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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.
Anchorage Museum Archive Image Search
The Anchorage Museum Archive collection includes more than 700,000 photographs and print materials
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B1990.014.5.EQ.01.15.17
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ 1
B90.14.5.Anc.Air.7.5
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 7
B2016.019.1.08b.06568.13
Big Hurrah mine [Mining and Dredging], 1988
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Mining and Dredging, Big Hurrah Mine
Collection: B2016.019
B90.14.5.ANC.4.12
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc / B90_40_5_ANC_4
B1989.016.2531.2
Mt. McKinley. c. Bragaw's 126
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Large negs in freezer
b2005.023.65
928 Delaney, Anchorage. Harman home. Taken in 2005 by Doris Rhodes.
Collection: B2005.023
B2000.017.13
[woman wearing print parka carrying paper bag and walking down boardwalk in front of sod house, barrels, books, driftwood, sled, and other items in yard nearby, Point Hope; print date Jun 72]
Collection: B2000.017 Morris Reese
B2006.023.6515.jpg
Joe Redington Jr. in dog yard
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B90.14.5.ARR.4.22
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 4
B1995.014.115.8
Abby Stepanoff, Russian Mission [woman wearing headscarf seated inside drying rack cleaning salmon]
Keywords: fishing, ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.2018.1.178.003
59-3; Interior of fish lab - dedication ceremonies; 7 sec med [Men wearing suits; one standing while others are seated in Ketchikan Fish Products Technology Laboratory; December 9, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1993.020.548
Keywords: Alyeska, Girdwood Alaska, skiing, winter, Chugach Mountains
Collection: B1993.020 Rhodes
B90.14.5.AncAir.16.131.13
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 16
B1990.014.2018.1.32.003
13-6 Ralph Marsh in hospital window; Tues, June 13 [rear view of Ketchikan hospital, harbor and Tongass Narrows in distance; wooden structures; picket fences; clothesline at lower left; likely 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.2006.10
Russian Church "100 years old" Hewitts drug photo (Russian Church, Eklutna 100 years old, 1955)
Keywords: church, russian
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.People.14.153
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 14
B90.14.5.ANC.5.3
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc / B90_14_5.ANC.5
B1989.016.McDonaldJN.1
(McDonald JN Passport Photos 1935-36)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1990.014.5.Anc.Air.20.96.9
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 20
B2015.008.1131
Madrid, official coaches with guests for the King’s birthday reception, Sunday afternoon. We watched them come in from under the archway, in the cool shadow, while the sun blazed down on the courtyard [horse-drawn coaches in palace courtyard]
Collection: B2015.008