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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.
B2014.003.19
[Southeast Alaska or Canada as seen from the water][copy negative of print][Manual Training High School slide]
Keywords: town, port
Collection: B2014.003
B1998.014.1.917
L93 Alaska Hiway - Johnson River bridge [southeast of Fairbanks; mountains in distance; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.4.Science.22.VU111606
Thuja plicata donn. Western Cedar, Tongass Forest, southeast Alaska, USA. Visuals Unlimited number 111606
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B2019.007.1139
May 23, 1990 Southeast Ferries [view of dock possibly used by Alaska Marine Highway System; boats; mountains in distance]
Collection: B2019.007
B1989.016.2089
Native totems, Alaska. Thomas Kodagraph, Anchorage [two totem poles near fence and boardwalk, clothesline behind, Presbyterian church in background, southeast Alaska, 1930s?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1227.1
Federal Building, Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's, 134 [exterior, taken from southeast corner of Fourth Avenue and F Street, with parked automobiles]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1227.5
The Federal Building, Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's, 135 [view from southeast corner of Fourth Avenue and G Street with parked automobiles, pedestrians]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.4.Science.22.33371
Forest of southeast Alaska here is mainly Sitka spruce, Picea sitchensis. Photographer's number 33371. Print date Oct 86
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1998.014.1.1994
T218 City View Homes, Anchorage, Alaska [street scene looking southeast at new housing development; automobiles; Chugach Mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1914.1
(Anchorage from Government Hill, Nov. 6, 1952) [view looking southeast to Chugach Mountains with Alaska Railroad yards in foreground, Alaska Native Service Hospital and McKinley Apartments in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1914.2
(Anchorage from Government Hill, Nov. 6, 1952) [view looking southeast to Chugach Mountains with Alaska Railroad yards in foreground, Alaska Native Service Hospital and McKinley Apartments in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1914.3
(Anchorage from Government Hill, Nov. 6, 1952) [view looking southeast to Chugach Mountains with Alaska Railroad yards in foreground, Alaska Native Service Hospital and McKinley Apartments in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2018.023.053a
[sidewalk scene, possibly on waterfront likely in Southeast Alaska, totem poles along walk; structures; stairway; people, men, women; mountain in distance; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1989.016.1649.1
(Alaska Railroad Yards, Anchorage) [view of yard looking southeast, with Quonset huts in foreground, equipment and buildings including depot in middle ground, Chugach Mountains in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2023.003.17
3927, 33, Photo by John Endler, Jr. [view of Alaska Railroad yard at Ship Creek with parked train cars and buildings facing southeast with downtown Anchorage and Chugach Mountain in the background]
Keywords: Alaska, Anchorage, Ship Creek, Alaska Railroad, Train, Chugach Mountains, John Endler Jr.
Collection: B2023.003 John Endler Jr. Slides
B2018.023.053b
[verso of slide: sidewalk scene, possibly on waterfront likely in Southeast Alaska, totem poles along walk; structures; stairway; people, men, women; mountain in distance; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1987.071.028
[from verso] "cannieries" [caption is likely in Norwegian sending a greeting that the ship Alameda visited last Sunday, references "x" in upper left of building; steamship docked near cannery likely in Southeast Alaska]
Collection: B1987.071 Arnold Nelsen Collection
B2019.007.1143
May 23, 1990 Southeast ferries [view of cove or bay near ferry terminal (see .1131); Alaska Marine Highway System; possible fish pens; structure along shore in distance]
Collection: B2019.007
B1989.016.1509.8
(Fourth Avenue and E Street, southeast corner) [Anchorage street scene with automobiles parked outside businesses including Kennedy's, Carlquist, City Cash Grocery, Bank of Alaska. circa 1930-1940]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2019.007.1131
May 23, 1990; photographer number 2-5-1; Southeast Ferry [Alaska Marine Highway System; possibly M/V Aurora at dock; structures at left background; ferry terminal; road; automobiles; mountains]
Collection: B2019.007
B1979.002.Album1.266
R30-3. Ship Creek [view of mouth of river looking southeast, two men in canoe and man standing in water on mudflats next to piles of boxes, riverboat in background, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Anchorage, Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1989.016.1399
City Hall, Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's Foto [1940s Fourth Avenue street scene looking southeast, with pedestrians, automobiles, truck, O'Harra Bus Lines bus, and large scale or thermometer on City Hall Lawn. cf .1375. Similar image in Hamilton Collection, B1976.082.29. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1375
City Hall, Anchorage, Alaska [1940s Fourth Avenue street scene looking southeast, with pedestrians, automobiles, truck, O'Harra Bus Lines bus, large scale or thermometer on City Hall Lawn, and siren or speaker atop building. cf .1399. Similar image in Hamilton Collection, B1976.082.29. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1965.003.13
Latouche, October 1918
Keywords: Panoramic photo, Latouche, mining, 1918, Southeast Alaska
Collection: B1965.003