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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.
B2015.025.503
Mining: Coal: Colorado: Coal beds at Colorado [railroad tracks, possibly railroad cars]
Collection: B2015.025
B2015.025.463
[Ken Hinchey, gold mining at Willow, carrying load of logs on metal frame strapped to back]
Collection: B2015.025
B2008.014.Abbie Morgan walking
School group in new winter parkas with Abbie Morgan walking out of picture
Collection: B2008.014
B2015.008.1291.dk232.12
232.12. 4th W. Trib. Harvard Glacier. 9.13.14, 11 A.M., clear. 8S + 1/25 [climber posed
on glacier with back to camera, possibly Dora]
Keywords: mountain, mountaineering, glacier, climbing, crevasse
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.1291.dk232.12crop
232.12. 4th W. Trib. Harvard Glacier. 9.13.14, 11 A.M., clear. 8S + 1/25 [climber posed
on glacier with back to camera, possibly Dora]
Keywords: mountain, mountaineering, glacier, climbing, crevasse
Collection: B2015.008
AEC.J61
A St. looking south, June 27th, 1917, Nenana, Alaska. A.E.C. No. 61, A.J. Johnson official photographer [street scene with wagon and signs for businesses including Cooney's Gen'l Merchandise, Cascade Laundry, Silver Moon Restaurant]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1989.016.589.1
55. Lake Tustemena. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska. [Tustumena Lake]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.589.2
Base camp, Lake Tustemena. Bragaw [walled tents at Tustumena Lake]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.Album3.377
Aeroplane view of Fairbanks, Alaska Cann Photo 5.
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B2015.025.460
[Ken Hinchey, gold mining at Willow, carrying load of logs on metal frame strapped to back]
Collection: B2015.025
B1979.002.4879a
(Cronin #5 Breakup in front of dock, Nenana 1920)
Keywords: shipping, winter, ice, river
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1989.016.2110
(Hewitt's Sept. 1956) [street scene at Fourth Avenue and E Street in Anchorage, with traffic light and automobiles outside Bevers & Pfeil Building and Logemann Bldg., with businesses including Hewitt's Drug Store, Zenith Radio, Cheechako Tavern, Alaska Airlines, Carlquist Jewelers]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.589.4
55. Reflections, Lake Tustemena. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska. [Tustumena Lake]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.5781
[view along track through tunnel in winter. Has neg dated 5/27/46]
Collection: B1995.010
B1989.016.1650.3
[man in Pepsi bottling plant]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1973.079.2
[Fort St. Michael in winter]
Keywords: flag, military buildings, winter
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1979.002.Album1.28
M-19. Camp on Sheep Creek. W. F. Milliken [white tents in wooded area, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, residences
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1984.077.9.008
[Mine building? exterior, barrels, pipe. Neg is deteriorating.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.1108.6
P-22. Hewitt's (Buildings in early Palmer) [two two-story wood frame building]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1108.7
P-55. Hewitt's (Buildings in early Palmer) [man and tractor next to building in foreground, walled tents in background, including gasoline tent]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
AEC.J60
"A St. looking north. June 27th, 1917. Nenana, Alaska. No. 60; A.J. Johnson, Official photographer A.E.C." [street scene; people and dog on sidewalks and in street; Railroad Cigar Store; Rappolt's Bakery]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
AEC.TT204
T204 Tunnel #1 South End 2, 17 21 L.N.[6 men standing on a makeshift scaffolding outlining the beginnings of tunnel #1]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1979.002.5007
(AEC J1821) {several docks sticking out into the river}
Keywords: boat, dock, shipping, cargo
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
AEC.TT210
T210 Kalisoff Cont. Mile 334 LN showing dry frost, Feb 18 21[Several men and a horse working around a slope that is slumping down onto the tracks]
Keywords: labor, railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1979.002.4881
(T 20 Train, Steam Passenger at Moose Pass)
Keywords: railroad, train, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1989.016.1651
[street scene at Fourth Avenue and E Street in Anchorage looking north, with automobiles parked outside Hewitt's Drug Store in the Bevers & Pfeil Building, Cook Inlet in distance]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.5666
Kasilof, 1945 [George climbing rigging of Kasilof. has neg dated 5/27/46. Cf. .6043]
Collection: B1995.010
B1998.014.1.1279
O80 Lake Spanard [sic] - near Anchorage. (Lake Spenard swimming) [summer scene, people in water, children, adults, shore, floating swimming platform, inner tubes; log structure at left; bicycle, automobile; trash on beach; mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
AEC.G873
"Decoration Day" May 30, 1918. Anchorage, Alaska. Ceremony at the Cemetery
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1989.016.589.3
Base camp, Lake Tustemena. Bragaw [walled tents at Tustumena Lake]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.2075
V10 Zucchini squash, 12-1/2 lbs. E.L. Senft Garden, Seward, Alaska "w/Billy" [boy wearing patched jeans holds squash and ruler; trees and structure in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1650.2
[man at desk with telephone and office equipment on desk, invoice book and paperwork, calendar on wall at right]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.030.49
[view of village from water, boat landing area in center, scattered buildings in background]
Collection: B2017.030
B1998.014.1.128
A51 Reindeer 1946, "Alaskan reindeer, photo by E. Tetiner"
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley