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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.
B1984.077.13.001
[cityscape, view of street, buildings. large dot covers part of image.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1997.003.189
[bulldozer, equipment cab "Goodnews Bay Mining Company" flatbed]
Collection: B1997.003
B1984.077.12.022
Cordova [Dock scene, materials? people standing, truck, carts, buildings, mountain in distance.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.12.026
Cordova [Deck scene, trucks, people, rigging, cargo, water and mountains in distance.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1998.014.1.983
(L123 McKinley Park; Horseshoe Lake; July 1948) [scenic view of river, lake, mountains]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1997.003.266
[aerial view of rivers, mountains; airplane wheel and strut in foreground]
Collection: B1997.003
B2016.019.1.11c.13162.04
Salmon Fishing in Southcentral Alaska [Outdoor Activities - Fishing], 1999
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Outdoor Activities, Fishing, Salmon
Collection: B2016.019
B1989.016.1448
[aerial view of unidentified glacier. copy neg. same as .1441]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1596.1
[Anchorage street scene, Fourth Avenue looking east, with automobiles and businesses including Carol's, Sunshine Market, Alaskan Publishing Co. Printers, Rose Florist's Shop, Piggly Wiggly, The Club, Tom's Radio Service, OK Cleaners, New Method Cleaners, South Seas Club, Alaskan Surplus, 4th Avenue Theater. circa 1930s]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2013.007.006
My home – any old place I can hang my hat is home sweet home to me. M.V. Tyler [large log hotel, horse-drawn sleigh in front with “F.G. Manley Hot Springs” sign]
Collection: B2013.007
B1979.002.4888
(Cronin #17 ARC freight and ticket office at North Nenana EJ and Adeline Cronin 1920){depot ticket office with two men stading infront of tent}
Keywords: tent, railroad, winter
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B2022.005.243
[Three men standing outside Transportation Co. Nome, Alaska bus. Inupiaq Territory.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Passenger, Men, Man, Bus, Transportation Co., Transportation Company, Nome, Alaska, Inupiaq, Territory, Inupiat, Transportation, Parka, Sunglasses, Outerwear, Clothing
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1998.014.1.1491
S61 From the top of Pioneer's Peak, 9,000 ft; between Anchorage & Palmer (in Chugach Mts) [scenic view of man with hiking stick looking toward valley, glaciers, likely Knik Glacier, mountains in distance; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2018.023.082a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [stern wheeler steamboat Scotia, with people standing at the bow; mountains, glacier in background; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1998.014.1.530
D28 Arctic Traveler [dog sled team, musher with pipe, mountains in distance, same location as neg .514, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2018.023.082b
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: stern wheeler steamboat Scotia, with people standing at the bow; mountains, glacier in background; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.083a
Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [view of ship in calm water taken from shore or aboard a second ship; light emitting from edge of clouds; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1979.002.Album1.260b
R7-4. W. C. Edes at Ship Creek [man on horseback near tent filled with hay, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Anchorage
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1998.014.1.1758
T78 Canadian Ship at Ketchikan (HMS Prince George, Ketchikan, Alaska) [view of bow as ship approaches, passengers at deck railings, men, women, children, life boats, anchor]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2018.023.083b
Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: view of ship in calm water taken from shore or aboard a second ship; light emitting from edge of clouds; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1998.014.1.1757
T77 Ketchikan, Alaska 9Air view) [aerial view of Ketchikan with aircraft wing and struts in foreround, Gravina Island in lower left; shoreline, structures, mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.1114
Aug61P Barrow [two men, woman, children stand near square hole in sodded ground, likely an underground food storage cellar; one man appears to be holding a briefcase; both men wear dress shoes, one smoking cigarette; child on tracked vehicle in left background; water, shore in distance. At AFN 2022, individuals at center identified left to right: Sadie Neakok (plaid parka with fur trim on hood) and Ronald Neakok (parka? With fur trim on hood)]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Woman, Children
Collection: B2017.024
B1998.014.1.1755
(T76 Ellis Air Lines, Ketchikan air taxi) [aerial view with wing in upper foreground, Ketchikan in distance, water, Pennock Island at right]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2018.023.027a
Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [caption from verso: "Walrus killed on ice floes off Siberian coast, Bering Sea by G. Madsen. June, 1909" hunting scene; harpoon; parkas; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.027b
Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: caption from verso: "Walrus killed on ice floes off Siberian coast, Bering Sea by G. Madsen. June, 1909" hunting scene; harpoon; parkas; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023