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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.
B2009.017.1985.09.10
Anchorage braces for its next major earthquake (1985)
Keywords: cartoon, Anchorage Daily News
Collection: B2009.017
B2009.017.1989.04.01
Under the contingency plan who must clean up after a major oil spill
Keywords: exxon valdez, evos, Anchorage Daily News, political, cartoons, comics
Collection: B2009.017
B2009.017.1989.03.28
How the downtown anchorage skyline looks to the next major earthquake (March 28, 1989)
Keywords: cartoon, Anchorage Daily News
Collection: B2009.017
B2002.04.1
Major General Edwin F. Glenn, who as a captain explored southcentral Alaska, 1898-1899. (U.S. Army Photo)
Collection: B2002.04
B1979.002.5897
Major Gen Buckner throwing switch for final blast. ARR Cut-off 11/20/42 Ceremonies (Whittier Tunnel) Signal Corps
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1990.014.5.EQ.15.19
A view down 4th and C West showing major damage to othe street and surrounding buildings.This to include Mac's Foto store, The Arcade etc...
10 ea 8x10
Keywords: earthquake; 4th street; destruction; buildings;
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_15
B1962.x.015.008
Spring break up on the Alcan Highway during the early construction days of WWII. Mud
was one of the major enemies which had to be conquered in completing the 1,600 mile-long
highway to AK. [US Army photograph] [1942-1943]
Keywords: Alaska Highway, Canadian Army, United States Army
Collection: B1962.x_015 CIHS US Army Engineer District
B1962.x.015.008
Spring break up on the Alcan Highway during the early construction days of WWII. Mud
was one of the major enemies which had to be conquered in completing the 1,600 mile-long
highway to AK. [US Army photograph] [1942-1943]
Keywords: Alaska Highway, Canadian Army, United States Army
Collection: B1962.x_015 CIHS US Army Engineer District
B1962.x.015.008
Spring break up on the Alcan Highway during the early construction days of WWII. Mud
was one of the major enemies which had to be conquered in completing the 1,600 mile-long
highway to AK. [US Army photograph] [1942-1943]
Keywords: Alaska Highway, Canadian Army, United States Army
Collection: B1962.x_015 CIHS US Army Engineer District
B1962.x.015.004
Mud was a major enemy during construction of the AK Highway in WWII by the U.S. Army
Engineers. Here a mired bulldozer winches itself out, as soldiers of Co. D 93rd Engineer
Regiment dig a culvert emplacement during the early construction days. [US Army
photograph] [1942-1943]
Keywords: Alaska Highway, Canadian Army, United States Army
Collection: B1962.x_015 CIHS US Army Engineer District
B1964.001.484
World’s Flight pilots. No. 1 [Lieutenant Leigh] Wade -No. 2 [Major Frederick L.] Martin -No. 3 [Lieutenant Eric H.] Nelson -No. 4 [Lieutenant Lowell H.] Smith -Seward, Alaska.Alaska Shop [Group portraitof pilots from U.S. Army Air Service World Flight standing in front of automobile outside Van Gilder Hotel]
Collection: B1964.001 John Urban
B1987.072.16
Shorty Conway - 3rd base, Wally McDonald, MJ Mic Donald - Catcher, Bill Dorwin - Pitcher, Christy Mathewson - 1st base, Major - fielder, Cedar - Pitcher Lefty, Vic Nelson - Pitcher R-hand, Tom Haines - 2nd base, Smoky Joe Shultz - fielder, Eddie Monan - Shortstop, ?Mascot, Wilford Stump - fielder,?
Collection: B1987.072
B2023.010.3
The Handz band, L to R: Kevin Carter, Hugh Brown, George Coleman [three men in white-walled room, Brown in middle wearing white shirt, pointing at camera]
Keywords: Hugh R. Brown III, Hugh Brown, Alaska Black Caucus, HIV Prevention, AIDS Prevention, HIV/AIDS
Collection: B2023.010 Hugh Brown III
B1962.x.015.005
Mired in the mud – Permanently frozen ground, which turned into a bottomless bog when
cleared of topsoil, presented 1 of the major problems during construction of the AK Highway
by the U.S. Army Engineers. Here one D-8 tractor is shown mired in the Alcan mud 67 miles
east of Teslin, Y.T., during the construction days. Nov. 20 is the 15th anniversary of the
completion of the 1,600 mi. long highway built by Corps of Engineers troops. [US Army
photograph] [1942-1943]
Keywords: Alaska Highway, Canadian Army, United States Army
Collection: B1962.x_015 CIHS US Army Engineer District