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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.
B1994.022.858
(Wiley Post in Anchorage)[crowd standing around man with eye patch]
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1994.022.701
(Automobiles-1930-1939)(License plate 448 US Road Commision War Department) [a woman and man standing next to car]
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1995.014.117.8
[swallow or martin nesting in wood knot in plank building]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.117.9
[swallow or martin nesting in wood knot in plank building]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.118.1
[men in large skiff loaded with supplies on lake or river]
Keywords: transportation, boats
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.1815a
T120 4th Ave. Anchorage (after 1941) [view looking east; people on sidewalks, dog at right in street; automobiles; businesses: South Seas Nite Club; Crocker's; Bert's Drug's First National Bank; Eckman's Furniture; 4th Avenue Theatre; Federal Building at left; snow on mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.BalabanvoffNick.1
Balabanvoff, Nick, Passport Photos, 1942
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1989.016.317
Central Building, Anchorage, Alaska. [taken from lawn of Federal Building]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1997.003.023
[relocating building using continuous track vehicle, bulldozer, steel barrels, men in mid-ground, steam shovel]
Collection: B1997.003
B2014.003.24
[group of alska native girls in western dress on dock near gravel pile other people and buildings in background][South east Alaska]
Collection: B2014.003
B1998.014.1.1815b
T120 Anchorage's 4th Avenue [copy neg; cropped version of .1815a]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1979.002.Album1.265
R33-7. "Chulitna" + barge [riverboat and barge at mouth of Ship Creek, other boats visible moored in Cook Inlet, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Anchorage
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1989.016.2199.1
Lomen Bros. Nome #983 [man wearing fur-trimmed coat, fur hat, and tall lace-up boots standing in entry to house, path shoveled out of deep snow. copy neg, original caption cropped from image]
Keywords: houses, residences, winter
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.791.2
[Fishing boats with sails, Bristol Bay]
Keywords: fishing industry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2000.014.761
(761)(Wreck of the Carrier derelict mail launch Tanana 5/12/17)
Collection: B2000.014 Malina
B2018.006.5
[White Pass & Yukon Route cars on trackleading down street, Skagway]
Collection: B2018.006
B1998.014.1.1814
T119 Juneau, Alaska; Frank Morgan photo (harbor & mts) [scene of harbor, boats, docks, pilings, structures, mine tailings, possibly power plant, mountains in background; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1973.079.167
[Mrs Cron, Alma and friend seated on front porch of building][ out of focus]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1989.016.788.3
P-432B. Matanuska corm, Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop [man standing in corn field]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.789
P-422. The Matanuska Valley Experimental Farm. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [aerial]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.119.12
[two men in skiff with outboard motor passing on river]
Keywords: boats, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.714
312.11. Starting from no. fork, Toland cabin for No. Fork Mt., White River, Alaska.
8.2.16 [rider on white horse in front of log cabin in wooded area, other horses saddled, rider
possibly Dora. Proof print]
Keywords: cabin, horse
Collection: B2015.008
B1979.002.Album1.261
R30-2. R. N. Mayer [man standing on shore of creek, possibly Ship Creek, wearing high lace-up boots, hat with bunched mosquito netting, and leather gloves with fringe, aiming pistol to left, railroad exploration, circa 1914
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Anchorage, clothing, firearms
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1995.014.2.7
Willow and people [Alaska Native man wearing Western style clothing standing at makeshift table on lake beach cleaning fish, small boats at water's edge, logs on beach, mountains in distance, fish camp]
Keywords: fishing
Collection: B1995.014
B2014.012.25
Knuluk, Alaska, 1910 [village scene, with barabaras, caches, church in background. caption written on negative emulsion]
Keywords: residences, churches
Collection: B2014.012
B2019.003.089
On the Yukon [ten people in skiff along shore, boat name “Pittsburgh” visible at left]
Collection: B2019.003
B1995.014.118.15
Jacob Askoak, father of three priests [Alaska Native man wearing driving cap and mukluks seated on log holding small child, second man wearing sunglasses crouched at right, buildings and wood pile in background, Russian Mission?]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.30.15
F-E Co. 1942 [crane and hose at Fairbanks Exploration Co. hydraulic mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.31.18
F-E Co. 1942 [bulldozer pulling sledge with crane parts, Fairbanks Exploration Co. mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.32.4
F-E Co. 1942 [bird's eye view of Fairbanks Exploration Co. mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.713
256.2 [scenic of sound, with boat wake. Cf. .1082]
Keywords: Prince William Sound
Collection: B2015.008
B1973.079.43
[gold mining on the Seward Peninsula][scaffolding for sluce]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1995.014.2.5
Willow and people. Mr. Tetinek [man wearing backpack and holding walking stick standing on mountainside overlooking valley]
Keywords: hiking, recreation, clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B2014.003.25
[people on boardwalk leading to two story wooden building gas light at left][inside passage]
Collection: B2014.003
B1973.079.169
[landscape photograph possibly sand dunes and beach scape with buildings in the back ground very dark underexposed negative hard to discern subject matter]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1973.079.50
[Nome street scene with buildings and pedestrians]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1989.016.1401.1
No. 7. Hewitt's Store, Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop [Hewitt's Drug Store, corner of Fourth Avenue and E Street, with automobile parked outside]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection