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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.
B1989.016.354.8
Murrell Sasseen crack-up, Mirow April 16th [Mirow Airlines Lockheed Vega 5B NC162W aircraft accident]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.Album3.377
Aeroplane view of Fairbanks, Alaska Cann Photo 5.
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.5008
Knik Alaska {the town of Knik}
Keywords: frontier town, boardwalk
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1989.016.1630.1
(Lake Eklutna) [boat on Eklutna Lake, with mountains in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.5007
(AEC J1821) {several docks sticking out into the river}
Keywords: boat, dock, shipping, cargo
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1989.016.356.2
Glover's Service Station, Anchorage [Glover's Super Service, Dodge Plymouth Sales & Service, Cars for Hire You Drive]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.356.3
Glover's Service Station, Anchorage [Glover's Super Service, Dodge Plymouth Sales & Service, Cars for Hire You Drive]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.1676
Dawson [automobiles, including Mac’s Foto station wagon, parked outside the Royal Alexandra Hotel]
Collection: B1995.010
B1998.014.1.1890
T154 Seward, Alaska (Main St) [street scene, possibly 1953, looking north on 4th Avenue from Railroad Street; automobiles; motorbike; people walking; woman leaning against wall at far right; businesses: Palace Hotel, Bar, Liquor Store, Tony's Bar, B & H, Yukon Bar, Cafe, Alaska Taxi, Alaska Steamship Company; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1995.010.1707
[two men playing shuffleboard on ship deck, three spectators at left]
Keywords: tourism, transportation, recreation
Collection: B1995.010
B2015.025.078
[close-up of ship hull in dry dock, possibly Seattle "Atalanta" lettering on hull]
Collection: B2015.025
B1990.014.2018.1.17.003
5-1; April 1939; Panatonic x 40-24; Nefco cannery [New England Fish Company buildlings; boat; road in foreground; sign in background; clouds]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.17.003
5-1; April 1939; Panatonic x 40-24; Nefco cannery [New England Fish Company buildlings; boat; road in foreground; sign in background; clouds]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.014.58.5
[view down trail in winter, unidentified location]
Keywords: roads, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.1507.1
(Otter Lake) [gravel road in foreground, cabin visible at lake edge, mountains in distance]
Keywords: roads, houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2018.023.028a
Caption: "The beauty of Nome, Alaska" [portrait of woman wearing walrus design fur parka; chin tattoos; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.028b
[verso of slide: Caption: "The beauty of Nome, Alaska;" portrait of woman wearing walrus design fur parka; chin tattoos; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1998.014.1.621
E41 Cutting a Kotzebue Caper "Kotzebue, Feb 1948, Paul Smith, dancer" [same as .620, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.101.002
37-4; Exteriors at 1055 Stedman St. {Ketchikan, January 1940; similar to .100.006
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.101.002
37-4; Exteriors at 1055 Stedman St. {Ketchikan, January 1940; similar to .100.006
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.1841
{T129 Fairbanks (at 2nd & Cushman)} [actually image is taken from Cushman Street bridge over Chena River; woman walking at left; Immaculate Conception Church, steeple, statue, structures, boardwalk and fence at center and right]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley