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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.
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The Anchorage Museum Archive collection includes more than 700,000 photographs and print materials
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Please note, we are actively reviewing and updating our records. There may be language and images that are culturally sensitive or include outdated language that does not reflect the mission and goals of our institution today. We consent to input and recommendations from the public as we work on decolonizing our collections.
B1995.014.61.14
[two soldiers using log ladder to cross crevasses]
Keywords: hiking, mountaineering, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.5.AKNative.24.61.3
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B90.14.5.ANC.5.50
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc / B90_14_5.ANC.5
B2015.008.1222
92. River Manduvirá, near Arroyos y Esteros, Paraguay [view across river, building at left, boat and cattle or horses in center]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.869
Mt. St. Elias, Mt. Huxley, photo from A. Point 1 on this photo is Baldwin’s last camp and
the point where the 141 crossed the ridge. From this point the line goes to the summit of Mt.
St. Elias. The black circle on the small peak on the north side of St. Elias is the peak shown on
the left foreground of Duke de Abruzzi’s panorama to northward from St. Elias. They probably
ascended via the black rocks shown just beyond [aerial view of mountains]
Keywords: mountains, glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B1998.014.1.500
D16 Alaskan park ranger on patrol "First copy" [copy neg, same as .500]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1984.077.7.025
[Log structure, partially built, canvas, trees in background.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1990.014.5.Scn.1.156
Scn 10 3475 53 Portage Glacier [aerial view, glacier, rocks, mountains in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1979.002.4682
"9/1 cutting Canadian oats for hay. N[orth] hillside" [sleeve 17, Fairbanks Experiment Farm, milepost 466, circa 1918; child wearing overalls, straw hat operates equipment, reins, two horses, harnesses, yoke, pull equipmnet, field, agriculture]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1997.019.20full
The captain puts on his pendant made of pieces of whale meat sewed in pieces of seal skin, the whole village hurries to the
Collection: B1997.019 Wright Collection
B1990.014.5.People.14.136.20
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 14
B90.14.5.ARR.2.83
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 2
B1995.014.78.1
[large tent in wooded area in winter]
Keywords: camping, residences
Collection: B1995.014
B2016.019.1.14d.07214.03
Gretchen Taylor & mom at Louis [Bencze?] workshop, [Stock Photos - Lighting Workshop], 1989
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Stock Photos, Lighting Workshop, Gretchen Taylor, People, Women
Collection: B2016.019
B1989.016.1379.1
11. Caribou, McKinley National Park. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1399
City Hall, Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's Foto [1940s Fourth Avenue street scene looking southeast, with pedestrians, automobiles, truck, O'Harra Bus Lines bus, and large scale or thermometer on City Hall Lawn. cf .1375. Similar image in Hamilton Collection, B1976.082.29. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.People.14.322.5
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 14
B1990.014.5.ConConv.26.3
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ConConv
B2021.006.42b
“Card gets Superior Court seat” by Sheila Toomey, Anchorage Daily News, Fran Durner, photographer [Photograph of Judge Card holding child, Jamaica Renner. Handwritten note added: God-granddaughter]
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Law, Court, Superior Court, Jamaica Renner, Granddaughter, Family
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection