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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.
B2015.025.323
Greeting military leaders at Elmendorf A.F.B. 1955 [Ken Hinchey standing with two men in military uniform, shaking hands with three men debarking from airplane]
Collection: B2015.025
B2016.024.113
Juneau airport, Dec. ’52 [Pan American Airways airplane in front of terminal building]
Keywords: Juneau, Juneau International Airport, airplanes
Collection: B2016.024
B1973.079.39
[soldiers exercising on the deck of a transportship ship en route to St. Michael, Alaska 1906]
Keywords: military, transportation, shipping
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1973.079.41
[Ft Davis near Nome at the mouth of the Nome River on Seward Peninsula 1906][negative is dark and in poor condition]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1984.077.12.005
Juneau [Three women walking along sidewalk, gas station in background, trucks, concreet building on left.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.2198.16
(Gold mining, Nome) [two miners and tram car on tracks in mine, one miner holding pick. Probably Lomen Bros. photographers. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1973.079.4
[Soldiers dressed in uniform with rifles crossing a log on the beach en route to the rifle range, summer of 1907]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1998.014.1.1077
M16 Gold dredge near Nome, Alaska [copy neg; same as .1076]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1429
35. Alaska totem. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage / Alaska totem. Geo. L. Johnson Photo [double caption. copy neg of print held to wall with tacks]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.29.8
F-E Co. 1942 [crane and hose at Fairbanks Exploration Co. hydraulic mining operation, tailings piles in background]
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.1078
M17 Indendence gold mine - near Palmer, Alaska [structures, road, mountains, tailings; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1761.1
(Gold dredge, Ester Creek, 1945)
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1033
M1 "The Clean-up" (mining) [copy neg; same as .1030}
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1040
M6 Hydraulicing for gold in Alaska (Kodachrome; rainbow in hydraulic) [nozzle spraying water, mining]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1041
M8 gold mining in Alaska (M6 Hydraulicing for gold in Alaska Kodachrome; rainbow in hydraulic [image inside envelope is listed as M8]) [man aiming nozzle, spraying water, mining]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1042
(M7 gold minng in Alaska) [man wearing no shirt operates hydraulic hose, water pipeline]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1044
(M8 hydraulic shots - gold mining in Alaska) [similar to .1041]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1260.1
Eagle River Road (old). 5 x 7 nitrate negative, cracked, discarded after scanning.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1027
L157 Anchorage - Seward Hiway (1955 Postcard) [automobile on paved roadway, possibly near Bird Point, Turnagain Arm, low tide, mountains]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1995.014.117.7
[dead hare posed next to rifle]
Keywords: hunting, arms, animals
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.118.5
[sternwheeler Nenana and Alaska Railroad barge along river shore, Yukon River]
Keywords: boats, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.1060
(M12 dragline, PC; placer mining for gold in Alaska) [scene from mine; Bacyrus-Monighan dragline movng material, bulldozer, man standing in center foreground, structures houses in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1034
M2 {(mining) gold mining near the Arctic Circle} [from dragline: "Porcupine Mining Co., Fairbanks, Alaska" men working, sluicebox, water, placer mine, hydraulic, bucket, tailings, overburden]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1059
(M12 Dragline, PC; placer mining for gold in Alaska) [Bucyrus Monighan drgline]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1995.014.110.12
Lars Ostness [man wearing mosquito netting holding gold pan, second person in background, Willow Creek mining operation]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.1028
L158 Anchorage - Seward Hiway (1955 Postcard) [view of Seward Highway, guard rail, railroad tracks, possibly Gorilla Rock, Turnagain Arm]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1031
M1 Alaskan gold {(mining) the clean-up} [copy neg; same as .1030}
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1081
M18 Dredging for Alaskan gold [water, mining, tailings]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1723
Alaska bighorn. Hewitt's Photo [copy neg of illustrated Christmas card, with printed caption under photograph reading "Best Wishes for Christmas and the New Year."]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2295.2
(Scenes along Glenn Highway, March 19, 1946) [plowed road, trees, and mountains in winter]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2295.5
(Scenes along Glenn Highway, March 19, 1946) [frozen lake, cottonwood trees, and mountains in winter]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2296.1
(Gold dredge, Ester Creek near Fairbanks, July 1945)
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2296.2
(Gold dredge, Ester Creek near Fairbanks, July 1945) [double exposure]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1038
M4 gold mining in Alaska (driving points) [man working equipment, drill, water, placer mine]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1030
M1 Alaskan gold {(mining) the clean-up} [copy neg, man holding gold pan filled with gold, creek, rocks, boots, jacket, hat]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley