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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.
B1998.003.030
831(Valdez Telegraph Office)[three men and a dog standing outside telegraph office in Valdez]
Keywords: telegraph, communication
Collection: B1998.003
B1962.001A.244
Packing the cable from the beach to the cable office, Valdez, Sept. 26, ’04. WAMCATS Telegraph Office on right. P.S. Hunt, G52 [Washington-Alaska Military Cable and Telegraph System; Valdez Mercantile Co.]
Keywords: Cable office, Valdez, WAMCATS, Telegraphs, Washington-Alaska Military Cable and Telegraph System, Valdez Mercantile Co., Buildings, Businesses, Communications
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1979.002.1456
[Anchorage. Federal jail, Telegraph & Telephone building & post office. Circa 1918] 8 x 10 nitrate negative
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1962.001A.131
Chestochena Rail station, Valdez-Eagle Trail. P.S. Hunt, E120 [Chistochina; Telegraph Office] [Ahtna Territory, Tsiis Tl'edze' Caegge (Chistochina]
Keywords: Ahtna, Territory, Tsiis Tl'edze' Caegge, Chistochina, Indigenous, BIPOC, P.S. Hunt, Alaska, Alaskan, Chestochena, Rail station, Railroad, Veldez Eagle, Trail, Clearing, Log building, Building, Cabin, Mountain, Man
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1998.003.026
(555 Camp Comfort near Keystone Telegraph Office 1902)[9 men on and off horseback gathered around a log cabin with two women greeting two men]
Keywords: cabin, horse, dogs
Collection: B1998.003
B1964.001.634
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Green, Broad Pass.[Mr. and Mrs. William Greene standing in front of telegraph office at Broad Pass. Mrs. Greene was the only female telegraph operator in Alaska at the time. Photo was taken just after President Harding's death (note the flag at half mast). Signson building read: "American Railway Express" and "Telegraph -Telephone." 1923.]
Collection: B1964.001 John Urban
B1962.001A.074
Malamoot Kid’s dog team in front of cable office, Valdez, Alaska. P.S. Hunt P61 [Tondro, Frank L.; Sled dogs; People; Houses and buildings; Valdez Mercantile Co.; Wheat, E. B.; Telegraph Office]
Keywords: Malamoot Kid, Malamute Kid, Dog teams, Sleds, Dogs, Animals, Transportation, Cable office, Offices, Buildings, Businesses, Valdez, Frank L. Tondro, Frank Tondro, Valdez Mercantile Co., Mercantiles, E.B. Wheat, Telegraph office, Street scenes
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1962.001A.74
Malamoot Kid’s dog team in front of cable office, Valdez, Alaska. P.S. Hunt P61 [Tondro, Frank L.; Sled dogs; People; Houses and buildings; Valdez Mercantile Co.; Wheat, E. B.; Telegraph Office]
Keywords: Malamoot Kid, Malamute Kid, Dog teams, Sleds, Dogs, Animals, Transportation, Cable office, Offices, Buildings, Businesses, Valdez, Frank L. Tondro, Frank Tondro, Valdez Mercantile Co., Mercantiles, E.B. Wheat, Telegraph office, Street scenes
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B2004.011.Hoffman.jail
[Anchorage, circa 1916, men laying wooden sidewalk or boardwalk outside U.S. Marshal's Office and federal jail on Third Avenue, Telephone & Telegraph building at left]
Collection: B2004.011 Bagoy
B2000.003.stoddard.22a
Dayton W. Stoddard in front of City Hall where he held office as City Clerk from 1925 to 1933 [man standing next to snowbanks in front of Telephone and Telegraph building on Third Avenue, Anchorage. From Legends & Legacies by Bagoy]
Collection: B2000.003
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