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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
on Alaska and the Circumpolar North, with 95,683 items scanned and searchable online.
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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 There may be language and images that are culturally sensitive or include outdated language that does not reflect the mission and goals of our institution today.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.
B1979.001.103
Unmistakably the Grand and Glorious Fourth of July (Anchorage 1916)(4x5 copy neg)(3.5x5.5 orig neg B83_146_84)
Collection: B1979.001
B1962.001.2971
Chistuchina Dog sleds 4/93 [Sled dogs; Chistochina River] [Ahtna Territory, Tsiis Tl'edze' Caegge (Chistochina)]
Keywords: Tsiis Tl'edze' Caegge, Chistochina, River, Dog Sled, Sled, Dog, Dogteam, Winter, Midwinter, Snow, Snowy, Frozen
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1995.010.5899
Arctic Valley [winter scenic in valley, railroad track in distance, 1940s. Has neg
Collection: B1995.010
B1990.014.5.AKNative.40.73.31A
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.TV.095.126.11
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1983.091.S1214.2
Yukon Equipment -Allis Chalmers Dozer (Men standing in front of machinery, building) (04/28/51) (2 negs)
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2019.003.031
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Fish camp [three girls at camp, one in center possibly cutting fish on board, large canvas tent at right, rack or lean-to at left] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, Education, U.S. Government, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Fish camp, Camp, Indigenous, Indigenous girls, Cutting fish, Tent, Canvas tent
Collection: B2019.003
B1983.091.S4524.29
Anchorage Aerial (Downtown, looking North) 8-28-1967
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1990.014.5.AKNative.23.331.10
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1998.014.1.1940
T182 Nunaka Valley housing projet [sic: project] east of Anchorage [road, structures, mountains in background; sign: Nunaka Valley Homes rental office; Anchorage Park, Inc.; snow]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2197.2
(Nome buildings) [bird's eye view of tents packed along the beach at Nome, with large wooden platform under construction at the water line at right. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1986.096.238
[Police people. 2 1/4 transparency. Police raising flag at City Hall, Anchorage, 1960s]
Collection: B1986.096 Anchorage Public Information Office
B1989.016.299.4
Fairbanks 4-H Club [group outside building with sign Dining Room]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2002.04.1
Major General Edwin F. Glenn, who as a captain explored southcentral Alaska, 1898-1899. (U.S. Army Photo)
Collection: B2002.04
B1990.014.2018.1.10.002
3-2 Dad [man seated; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.PetersGeorge.1
(Peters George Passport Photos 1935-36)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1988.003.181
Outlet to Resurrection Bay, Alaska; Case & Draper [snow covered islands]
Collection: B1988.003 Ingalls Collection
B90.14.5.AncAir.16.9.18
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 16
B1990.014.5.AKNative.7.54
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.TV.083.144.1.2A
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B2021.006.12
Minnie Card, Rose Foster, teacher, and principal, behind them: Retired Master Sergeant Jimmy Price, in between them: Krista Card, daughter
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Minnie Card, Rose Foster, Jimmy Price, Krista Card, Family
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B1989.016.456.8
3. Hewitt's [construction of Providence Hospital]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1977.018.7
38. Raindeer, Teller, Alaska. N.V. Co. [reindeer herd on tundra]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1977.018 Walter Jones Collection
B1964.001.693
(Oliver Jones clearing tracks at Premier)[Three locomotive engines clearing snow from the tracks and several men walking within the plowed paths]
Keywords: train, railroad, snow, winter, snowplow, transportation, powerlines
Collection: B1964.001 John Urban