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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.
B1973.079.54
[a barge with people and supplies on board][lightering at the mouth of Nome River on Norton Sound][negative is dark and in poor condition]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1973.079.55a
[crowd of men in front of the Northern Commercial Co. office in St. Michael][dark negative]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1973.079.55b
[crowd of men in front of the Northern Commercial Co. office in St. Michael][dark negative]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1996.035.10.3.page.4e
[Page 5 of folded 5-page mimeographed document, orienting Stanton L. Kirby toAdak, dated February 1946. Very good description of facilities at the time.]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.2.1044to1046
.1044-.1045—[servicemen posing] .1046—Chubby and me in the blister [dog and serviceman under PBY bubble]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_2_B6_F2_Kirby_Album
B2021.002.078
Left to right, Gregory Fleming, Samuel Fleming, Fairbanks, Alaska, 1955 [proud father with Gregory his first born.]
Keywords: Samuel Fleming, Gregory Fleming, Fairbanks, African American Families, African Americans 1950-1990
Collection: B2021.002 Samuel Fleming Collection
B2017.019.36
Ft. Rich, Ski Bowl, myself, Jan. ’45 [Elanor wearing skis, stopped on slope, skiers descending in background]
Collection: B2017.019
B2009.037.017
.17 – [close-up of pinup girl paintjob on aircraft]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B1973.079.186
[severely damaged negative with undiscernable subject][ negative disposed]
Keywords: unknown
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1996.035.2.1065to1067
.1065—One of Patsu’s P Boats 8/20/46 [PBY on runway] .1066—Davis and Woodall in J2F [Grumman J2F Duck aircraft] 9/29/46 .1067—Howard in J2F 9/29/46
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_2_B6_F2_Kirby_Album
B1998.014.1.1502
S72 Scouting party looking over an Aleutian island [service men at rocky summit, binoculars, rifles; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2021.002.046
Samuel Fleming, Portage Glacier, November, 1963.
Keywords: Samuel Fleming, African American Families, African Americans 1950-1990
Collection: B2021.002 Samuel Fleming Collection
B1996.035.10.3.page.4d
[Page 4 of folded 5-page mimeographed document, orienting Stanton L. Kirby toAdak, dated February 1946. Very good description of facilities at the time.]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B2014.023.171
(military town)[very blurry photograph of a military encampemt situated in the mountains]
Collection: B2014.023
B2014.023.172
(military town)[large encampent situated in the mountains]
Keywords: military
Collection: B2014.023
B2014.023.173
(military town)[large encampent situated in the mountains]
Keywords: military, tents
Collection: B2014.023
B2014.023.174
(military town)[large encampent situated in the mountains]
Keywords: military, housing, barracks
Collection: B2014.023
B1998.014.1.1512
S79 HQS buliding USARAL Fort Richardson [structure, automobiles, people, pavement, sidewalks, cloud; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley