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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.
B2015.008.1067
6.1. Phila., Pa., my room. 5.24.10, Noon [room interior, with desk, chair, fireplace,
bookshelves]
Keywords: room interior
Collection: B2015.008
B2016.004.11.12
811113, 3, Bettles Lodge, Anaktuvuk aerials, sod house, Elijah Kakinya [interior of house with baby playing on floor]
Collection: B2016.004
B1971.014.024
[from verso] Native girl's own idea of posing [woman wearing floral dress and apron stands with hand on hip; watering can and possibly a rain barrel at left; fence, structure in background; 1923 scrapbook or album; copy print]
Collection: B1971.014 CIHS Grube Collection
B1995.010.2232
Sno cat [three people standing in front of tracked vehicle in winter, log cabin in background]
Keywords: transportation, recreation
Collection: B1995.010
B2017.030.18
[Alaska Native woman cutting fish as young girl looks on, drying racks and caches in background]
Collection: B2017.030
B1970.073.041
34. In water from 8 in. to 2 feet deep, going from first lake to second [on verso:] Tazlina [stereograph. Men standing in water with loaded sleds]
Collection: B1970.073 Minnesota Historical Collection
B1989.016.2137
(Sydney Laurence painting, man dragging Christmas tree on sled, neg for cards #1)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.110.16
[two men, one working gold pan, Willow Creek mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B1997.019.02full
The whale hunting season is opened formally by the captain of the boat, taking from a box on the cache his charms and hunting paraphanalia.
Collection: B1997.019 Wright Collection
B1970.x.002.09
AEC Ball Team "Pennent Winners"- Anchorage Alaska 1921[Team Members] Major,Christy Bill Dorwin,MF MacDonald, McFarland, Wally McDonald, Shorty Conway, EF Monan, Smoky Joe Shultz, Tom Haines, Vic Nelson, Cedar,?Wilford Bailey // 4x5 copy neg
Keywords: baseball, team, athlete, stadium
Collection: B1970.x_002
B1989.016.2136.1
(Francis Bowden and family, Nov. 12, 1955) [studio portrait]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.2268
[Athabascan woman wearing dentalium necklace sitting outside log cabin]
Collection: B1995.010
B2014.012.69
[two Caucasian women standing in field with young girl and baby in stroller]
Collection: B2014.012
B1995.010.4319
[distant view of coastal town and tank farm, communications tower at right; print date Jan 67]
Collection: B1995.010
B1971.014.014
[from verso] Native girls own idea of posing [young woman wrapped in striped blanket and headband stands in mud on shore; river in background; 1923 scrapbook or album; copy print]
Collection: B1971.014 CIHS Grube Collection
B1995.014.53.3
Mail plane in at Marshall, George Marsh, commissioner [men next to airplane]
Keywords: aviation, postal services
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.58.3
[sunset over village, with log cabins, utility poles, dog yard with dog lying on top of log kennel in foreground, unidentified location]
Keywords: animals, residences
Collection: B1995.014
B1997.019.00title
Story of a whale hunt in Bering Straits. S.R. Bernardi, photographer. Nome, Alaska
Collection: B1997.019 Wright Collection
B1995.014.4.7
Lars Osness. He mined a claim in Willow Creek with Jim Johnson [portrait of man standing inside window frame]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.50.10
Army fishing, food for dogs [soldier loading fish into wooden box from canoe, box part of slime line set up, Adak]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.76.9
[soldier stopped on mountain side, backpack and snowshoes in snow, bird's eye view of river valley and opposite mountains]
Keywords: military, hiking, mountaineering
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.11122
Attu Campaign, 5-15, 4-956-43. Organization. Soldiers of the 4th returning from battle at Chichagof Bay along road leading from Massacre to Chichagof Bay.[distant view of soldiers walking along muddy road across tundra, vehicle at right]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1997.019.06full
The old walrus hide is removed from the canoe, a new one put on, the crew bid.
Collection: B1997.019 Wright Collection
B1989.016.2046.8
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska (Early Alaska Pilots, McGee and Star Airways) [man wearing leather mittens and fur parka with geometric decorations standing in front of Pacific International Airways CH-300 Pacemaker NC-259M, called "Aquila" circa 1930-1932, possibly at Merrill Field in Anchorage in winter]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.017.199
[view of village, with dog yard in right foreground, truck parked at left, drying racks at right, house in background with antlers mounted to roof]
Collection: B2017.017
B1995.010.3413
[Alaska Native men and boys standing in brush on riverbank, Phyllis McCutcheon in foreground. Same location as .3397]
Collection: B1995.010
B1979.002.Album1.315
D. L. Reaburn's party on Indian River. D. L. Reaburn [group of men sitting closely together near felled timber, man closest to camera whittling wood, railroad exploration party, Kenai Peninsula or Matanuska Valley, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, clothing
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.262
R30-9. Ship Creek [view from mouth to Cook Inlet, with large ship at anchor in distance, small boat on mudflats at left, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Anchorage
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.156
Delta River. [group of men in open car stopped on Valdez-Fairbanks Trail overlooking river valley with mountains in distance, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation, Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.63
Knik, Alaska. P. S. Hunt J1821 [bird's eye view of town waterfront, with docks at right, tents visible along bluff, sailboat just off shore, railroad exploration, circa 1915]
Keywords: residences, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.299
R33-3. Barnyard at Ship Creek [two men posed in center near horses tied to log fence, frame for walled tent at left, log building with tarped roof at right, tall birch or cottonwood in background, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Anchorage
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1998.014.1.594
E28 Eskimo dance, photo by Frank Morgan "1948 postcard [same as .592, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley