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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.
B1984.077.1.019
[river bed, cutbank, railroad trestle in left background. neg. is deteriorating.]
Collection: B1984.077
B2017.023.031
[Four men at cook stove, eating, drinking, trees, box; tarp or tent with ropes in left background]
Collection: B2017.023
B1984.077.1.013
Marino Roadhouse [Log and plank building with ladder, second floor balcony, mountain in background. Neg has deterioration.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.1.014
McK. (post office later) [log cabin, horseshoe over door, plank sided building to right, possbly rain barrels, car in front of log building. Mountains in background.
Collection: B1984.077
B2022.005.229
[Indigenous Alaskan baby in hat sitting on beach next to overturned boat; adults and child in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Baby, Infant, Hat, Sitting, Beach, Waterfront, Shore, Boat, Watercraft, Adults, Women, Parka, Child, Boy
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1990.014.2018.1.217.001
68-4 [toddler standing in crib; blurry; April 1941; likely Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.2550
"Army Corps of Engineers" [man standing within scaffold or tower structure that is covered in ice. Adjoining building with door]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.Scn.1.188
Scn Portage Glacier; 4 March 1962. [people approaching glacier face on frozen lake, sled, man carrying tripod, smoking pipe, crampons]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1998.014.1.780
"L20 McKinley Park ranger's headquarters" [winter scene, structures, cabins, snow, spruce trees, mountain in distance; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
jimwithboat.oct75
[Jim with skiff, Spenard Road backyard]
Keywords: boats, recreation
Collection: B2015.026
B1990.014.2018.1.216.006
68-3 [foliage; April 1941; likely Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1972.027.210
Ka-Sh-Ak, The Monkey-Man Skan-Doo Notoriously Old Medicine-Man Ind-a-Yanek (Swatka) The Famous Indian Guide Three Brothers, Old Head-Men of the Kak-Von-Tons of the Chilkat Tribe Copyright 1907 by Case & Draper
Collection: B1972.027 Laurence Tyler Collection
B1998.014.1.1479
S49 Intertaining [sic] troops at Elmendorf Field (Entertaining, Edgar Bergen) [Charlie McCarthy, ventriloquist, dummy, microphone, outdoor performance likely in bed of truck; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2273
"Porcupine" [porcupine (possibly dead) posed on rock with possibly fireweed in background.]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.855
Scolai Pass, 1912. Panorama #1. Riggs [pack train on trail through Skolai Pass. Portion of
caption lightly erased]
Keywords: pack horse, Skolai Pass
Collection: B2015.008
B1998.014.1.1481
S51 Soldiers fighting forest fires near Anchorage [service men, automobile, jeeps, ambulance, possibly a bus at far right, ladder, road; likely a staging area for fire fighting; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.Scn.1.12.002
Portage Glacier 4 negs; Air and surface 2-1/4 negs Air: 14 Aug 1974: Surgace Aug 21 '74; Portage Glacier, Terminal Lake and Visitor's viewing area. [view from above glacier looking toward lake, river outlet, and Turnagain Arm]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn