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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.
B1994.022.652
(Hoyt Nanic) [young girl standing by a wood pile on boardwalk]
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B2017.023.255
[Three couples sitting on rock formation, in front of rock and wood shelter.]
Collection: B2017.023
B1989.016.356.6
Glover's Service Station [1932? Standard Gasoline, Alemite Service, Monark Batteries, Wells, Storage, 1933 Oldsmobile]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.118.9
[sluice box, gold pan, and other equipment at small mining operation on creek]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.23.2
[musher and dog team on winter trail. original image blurred]
Keywords: animals, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.4.10
Marshall 1937. Al Morenzi's store and a house Bill Amowak bought from Sears and Roebuck in the early 1930s [village scene, with houses and stacks of firewood and barrels, Yukon River at right]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.97.6
[Quonset hut with sign "Out of Bounds" partially buried in snow, road in foreground, mountains in distance, Adak]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
B2017.023.111
[two women pose in bathing suits, dog, beach, mountain in background]
Collection: B2017.023
B1989.016.356.7
Glover's Service Station [1932? Standard Gasoline, Alemite Service, Monark Batteries, Wells, Storage, 1933 Oldsmobile. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.358.5
Bill Dalms fishing at Montana Creek, May 5, 1940.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.89.7
[soldiers walking near row of Quonset huts partially buried in snowdrift, Adak?]
Keywords: military, residences
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.89.8
[row of Quonset huts partially buried in snowdrift, Adak?]
Keywords: residences, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.735.3
Russ Merrill's plane on the park strip [Travel Air C-194 airplane with skis]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Scn.8.008
Scn 5299 Ice fall Hubbard Glacier; glaciers [calving glacier, icebergs]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1995.014.110.16
[two men, one working gold pan, Willow Creek mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.97.15
[pigs in yard, buildings in background, Adak?]
Keywords: military, animal husbandry, animals
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.98.13
[bird's eye view of military base, Adak. orignal neg severely underexposed]
Collection: B1995.014
B2017.024.3562
May 1969 [woman butchering seal as child watches; boardwalk, snow; possibly Savoonga] slide #6494
Collection: B2017.024
B2022.005.151
[People in uniforms (possibly Civil Air Patrol or US Air Force) milling around; USAF vehicle at left, buildings in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, People, Uniform, Air Force, USAF, U.S.A.F., Bus, Vehicle, Transportation, Buildings, Civil Air Patrol, CAP, C.A.P.
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1990.014.5.Anc.18.55
11-14-70; Anchorage 50th anniversary; telephone display"
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc
B1990.014.5.Scn.7.1
Alaska steamboat in front Columbia Glacier about 1938. Cruise boats / Historical. Photographer's number 17576. 4 x 6 negative
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1995.014.15.13
[musher and dog team stopped near bluff along shore of frozen water, possibly Yukon River, mountains in distance]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.86.5
[portrait of Alaska Native boy and girl wearing Western-style clothing standing outdoors, buildings in background, Russian Mission? 1930s?
Collection: B1995.014