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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.
B1999.014.1198
[several men and women dancing]
Keywords: dance, party
Collection: B1999.014 Hilscher
B1997.003.093
[two men at work site, one carrying a lunchbox; lumber and rocky slope in background]
Collection: B1997.003
B1985.027.tourism.nonumber1
Texans by walrus heads. 8 x 10 b&w negative. Severe vinegar syndrome.
Collection: B1985.027 Wien Collection
B2016.024.083
Sea lions on Hazy Is., Ap. ’53 [low aerial]
Keywords: Hazy Island, sea lions
Collection: B2016.024
B2016.024.084
Inside Passage, Dec. ’52 [aerial of mountains]
Keywords: Inside Passage
Collection: B2016.024
B2016.024.086
Sumner Straits, Dec. 1952 [aerial of Sumner Strait]
Keywords: Summer Strait
Collection: B2016.024
B2016.024.087
Prince of Wales, April ’53 [aerial of snow-capped mountains]
Keywords: Prince of Wales Island
Collection: B2016.024
B2016.024.088
Prince of Wales, April 1953 [aerial of snow-capped mountains]
Keywords: Prince of Wales Island
Collection: B2016.024
B2016.024.089
Prince of Wales, Apr. ’53 [aerial of snow-capped mountains, airplane wing in foreground]
Keywords: Prince of Wales Island
Collection: B2016.024
B1989.016.1670.3
(Road to Palmer) [gravel road lined with trees in foreground, mountains in distance]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1997.003.124
[two women sit on rear bumper of an automobile; one holding a bottle and wearing a novelty pattern skirt or dress; the other wearing a dress and saddle shoes; interior wall in background, possibly inside a shed with dirt floor]
Collection: B1997.003
B1989.016.1642.1
[Providence Hospital, night scene, exterior entrance, Christmas lights and decorations]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2094.8
Alaska, Wishing you a very Merry Christmas [Christmas card mat with sketch of cache and Sydney Laurence painting of boat and totem pole on riverbank]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.94.4
Army drying fish for dogs [soldiers unloading carts full of processed fish and hanging them on drying rack]
Keywords: military, fishing, animals
Collection: B1995.014
B2017.024.2081
King Island, copyright 1986 [man handline walrus tusks and skull]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.2088
King Island, copyright 1986 [close-up of man wearing eyeglasses, cap]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.2090
King Island, copyright 1986 [close up of man looking through binoculars]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.2092
King Island, copyright 1986 [close up of man wearing eyeglasses and cap]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.2095
King Island, copyright 1986 [men, hunters, hauling umiak across snow; motor]
Collection: B2017.024
B2022.002.41
Cal Williams, second from left in front row, bein installed in Knights of Columbus at St. Anthony Catholic Church
Keywords: Cal Williams, St. Anthony Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B2015.007.86
[group portrait of large group of Alaska Native children posed next to large wooden building, probably students at school. Original print cropped]
Keywords: education
Collection: B2015.007
B1995.014.67.12
[man wearing parka with fur ruff and billed cap standing outside cabin in winter, Susitna Flats?]
Keywords: residences, clothing, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1997.003.127
[two women stand behind an automobile; hills and valley in background]
Collection: B1997.003
B2016.024.085
Sumner straight [sic], Dec. 1952 [aerial of Sumner Strait]
Keywords: Summer Strait
Collection: B2016.024
B2015.007.108
[young Alaska Native woman and woman wearing cloth parka with fur ruff. Original print cropped]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B2017.024.3047
July 1983, aerials, villages [view of site with structures, gravel pile, construction equipment, automobiles, creek or river and mountain in background; underside of aircraft wing visible in upper left]
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.1681
(Fireweed) [scenic with gravel road in foreground, mountains in distance, probably Matanuska Valley]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1683.2
(Near Goat Creek) [dirt road with trees and mountains, south of Palmer in Matanuska Valley]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1684.1
[scenic with rushing river in foreground, trees, snow-capped mountains in distance, probably Matanuska Valley]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1684.2
[scenic with gravel bar and river in foreground, trees, snow-capped mountains in distance, probably Matanuska Valley]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.39.6
[climbers stopped to rest on ridgeline, Mt. McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: mountaineering, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.94.5
Army drying fish for dogs [soldiers unloading carts full of processed fish and hanging them on drying rack, building at right, water in distance]
Keywords: fishing, military, animals
Collection: B1995.014
B1997.003.085
[Man standing in snow holding rifle next to automobile; open trunk, snow covered slope in background.]
Collection: B1997.003
B1997.003.126
[view of ground taken from airplane; portion of plan appears in image]
Collection: B1997.003
B1998.014.1.2507
"Construction site & men; 5 negs" [three men wearing winter work clothes pose next to tracked equipment, possibly a hole borer; hills in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.007.65
[Alaska Native women posed next to log cabin. Original image blurry]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B2015.007
jimwithboat.oct75
[Jim with skiff, Spenard Road backyard]
Keywords: boats, recreation
Collection: B2015.026
B2017.024.3470
Alaska - Eskimo homes along Bering Sea coast, summer, c1986 [two men stand talking near log cabin]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3471
Alaska - Eskimo oomiak or skin boat frame before cover w/walrus; c. 1986 [village scene; dogs tied to umiak frame in foreground; people gathered, children playing in water; structures; homes; clothesline; summer]
Collection: B2017.024