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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.
B2009.017.2003.07.06
You pulled the sword from the stone? Bravo, Mr. Begich... I hope you're equally good with an ax. Cuts to Anc. 7/6/2003
Collection: B2009.017
B2017.029.1836b
[women and children sitting on mats watching dancers; print date Mar 79]
Collection: B2017.029
B1989.016.731.5
Along the trail [road bridge across river]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2009.017.1987.10.01
Oil! We found Oil!!! You idiot..This is groundwater... News item: 70% of known groundwater contamination in Alaska caused by petroleum products Thursday Oct 1, 1987
Keywords: Anchorage Daily News, comics, cartoons, political
Collection: B2009.017
B2009.017.1987.06.11
“How about some rubber bullets for this guy?” ©1987 June 11, 1987 [Senate bear with head stuck in oil barrel at Juneau Dump]
Collection: B2009.017
B1995.014.4.11
Marshall, 1934 [portrait of two Alaska Native women wearing print dresses and mukluks standing outside wood-frame building]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B2011.007.8.27
Mr. & Mrs. C. Foster Jones, Apr. 1, 1923. [Wedding portrait]
Collection: B2011.007 Mary Breu Etta Jones Collection
B1998.014.1.1304
(O88 Alaska & Texas maps compared) [image of Alaska map taken from book, hand modified by photographer to remove mineral data and adjacent territories]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2009.017.1984.03.10
I thought the whole point was to enhance law and order (1984)
Keywords: cartoon, Anchorage Daily News
Collection: B2009.017
B2009.017.1988.08.13
“Where’s the oil export ban when you need it?” ©1988 Sat. Aug. 13, 1988 [men loading painting into moving van for Museum of Western Art]
Collection: B2009.017
B1995.014.4.16
Patsy Serguei [sic] from Marshall Landing [Alaska Native man wearing corduroy shirt and brimmed hat, river in background]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.1303
(O88 Alaska & Texas maps compared) [image of Texas map and text from book. "Texas, the Lone Star State"]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley