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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.
B1989.031.24
[men boarding ship in winter with snow on the ground]
Keywords: shipping, transportation, travel
Collection: B1989.031
B1989.031.3
[The Wilmoth Co. General Merchandise building and several other structures]
Keywords: supply store, commercial
Collection: B1989.031
AEC.G921
Farmer Whitney Taking Fresh Killed Pork to the Anchorage Market. Oct. 1918.
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B2015.008.920
[pack train arriving at camp or roadhouse, log cabin in center background, log pen at
right, possibly Dora on horseback at left, with George standing holding reins of horse in center,
wedding day 1916? Cf. .729 et seq.]
Keywords: pack horse, cabin, mountain
Collection: B2015.008
B1984.077.1.018
[river, rocks, boulders, railroad trestle, trees. neg. has deterioration.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.358.8
Bill Dalms fishing at Montana Creek, May 5, 1940. [two men standing on railroad bridge over Montana Creek]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.358.9
Willow depot, Alaska Railroad [motor railcar on tracks, passengers on platform]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.359.1
220. Road house near Fire Lake. Hewitt's Photo Shop [The Shack, Blow Horn for Service]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.031.4
[The Wilmoth Co. General Merchandise building and several other structures]
Keywords: supply store, commercial
Collection: B1989.031
B1989.031.5
[The Wilmoth Co. General Merchandise building and several other structures]
Keywords: supply store, commercial
Collection: B1989.031
B1979.002.4849
{two men working on a roof}
Keywords: construction
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1989.031.19
(Heinie Snyder on left, slippery mink)[two men and dog at the american railway express office in Wasilla with large wagon loaded with mink housed in crates]
Keywords: fur trade
Collection: B1989.031
B1990.014.5.Anc.Util.2.96
"6 Nov 51; Bus fire (Air Force firemen)"
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_015_5_Anc_Util
B1992.003.004
Ahtna Alaska Natives, Copper Center [Family of men, women, children pose on porch of log cabin; dog at right; broom, shovel, bucket]
Collection: B1992.003
B1994.022.846
(Mt McKinley National Park 1930, wildlife, mile 37.8)(Looking up Igloo Creek Wildlife)
Keywords: Denali, sheep
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1995.014.101.10
[Quonset hut dug into tundra, boardwalk in foreground, Adak]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.106.11
[man standing next to wooden Russian Orthodox cross on bluff overlooking river in distance]
Keywords: funerary customs, religion
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.106.12
[man next to wooden Russian Orthodox cross on bluff overlooking river in distance]
Keywords: funerary customs, religion
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.918
[scenic with pine trees, snow-covered mountain. Poor quality print]
Keywords: mountain, scenic
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.1035
GZ-76 [lumber pile in foreground, bulldozer piling logs, sawmill near West Fork of Chulitna River, Golden Zone Mine]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2016.002.87
Grant and his dog [man and dog in low brush in winter]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B2016.002
B1989.016.1358
Fireweed, Anchorage, Alaska [field of fireweed. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.66.1
[hiker on ridge looking down on mud flats of creek and inlet at low tide]
Keywords: hiking
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.1967.7
(Fur Rondy, 1953, dog races) [male musher with bib #7 and team at starting line on Fourth Avenue in front of City Hall, Fur Rendezvous World Championship Sled Dog Races]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.757
L5 Catholic Church at Seward "1946 postcard" [church and rectory, dweeling, fence, mountain in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley