway/Alaska Railroad tracks from railcar]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1989.016.1305
5. "Close-up" Bartlett Glacier, A.R.R. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [scene along the Alaska Railroad route]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1820
The McKinley Park Route [scene along the Alaska Railroad, driftwood floating in lake in foreground, snow-covered mountain peaks in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.Album1.128
4D. Looking up Turnagain Arm, Mile 71 A.N. Ry. C. R. Breck [view down Turnagain Arm south of Girdwood from Alaska Northern Railway Route, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.126
10-C. Crib Dike Mile 54 1/2 A.N. Ry. C. R. Breck [wooden dike on gravelly river near Spencer Glacier, Alaska Northern Railway Route, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1962.001.1482
“En route to Bear Creek, June, 1910” N. Ry. A.24 (crewcar) [Railroads; Richardson, Wilds Preston; Alaska Northern Railway]
Keywords: Bear Creek, Crewcar, Crew, Men, Railroad, Tracks, Wilds Preston Richardson, Alaska Northern Railway
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1989.016.581.1
3. Spencer Glacier, Alaska R.R. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [three men at base of glacier on Alaska Railroad route]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1997.013.048
White Pass [and Yukon Route]. Entering Canyon. [winter scene looking along railroad tracks toward fence, structure [same as .109]
Collection: B1997.013
B1989.016.1211
22. Winter Sunset, McKinley Park Route. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [Alaska Railroad tracks and wooden fence in foreground. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.Album1.212
Slides on A. N. Ry. near Kearn Creek. P. S. Hunt J1844 [narrow canyon filled with debris on Alaska Northern Railway route, probably Kern Creek, Turnagain Arm area, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1989.016.1387
40. Indian grave, Alaska R.R. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Aleut, Russian) [spirit house in Russian Orthodox cemetery along Alaska Railroad route]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1412.1
4. Bartlett Glacier along the Alaska R.R. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska / Bartlett Glacier [scene along the Alaska Railroad route. double caption]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1972.027.176
Drawbridge at Caribou Crossing. Case & Draper. 899 [view across Yukon River, with railroad bridge at left, White Pass & Yukon Route train in center background, riverboat at right]
Collection: B1972.027 Laurence Tyler Collection
B1989.016.1476.2
14. Caribou along gov. R.R. Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [carcass in snow along Alaska Railroad route. name of original photographer scratched off neg. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1972.046.186
[bird’s eye view of railroad station, several passengers standing on snowy platform, train at right, possibly snowplow on tracks in distance, sign at left for W.P. & Y. Telegraph Office, White Pass & Yukon Route]
Collection: B1972.046 Vernon Humble
B1979.002.Album1.225
Farm on Alaska Northern Ry. near Seward. P. S. Hunt J1887 [view from Alaska Northern Railway route of homestead with log cabin, outbuildings, log fence, and tree stumps in cleared area, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, transportation, residences, houses
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1989.016.2143.23
36. Wisconsin colonists en route to Matanuska Valley arrive at Anchorage. Hewitt's Photo Shop [large crowd gathered on platform next to tracks at Alaska Railroad depot in Anchorage, passenger train unloading, some people getting into automobiles parked at right, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1957.005.223
In the forest up Indian River along the route of the AEC Ry. Sep 3rd, 1918. AEC H110 [on verso:] W.J. Fogelstrom, bridge engineer; Wm. C. Edes, chairman AEC; Wm. C. Gerig, asst. dist. Eng., later chief; doctor. Alaska Railroad - Curry to Cantwell, Canyon [same photo as B1975.134.235]
Keywords: AEC, A.E.C., Alaskan Engineering Commission, Alaska Railroad, Railroad, Curry, Cantwell, Canyon, Indian River, River, Forest, Route, W.J. Fogelstrom, Bridge engineer, Engineer, William C. Edes, William Edes, Chairman, William C. Gerig, William Gerig, Chief, Doctor, Rifle
Collection: B1957.005 Jack H Floyd