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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.
B1995.014.9.1
[Quonset huts on gravel road, mountains in distance]
Keywords: military, residences
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.9.10
[two crewmen on floats of airplane on lake, one painting insignia of U.S. Army Air Force, tali number 35224]
Keywords: aviation, military
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.007.71
[two Alaska Native women and child posed next to building. Original print damaged]
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.008.435
See how the poplars have grown
Keywords: farm, farm house, vermont
Collection: B2015.008
B1995.014.43.2
[four men, possibly soldiers, getting ready to fish near stand of birch trees on riverbank, small boat in water]
Keywords: fishing, military
Collection: B1995.014
B2016.004.14.25
Barrow, 89884, May 1980 [caribou leg furs on drying rack]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.14.26
Barrow, 89884, May 1980 [children playing with freight sled on Barrow street]
Collection: B2016.004
B2015.008.989
Farmerettes bringing in the wheat [two-horse team pulling hay cart in field. Excised
from photo album]
Keywords: farm, vermont
Collection: B2015.008
B1995.014.82.11
[soldiers working on amphibious vehicle in stopped in flats]
Keywords: military, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.407
Wood pile, after lumbering, March 1921 [fuel wood stacked in yard next to barn and silo]
Collection: B2015.008
B2016.004.26.29
Clam Gulch, 4-29-79 [man with clipboard talking to people out clamming]
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B2016.004
B2022.005.238
[Indigenous Alaskan woman (likely Elva "Willie" Amidon) in parka standing outside United States Post Office and Court House building in Nome, Alaska. Men standing near doorway. Inupiaq territory.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Inupiaq, Territory, Inupiat, Woman, Parka, Fur, Geometric pattern, Design, Gloves, Mukluks, Outerwear, Clothing, Footwear, Winter, Snow, Pathway, Man, Men, Door, Doorway, Entrance, Building, Structure, USPS, U.S.P.S., Post Office, Postal Service, Court House, Federal building, Government, Elva Amidon, Elva "Willie" Amidon, Willie Amidon
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1998.014.1.735
"K6 McKinley Park, Recreation Camp ball game" [sport field, likely baseball game, servicemen, running, watching, spectators, two women, net and automobile in background, trees, mountains; likely during WWII; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.004.28070
The Lane Hotel at 4th ave at C Street. Dated from 1916 28070
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1995.014.113.14
[soldiers on boat, going to Mount Redoubt?]
Keywords: military, boats
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.1205
Women grinding meal between two heavy stones by a peg on which their hands are in picture. Notice gold bracelets. Anklets, toe rings, and necklaces happen not to show. Jeypore [two women in traditional clothing seated on rug]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.434
West Hartford Library, Vt., 1925. Washed away by flood, Nov. 3, 1927 [West Hartford Town Library in winter]
Collection: B2015.008
B2016.006.1868
[two women dancing indoors, other women and male drummers seated behind, Barrow; print date Aug 79]
Keywords: dance
Collection: B2016.006
B2017.029.1958
Kobuk, shy girl [young girl hiding behind logs of cabin; print date Jul 74]
Collection: B2017.029
B2015.008.238
2 9 9925 Port Wells Alaska Penniman Glaciers
Keywords: Chugach, College fjord, Prince William Sound, Port Wells, glacier, mountains
Collection: B2015.008
B1979.002.4957
"Harvesting wheat with tractor, going north, hillside" [likely Fairbanks Experiment Farm, milepost 466, sleeve 98; actually does not look like harvesting; likely planting, man driving tractor, pulling equipment, agriculture, farmer; simlar to .4899]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1989.016.2177.13
#17 (Parade) [night, automobile with American Red Cross banner passing businesses including Bill's Electric Supply and McVicker's, Fourth Avenue, 1950 Fur Rendezvous?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2237
55. Ptarmigan. Hewitt's Photo Shop [two ptarmigan on top of a snow pile]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.1203
A “dhursie,” or tailor. Probably a Bengalee from the dress. Barefoot, of course. Wages 16 to 32 cts. a day. Very unusual to see the treadle. Singer machines invade the East everywhere, but in India the usual sight is the hand attachment, the native and his machine both on the floor. [portrait of man sitting at sewing machine in street]
Keywords: tailor, sewing, sewing machine, India
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.1221
84. Paraguay, Apr. ’09. Humaitá, garrisoned port on frontier. Church ruined in war of ’66 [view across Paraguay River to damaged building]
Collection: B2015.008
B2016.004.25.28
Pipeline Pump 12, Adele French in pipeline, Bob & Adele French [at] Copper River, Chitina, 1975 [mine entrance]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B2016.004
B2017.029.1651
[children playing outdoors, buildings in background; print date Sep 76]
Collection: B2017.029
B2017.029.2578
Snowmobile [person racing Mercury Trail Twister snowmachine; print date Feb 76]
Collection: B2017.029
B1989.016.2055.17
17 (July 4, 1938, parade) [man driving flat bed truck festooned with crepe and flags, "Star Wood Phone 273R Bob Graham" painted on door, model of United States Post Office on back of truck with sign for Carpenters Local 2182]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2055.37
37 (July 4, 1938, parade) [floats lined up for parade including Anchorage 4-H Club, parked trucks festooned with banners and flags including truck from Alaska Transfer Co., buildings visible in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.734
K5 Ranger's dog corral - McKinley Park" [copy neg, same as .733]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2016.004.23.36
Barrow, Whaling, May 1981 [people hauling meat]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B2016.004
B2009.017.1992.09.17
“The federal nuclear waste control program for Cape Thompson” ©1992 Thursday Sept. 17, 1992 [man with nuclear waste symbol for head, with smiley face and ‘Have a Nice Day’]
Collection: B2009.017
B2015.008.1188
[commercial portrait of two children in traditional clothing, Transcaspian Oblast. With Russian caption]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.547
June, from our porch. Oats & corn [view through trees to cultivated fields]
Collection: B2015.008
B2016.004.115.1
Main St., Fair Princess anchored [view down street to cruise ship at dock]
Collection: B2016.004
B1973.079.102
[soldiers crossing a stream on a beach]
Keywords: army, soldiers
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1989.016.2055.40
40 (July 4, 1938, parade) [boy in costume riding horse, woman in costume, float in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection