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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.
B1995.014.112.8
[village scene in winter, with log cabins, Russian Mission?]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.112.9
[village scene in winter, with log cabins, Russian Mission?]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1995.014
B1973.079.44
[gold mining on the Seward Peninsula][scaffolding for sluce with tailings]
Keywords: resource extraction, Nome, gold, mines, mining
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1995.014.117.6
[dead hare and grouse posed on wooden sled frame]
Keywords: hunting, animals
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.118.12
[riverboat and barge, possibly sternwheeler Nenana and Alaska Railroad barge, dock on shore in foreground]
Keywords: transportation, boats
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.69.9
[two soldiers on river in inflatable raft carrying bundle wrapped in cloth and tied to log frame, rescue squad operation, Iliamna?]
Keywords: military, boats, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1997.003.020
[continuous track vehicle, bulldozer, near stream, building on cart in background]
Collection: B1997.003
B1995.014.118.13
[riverboat and barge, possibly sternwheeler Nenana and Alaska Railroad barge, dock on shore in foreground]
Keywords: boats, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B2006.023.6605.jpg
Joe Redington Sr. with Knik Kennels airplane
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B1979.002.Album1.298
River boat Chulitna at Ship Creek, Alaska. P. S. Hunt, J1819 [boat coming into dock on shore of Ship Creek, men standing near walled tent with American flag on flagpole, Mount Susitna in background, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Anchorage, AEC J1819
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1995.014.54.7
[Army vehicle for land and water parked in yard of log cabin, outbuilding on stilts at right]
Keywords: transportation, residences, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1994.022.762
(Fairbanks, Alaska Hotel Alaska)[Native Alaskan family standing in front of the Fairbanks Laundry Co.]
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B2017.024.2175
Prop. of Van Cleve Photography; Evanston, IL "Oldest villager, King Island [woman wearing parka and mittens stands at wood railing in front of structure; mountain in background]
Collection: B2017.024
B1995.014.67.18
[man driving half-track vehicle with wheels and skis across snowy flats, Alaska Range in distance, Susitna Flats?]
Keywords: military, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B2001.036.593
[print and original negative] Bessie Henry? of Huslia, 4-82 [portrait of woman in kuspuk]
Collection: B2001.036 Martha Quimby
B2015.008.386
Bottles for 20 orphans, 1920. Marion Irwin [woman feeding two lambs in yard, more sheep in background. Cf. .573]
Collection: B2015.008
B1973.079.43
[gold mining on the Seward Peninsula][scaffolding for sluce]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1990.014.5.Ed.2.51
"18469 - Education; Fort Yukon; 4 July races 4 July 1964; schools" [two children sit watching activities]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Ed
B2016.006.1873
[Barrow village scene with A-frame building in center; print date Aug 79]
Collection: B2016.006
B2017.011.162
Alaska ’48 – Anchorage, stowing rods aboard Electra [three men stowing baggage on Northern Consolidated Airlines Lockheed Electra airplane]
Collection: B2017.011
B2017.024.2071
King Island, copyright 1986 [woman making coffee in kettle on Coleman Stove; Hills Bros; Lipton Tea box, cups, basin; snow; ice; boat, people in background
Collection: B2017.024
B1973.079.50
[Nome street scene with buildings and pedestrians]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1989.016.1015.2
GZ-129 (Scenes in the Golden Zone) [mountains and trees in winter near area shown in .1015.1 ]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1016
GZ-168 (Scenes in the Golden Zone) [squirrel on porch]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1018.3
GZ-162 (Scenes in the Golden Zone) [hydroelectric supply ditch, valley, and West Fork of Chulitna]
Keywords: mining, power generation, electricity
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1018.4
GZ-181 (Scenes in the Golden Zone) [hydroelectric supply ditch, valley, and West Fork of Chulitna, near area shown in .1018.3]
Keywords: mining, power generation, electricity
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1018.5
GZ-196 (Scenes in the Golden Zone) [hydroelectric supply ditch near West Fork of Chulitna, near area shown in .1018.3]
Keywords: mining, power generation, electricity
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2143.24
37. Corner monument, Palmer townsite. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [four-legged tripod of logs set up over hole in ground]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.28.1
F-E Co. 1942 [wash plant at Fairbanks Exploration Co. mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.67.1
[portrait of soldier in uniform standing outdoors on base, buildings in background, 11th Air Force patch on sleeve]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.78.4
[log cabin partially buried in snow drift, mountains in distance]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1995.014
B2017.024.2121
King Island, copyright 1986 [woman wearing parka with child in the hood feeds the child banana; supplies arranged on beach; possible structures in background]
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.2242.1
(City Building, August 1, 1936) [exterior of Anchorage federal building under construction, with workmen and piles of lumber, two signs on building: "Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, Docket No. 1002-R," "E. Ellsworth Sedille, Architect"]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection