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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.
B2017.011.115
Alaska ’48 – Pilgrim River, Edie Cole landing grayling [Edie Cole standing in lake, bending over to take fish off line, man angling in background]
Collection: B2017.011
B2017.011.127
Alaska ’48 – Pilgrim River, warmth in the arctic drizzle [man and two women smoking cigarettes standing around camp fire, probably Binks and Hazel Siefert with Edie Cole]
Collection: B2017.011
B2017.011.136
Alaska ’47 – Rainy Pass, famed pass thru Alaska Range between Anchorage & McGrath [aerial]
Collection: B2017.011
B2017.023.026
[covered boat, man in midground, glacier ice in foreground, water, mountains]
Collection: B2017.023
B1989.016.2139.16
(Neg for cards #26) [winter scene with homestead, tracks in snow along fence, hoar frost on trees. cf. .1835.1]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1434
14. Snow plows, Alaska R.R. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [snow removal on the Alaska Railroad]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.002.24
Right to left: Cal Williams, Harry Crawford, and Donna Brazil campaigning for Barack Obama, 2008 [Cal Williams in suit and striped tie during visit to Anchorage by Donna Brazil]
Keywords: Cal Williams, Harry Crawford, Donna Brazil, Politics
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B1998.014.1.2204
By Art Frisbie "moose and calf" [winter scene of moose browsing]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.011.5
Alaska ’48 – Brooks (H), Marion landing small trout [Marion Hopkins angling in river]
Collection: B2017.011
B1998.014.1.2145
X7 Sunset - McKinley National Park "1946 postcard" [copy neg; scenic view with structure at left]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
b2011.014.224
Woman with mosquito net, mining camp (?) in background. 3.5 x 5.5 nitrate negative
Collection: B2011.014
B2017.010.9.GH9
Traditional Iñupiat games in the Alaska Nat’l Guard Armory Building. • Selawik, Alaska • December 1975 • B&W Photo #9/15 • ( © George R. Harbeson Jr.)
Collection: B2017.010
B2017.011.91
Alaska ’47 – Lower Tal, Marnie & Bud Branham [Marnie Branham wearing sunglasses and holding fishing rod, both standing on bank of Lower Talarik Creek]
Collection: B2017.011
B1989.016.1883.6
(Matanuska Valley pigs) [four swine rooting in snow. cf. 1883.5]
Keywords: animal husbandry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.011.73
Alaska ’48 – Kulik, Tikchik, towering over fishing pool [scenic. Removed from broken mount]
Collection: B2017.011
B2017.011.107
Alaska ’48 – Pilgrim River, Bob at morning chore [man shaving at mirror hanging on small cabin]
Collection: B2017.011
B2017.011.166
Alaska ’48 – Eklutna, Anchorage water supply [distant view of Eklutna dam]
Collection: B2017.011
B2017.011.159
Alaska ’47 – Sleitmut, sunset on the Hoholitna River (tributary of Kuskokwim) [scenic, Sleetmute]
Collection: B2017.011
B2017.011.26
Alaska ’48 – Brooks (H), group resting on bank [two men and woman on steep riverbank, camera on tripod in background, possibly Marion Hopkins]
Collection: B2017.011
B2017.011.58
Alaska ’48 – Nonwhyenuk, Russ landing trout [Russ Sprague angling in Nonvianuk Lake]
Collection: B2017.011
B2017.011.59
Alaska ’48 – Nonwhyenuk, Russ yelling “Fish on!” [Russ Sprague angling from lakeshore, Nonvianuk Lake]
Collection: B2017.011
B2017.011.100
Alaska ’47 – Bear Lake (named because of a close call with brownie), Clarence Rhode, Fish & Wildlife [man angling on lakeshore]
Collection: B2017.011
B2017.011.87
Alaska ’48 – Tikchik Lake, rainbow heaven [aerial. Removed from broken mount]
Collection: B2017.011
B2017.010.6.GH6
Traditional Iñupiat games in the Alaska Nat’l Guard Armory Building. • Selawik, Alaska • December 1975 • B&W Photo #6/15 • ( © George R. Harbeson Jr.)
Collection: B2017.010
B1998.014.1.708
"F25 Cordova, Fishing boat & dock" [fishing boat, possibly named Phoenix II, men offloading fish, fish net, A-frame, reflection in water, structures, mountains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2053.34
(Fourth of July float, 1932) [Mothers Club float, flatbed truck festooned with boughs, flags and banners, young people dressed in powdered wigs on back of truck]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2230.1
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Anchorage Hockey League, 1936, Rod Johnson, George Karabelinkov, Joe Morino) [group portrait of hockey team with striped socks and sweaters labeled "Anchorage" on outdoor ice rink, advertisements on boards in background, Chugach Mountains in distance]
Keywords: sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2230.2
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Anchorage Hockey League, 1936, Rod Johnson, George Karabelinkov, Joe Morino) [group portrait of hockey team with striped socks and sweaters labeled "Anchorage" on outdoor ice rink, advertisements on boards in background, Chugach Mountains in distance]
Keywords: sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.011.196
Alaska ’48 – Upper Tal, Marion Hopkins [Marion holding fish on Talachulitna River]
Collection: B2017.011
B2017.011.10
Alaska ’48 – Brooks, Fred playing one below falls [man with fish online standing in river, salmon jumping falls in background]
Collection: B2017.011
B2017.011.110
Alaska ’48 – Pilgrim Creek, Bob who looked like a friar [man wearing rain gear and holding rod sitting on gravel beach]
Collection: B2017.011
B1998.014.1.654b
"F3 Fish wheel on the Yukon River" [log base, log and plank bridge, holding pen, shore in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2228.2
Anchorage Signal Corps Ball Team, August 1936. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [group portrait of baseball team in striped uniforms]
Keywords: sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2229.1
(Fairbanks Hockey Team, 1936) [group portrait of hockey team, not in uniform, on ice]
Keywords: sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2229.2
(Fairbanks Hockey Team, 1936) [group portrait of hockey team, not in uniform, on ice]
Keywords: sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.223
School Bldg, Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, P-265.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.011.90
Alaska ’47 – Upper Tal, Marion Hopkins with rainbow caught on 3-oz. rod [Bud Branham holding fish on Upper Talarik Creek]
Collection: B2017.011