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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.
B2016.024.110
Stephan’s [sic] Passage, Dec. 1952 [aerial of Stephens Passage]
Keywords: Stephens Passage
Collection: B2016.024
B1993.020.1169
(Alaska Native made baskets)
Keywords: native arts, baskets
Collection: B1993.020 Rhodes
B2016.024.111
Juneau airport, April ’52 [military airplane in foreground, second airplane in background]
Keywords: Juneau, Juneau International Airport, airplanes
Collection: B2016.024
B2015.008.763
340.2. Cordova, Alaska. 9.28.16 [bird’s eye view of harbor from hill, building at left,
rooftops below. Proof print]
Keywords: Cordova, Prince William Sound
Collection: B2015.008
B2014.003.11
(Skagway)[docks and a steamship in the harbor of Skagway]
Keywords: wharf, ships, fishing, transportation, port, southeast
Collection: B2014.003
B1993.020.1167
(Alaska Native made baskets)
Keywords: native arts, baskets
Collection: B1993.020 Rhodes
B2019.019.IA7-23
Wrangell (10:30 PM), 1982
Keywords: Mindel, Irving Mindel Sr., Irving Nelson Mindel Sr., 1980s, Wrangell
Collection: B2019.019 Irving Mindel Sr. Slides
B2019.019.IA7-24
Wrangell (10:30 PM), 1982
Keywords: Mindel, Irving Mindel Sr., Irving Nelson Mindel Sr., 1980s, Wrangell
Collection: B2019.019 Irving Mindel Sr. Slides
B2019.019.IA7-8
[Ketchikan, Alaska], 1982
Keywords: Mindel, Irving Mindel Sr., Irving Nelson Mindel Sr., 1980s, Ketchikan
Collection: B2019.019 Irving Mindel Sr. Slides
B2016.024.112
Juneau, Alaska, Dec. ’52 [aerial of Juneau-Douglas Bridge]
Keywords: Juneau, Juneau-Douglas Bridge
Collection: B2016.024
B2019.003.116
Typical winter costume [white woman wearing embroidered mittens and holding snowshoes posed next to log building]
Collection: B2019.003
B1989.016.1772.8
(Anchorage at night) [bird's eye view of long street with residential and business buildings]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.393.2
Juneau Lumber Mills office [man in doorway. double exposure]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.393.3
Juneau Lumber Mills [office, railroad siding, lumber shed]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
b2005.023.64
928 Delaney, Anchorage. Harman home. Taken in 2005 by Doris Rhodes.
Collection: B2005.023
B2019.019.IA7-26
Inside Passage (Wrangell to Sitka), 1982
Keywords: Mindel, Irving Mindel Sr., Irving Nelson Mindel Sr., 1980s, Inside Passage, Wrangell, Sitka
Collection: B2019.019 Irving Mindel Sr. Slides
B2019.019.IA8-7
Glacier River [Juneau], 1982
Keywords: Mindel, Irving Mindel Sr., Irving Nelson Mindel Sr., 1980s, Rivers, Juneau, Water
Collection: B2019.019 Irving Mindel Sr. Slides
B2016.024.113
Juneau airport, Dec. ’52 [Pan American Airways airplane in front of terminal building]
Keywords: Juneau, Juneau International Airport, airplanes
Collection: B2016.024
B1998.014.1.1598
T16 Cordova, Alaska [street scene, people walking, conversing, military servicemen, automobiles, jeep, structures, businesses, clothing store, theatre, Northern (?); utility poles and lines, logged hillside, mountains in background; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1964.001.001
(The Nome Rush, June 1906 SS Ohio)(No 2074 Lowman and Hanford Co. Seattle){ many men assembled on the deck of the SS Ohio waiting for departure}
Keywords: transportation, shipping, steamer
Collection: B1964.001 John Urban
B1989.016.2579
Anchorage sunset, Alaska. G.L. Johnson, 108.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Large negs in freezer
B1989.016.2580
Mt. Edgecumbe, Sitka, Alaska, 152. [Damaged negative]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Large negs in freezer
B1989.016.391.3
Loading heavy machinery, Star Airlines, Anchorage
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.762
340.1. Childs Glacier, Alaska. 9.24.16 [view, possibly from train tracks, past building in
foreground, across river to glacier terminus in background at left. Original image blurry. Proof
print]
Keywords: Childs Glacier, glacier, Copper River
Collection: B2015.008
B1972.046.162
1318 Eskimos Landing at Nome {large open skiff with numerous individuals waiting to land on the beach at Nome}
Keywords: boat, transportation
Collection: B1972.046 Vernon Humble
B1984.077.12.003
Juneau [City scene, hillside, city view, rooftops, pier in distance.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.1128.2
[Group of six men and one women posed in front of Anchorage Cold Storage Co. trucks in parking lot]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2263.1
[close-up of ropes tied around mooring post on dock]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2300.2
(Spa in Anchorage, exterior)
Keywords: recreation, businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.392.3
Pioneer Sheet Metal Works, Anchorage [street scene with Dutch Boy Paints]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.513
The Bliss Apartments, Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's 115
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.561.1
A-61. Ketchikan, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [waterfront]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection