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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.
B1998.014.1.940
L101 Richardson Hiway [highway; copy neg; same as .939]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1240.7
Hewitt's, 8 [oblique view of front of Anchorage Grade School, with trees]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1983.091.S4827.115
Anaktuvuk Pass trip, 5/70 [boy posed on caribou skin outside]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.1821.4
[Permanente Cement Company plant, with cement trucks, building, and metal holding tank next to railroad tracks, Anchorage? circa 1950]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1997.003.245
[distant view of drag line moving equipment at mine site, water, tundra, hills]
Collection: B1997.003
B1998.014.1.941
L101 Richardson Hiway (highway) [copy neg; same as .939]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.076.3
Winter, frost on trees. March 1946. Photo by Sidney Hamilton.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.076.4
Winter, frost on trees. March 1946. Photo by Sidney Hamilton.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.078.1
Mt. Susitna, Sleeping Lady. Photo by Sidney Hamilton.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2055.22
22 (July 4, 1938, parade) [baseball team in uniforms]
Keywords: sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1991.011.543
Newtok; note fish racks; driftwood racks; Sept 1958 [structures, boats, people near shore]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2017.029.2296
[carver working on totem pole indoors, Sitka National Historical Park; print date Oct 81]
Collection: B2017.029
B2017.029.2980
Rick Jimmy, Gei Sun dancer, Haines [Tlingit dancer in regalia, holding circular shield, Native Spirit Festival; print date Jun 84]
Collection: B2017.029
B1996.x.001b
Panoramic Photograph of Downtown Anchorage 1948, looking across Knik Arm towards Pt. Mckinzie and Mt. Susitna. Printed by Ken Wray's Print Shop. INC.
Keywords: Panoramic photograph; Anchorage; 1948, Pt Mckinzie
Collection: B1996.x_001
B1998.014.1.942
(L102 Richardson Highway, Paxson Lake; 1948 postcard) [gravel roadway, trail marker right of road; mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.943
L102 Paxson's Lake on the Richardson Highway (1948 postcard) [copy neg; same as .942]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.029.2198
[woman wearing beaded headband and tunic, holding button blanket, Haines; print date Jun 84]
Collection: B2017.029
B2017.024.1041
Oct70P5 #15722 Barrow "Ice fishing Eskimo woman" [Inupiaq woman wearing parka with fur trim, leather gloves sits fishing through ice, possibly harpoon at right]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Ice fishing, Harpoon
Collection: B2017.024
B1991.011.132
"Eek 1949; an Indian village, winter" [women and children pose wearing parkas downhill from village, structures]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1995.010.4915
[Alaska Native woman holding baby, probably beautiful baby contest, Fourth of July, Kotzebue; print date Jul 70]
Collection: B1995.010
B1989.016.2055.20
20 (July 4, 1938, parade) [young boy riding Caterpillar tractor festooned with American flags]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2287
[log building with sign for Alaska Road Commission on dirt road]
Keywords: transportation, roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1983.091.S1450.074
NCL Trip: Children receiving candy & gum. 8/12/53. Northern Consolidated Airlines [pilot Jimmy Hoffman near river at Eek; possibly fish drying in left background; structure; boats in river in background]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.337.1
76. Along Turnagain Arm. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage. [view down side of Alaska Railroad train as it passes along coastline]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1991.011.392
"Tanunak, 1958; stringing fish with grass, Medina Flynn" [woman braids fish into grass; sled dog puppy at right background next to hole; boat in left distance; duplicate]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1996.009.03full
His luck pieces and charms are kept in a box on the cache. Perhaps a skull of a wolf or caribou or dried bird.
Collection: B1996.009 McBride Collection
B1998.014.1.143
A56 Ft. Richardson Duck Hunters caption; Elmendorf duck hunters caption; +Bill Oakley in center, Sep 1, 1944
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.1046
Jan71P7 16034 Barrow [man wearing parka with fur trim, walrus design; drummers and singers in background; wall decorated with painting of polar bear with seal, dogs, person; stuffed seal and animal skull above painting]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Drum, Drummers, Parka
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.2284
Kotzebue, June 1967 [child stands next to fish drying on a rack, likely salmon]
Collection: B2017.024
B2022.005.193
[Three children seated on chairs; bed nearby]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Children, Seated, Sitting, Chair, Bed, Bedroom, Room, Interior, House, Home
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1991.011.592
"Newtok, 1940s" [man and woman stand outside sod structure with wood and metal entrance; identified at 2019 AFN and 2019 village visit as William and Norma Andy]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1997.019.01full
At the base of Camp Prince of Wales, Alaska, the most westerly point on the American continent, there is an Eskimo village where the makes chase the bowhead whales through Bering Straits during May each year.
Collection: B1997.019 Wright Collection
B1998.014.1.1412
(S19 Color Guard; 1946 postcard) [service men stand with flag, possibly on tarmac, Chugach Mountains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.4640
(Barter Island misc (Vern's) with print)[several men standing around an all terrain track vehicle with a boat tied to the top]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.828
L47 Experimental farm - Tanana Valley (1946 postcard [copy neg, cropped version of .827]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2022.005.210
[Group of Indigenous Alaskans in winter coats standing outside; houses in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Elders, Elder, Men, Women, Family, Coat, Parka, Fur, Outerwear, Clothing, Boots, Mukluks, Footwear, Winter, Snow, Shovel, Berm, Houses, Homes, Buildings
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1997.003.244
[Goodnews Bay Mining Company. three men posing at drag line cab, gas can, tundra]
Collection: B1997.003