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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.
B1994.008.516.slide
(D2 pickets in Anchorage Dec 1978)
Keywords: protests, picket
Collection: B1994.008
B1994.008.558
(pipeline welders south of Koyukuk River)
Keywords: land use, pipeline
Collection: B1994.008
B2014.016.2004
Sleitmute. Native Indian river outboard boat [two men, woman, and dog in wooden skiff pulled up to floatplane on river]
Keywords: transportation, postal services, animals
Collection: B2014.016
B2006.023.2670.jpg
1972 clearing Iditarod.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 2001-3000
B2016.004.22.2
Barrow, Whaling, Kupak camp, May 1981, Eugene Brower [two men sitting in tent eating]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.230
Eskimo blanket toss, Fur Rondy, 1983, Reggie Joule? [man being tossed, Ferris wheel in background; print date Feb 83]
Collection: B2016.004
B1994.008.545
(pipe storage Atigun Pass Brooks Range)
Keywords: land use, pipeline
Collection: B1994.008
B1990.014.5.EQ.15.20
Mac's Foto
Keywords: earthquake; buildings, destruction
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_15
B2016.004.34.14
Alaska Native basket makers, 800325 [Eunice Neseth weaving while Barbara Bland
looks on. 35 b&w images. Alaska Native Basketry Workshop sponsored by the Visual Arts Center]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska Native, Basket, Basket makers, Visual Arts Center
Collection: B2016.004
B1975.175.676
Canneries. 176. Alaska - Indian. Kasaan. Cannery and shipways. Ray B. Dame.
Collection: B1975.175 Ickes Collection
B1970.073.024
65. Foot of rapids, Copper River [stereograph. scenic]
Collection: B1970.073 Minnesota Historical Collection
B1995.014.67.18
[man driving half-track vehicle with wheels and skis across snowy flats, Alaska Range in distance, Susitna Flats?]
Keywords: military, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.87.12
[two-story log cabin in wooded area, river or lake in background]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1995.014
B2016.004.31.001
Alaska Sign & Lighting, 1974 Winter. The Sheraton is built on the site of the shop now [Willow Park Apartments and Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery; Chugach Mountains in distance, snow, automobiles]
Collection: B2016.004
B1994.022.851
(Mountains from Gulkana Hill)
Keywords: mountains, landscape
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1995.014.67.1
[portrait of soldier in uniform standing outdoors on base, buildings in background, 11th Air Force patch on sleeve]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
B2017.024.2121
King Island, copyright 1986 [woman wearing parka with child in the hood feeds the child banana; supplies arranged on beach; possible structures in background]
Collection: B2017.024
B1973.079.101
[12 plus soldiers lying in the prone position firing their rifles]
Keywords: army, soldiers, rifle, guns
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B2016.004.34.10
Alaska Native basket makers, 800325 [Selina Peratrovich at table, Belle Deacon weaving basket, unidentified women weaving baskets. 35 b&w images. Alaska Native Basketry
Workshop sponsored by the Visual Arts Center]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska Native, Basket, Basket makers, Visual Arts Center
Collection: B2016.004
B2017.023.031
[Four men at cook stove, eating, drinking, trees, box; tarp or tent with ropes in left background]
Collection: B2017.023
B2006.023.5457.jpg
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Photo Exhibition. Sunset over the Knik Arm. Photo by Wayne Burkhart.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 5001-5999
B2006.023.5457
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Photo Exhibition. Sunset over the Knik Arm. Photo by Wayne Burkhart.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1995.014.87.11
[two-story log cabin in wooded area, river or lake in background]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.370
George clearing the ice for the ice plow [George on frozen river, using wooden push blade, sled on runners in background. cf. .337-338]
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.2140.2
[child in parka with fur trim standing near fence or electric utility lines in winter, with two buildings visible]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1996.009.19full
catch even a 30 foot pup whale and loses no time in donning his water proof seal skin suit & gets right into the whales stomach, not through his throat, but through a hole he makes himself with his sharp knife
Collection: B1996.009 McBride Collection
B2009.061.72
(Circle N.N.Co. office Chena)[railroad and associated log buildings]
Keywords: railroad, industry, commercial
Collection: B2009.061
B1970.073.036
18. Foot of glacier [on verso:] Tazlina [stereograph. Tent camp in winter. Probably Valdez Glacier]
Collection: B1970.073 Minnesota Historical Collection
B1979.002.4974
Pete Gallager & J.A. Hunter served as engineers on Moose Gooser Anchorage Fur Rendezvous Feb 1948 Gallagher run 7am to 3pm Hunter run 3pm to 11pm
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1989.016.1248.1
Eskimo seal hunters, Alaska. No. 88. Lomen Bros, Nome, #1141 [copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.4.1534b
John Parks - Artist former ARR Employee. April 1963. By BP. [man wearing sweater, birds, wheelchair, artwork.]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1995.014.54.7
[Army vehicle for land and water parked in yard of log cabin, outbuilding on stilts at right]
Keywords: transportation, residences, military
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.014.86
[two white women sitting with Alaska Native women and girls on wood pile, saw in front of pile, buildings and utility poles in background]
Collection: B2015.014
B1979.002.4.1375a
J.E. Manley [seated], James W. Moody [left], Luther R. Augenstein, Frederick P. McCloud, and Charles G. Temple. Jan-Feb 1970 Railbelt Reporter [signing labor agreement]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC