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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.
B1970.019.634
Anchorage, Fur Rendezvous, 1949. 2.75 x 4.5 nitrate negative
Collection: B1970.019 J_J_ Delaney Collection
B1979.002.4845
{two men standing on the steps outside the Crystal Steam Bath building}
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B2017.007.13b
[Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking east. Demolition and clearing between 4th and 3rd Avenues in foreground, Army/Navy Store at right]
Collection: B2017.007
B1995.010.6065
[man, possibly George, holding two dogs outdoors in winter, log house in background, Anchorage Fairview neighborhood, 1940s]
Collection: B1995.010
B2015.008.468
Fortifications, P.R. [commercial postcard, with Dora’s typed caption: “San Juan Harbor, Porto Rico, Jan. 1928”]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.470
Preparing to dynamite the brick house. Destroyed by the flood. July 1928 [damaged house]
Collection: B2015.008
B1984.077.7.020
[Man squatting in center of gravel road, back to camera, looking down.]
Collection: B1984.077
b1969.015.1.21
Fred Winters (left) and Fred Beyer ran the mail between Nancy & Susitna Station. 2.5 x 4.25 nitrate negative
Collection: B1969.015 Fred Winter
B1989.016.100.3
Grandview, Sidney's first trip. Skiiers. Photo by Sidney Hamilton.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1011.4
GZ-193 (Snowbound, Golden Zone) [man on roof of cabin covered in snow]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.108
Native food cache, summer 1946. (vertical) Photo by Eve Hamilton.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2298.22
(Chitina) [field and wagon wheels in foreground, abandoned buildings in middle, mountains in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2016.019.1.02c.03303.37
Grinding and polishing jade [Alaskan Workers - Jade], 1983
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Alaskan Workers, Jade
Collection: B2016.019
B1984.077.8.014
[Bear digging in trash barrels, view from inside, mountain in distance.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.100.1
Grandview, Sidney's first trip. Glacier. Photo by Sidney Hamilton.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1011.1
GZ-169 (Snowbound, Golden Zone) [cabin covered in snow]
Keywords: mining, houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1011.2
GZ-192 (Snowbound, Golden Zone) [man on skis on roof of cabin covered in snow]
Keywords: mining, houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1129
[4th Avenue Theater under construction, with posters for Empress Theatre showings in foreground, Fourth Avenue, Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1962.7
(Hewitt's Drug Store, interior, 1953) [customers shopping inside store, with counters and displays]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1962.8
(Hewitt's Drug Store, interior, 1953) [customers shopping inside store, with counters and displays]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.19.001
5-3 Native man, Geo. [George] McKay [man wearing fedora, suit and tie stands in front of utility lines, structures; 1939?; possibly Saxman]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.19.001
5-3 Native man, Geo. [George] McKay [man wearing fedora, suit and tie stands in front of utility lines, structures; 1939?; possibly Saxman]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2015.008.332
Farmerettes harvesting corn, 1918 [George and three women standing in corn field]
Collection: B2015.008
B2016.006.2627
[aerial of landing strip, buildings in middle ground; print date Nov 64]
Collection: B2016.006
B1989.016.2309
[Anchorage International Airport with control tower, Cordova Airlines airplane on tarmac, Chugach Mountains in distance. Pre-1964. color transparency]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.5.004
Mother [woman sitting on sofa wearing corsage on her left shoulder; light at left; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.5.004
Mother [woman sitting on sofa wearing corsage on her left shoulder; light at left; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.992
M-12. Matanuska Valley Fair, 1937. Hewitt's Photo Shop [Christmas Seals display]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.155.002
51-2 "Falls of Clyde" at sunset [detail of ship prow in harbor, likely near Ketchikan, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.155.003
51-2 "Falls of Clyde" at sunset [detail of ship prow in harbor, likely near Ketchikan, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018