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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.
B1989.016.1328.1
(Pretty Creek Scenes, Ship Creek) [creek in winter]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1997.003.249
[airplane on landing strip; steel drums strewn about the area; tundra]
Collection: B1997.003
B1997.003.072
[Louis Moncher, Furs & General Mdse, Bethel, building with ladders against wall and on roof; firewood, chicken wire enclosure in foreground]
Collection: B1997.003
B1979.002.Album1.272
R8-1. "Chulitna" [distant view from shore of boat in Cook Inlet, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Anchorage, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1998.014.1.2474
"Ground; 5/30/46" [aerial view over snow, ice, coastline, mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2571
"Kenai Highway; mi 15-17 Creek & mts" [scenic view of mountains across Resurrection Bay from Seward Harbor, likely]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2019.007.705
Annie Blue, Togiak. Photographer's number: 2-T20-1. Print date October 26, 1991 [woman using ulu to cut seal carcasses on cardboard on beach]
Collection: B2019.007
B2017.024.3022
July 1983, aerials, villages [view of coastline with sandbar or gravel bar, road and structures in distance, possibly birds flying above water]
Collection: B2017.024
B1998.014.1.2473
"Ground; 5/30/46" [aerial view of snow, possibly ice, shoreline; mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2019.007.686
Native woman Annie Blue cleaning subsistence seal, fall, Bristol Bay Region, Togiak MRA. Copyright Doug Ogden. Photographer's number: 2-T19-3. Print date October 26, 1991 [woman using ulu to cut seal carcass on cardboard on beach]
Collection: B2019.007
B1989.016.2141.31
D-39 [dog lying in snow, buildings behind]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1211
22. Winter Sunset, McKinley Park Route. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [Alaska Railroad tracks and wooden fence in foreground. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2018.023.104a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [from verso:] “29278” [label] “7” [scenic view looking over water at mountains; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2019.007.655
Togiak, 1991; photographer number 2-T21-3 [Grass harvesting; grass bundles hanging outside structure]
Collection: B2019.007
B2018.023.104b
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [from verso:] “29278” [label] “7” [verso of slide: scenic view looking over water at mountains; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2019.007.656
Togiak, 1991; photographer number 2-T21-4 [Grass harvesting; grass bundles hanging outside structure]
Collection: B2019.007
B1989.016.2141.17
D-17. Friendly greetings along the Artic [sic] Highway. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [sled dog teams stopped on tundra, with six men in parkas and four sleds visible]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.65.002
24-5; Japs playing volleyball [seven men on court; ball near net; Ketchikan; likely August 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.65.002
24-5; Japs playing volleyball [seven men on court; ball near net; Ketchikan; likely August 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018