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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 94,942 items scanned and searchable online.
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B1998.014.1.515
D23 Land rescue team - U.S. Army [dog sled team, musher, passenger in sled; sams as .509, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1970.019.251
Lake Spenard near Anchorage, Alaska August 1938 L to R Jas. J. Delaney Jr. Nancy J Loretta A
Collection: B1970.019 J_J_ Delaney Collection
B2015.008.274
West Hartford, Vt. & old covered bridge [view from road down river to bridge in winter]
Collection: B2015.008
B1984.077.12.002
Juneau [City scene, houses, rooftops, road, druck, low tide, boat on mud.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1990.014.2018.1.53.004
21-6 water design; 105 mm [scenic view overlooking water, boat and wake; mountains in distance; Ketchikan, likely 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2001.002.53
Whittier and Edna Williams, ca. 1930. Quaker missionaries. See: Tomorrow is growing old, pg. 314. Copy negative, 4 x 5
Collection: B2001.002 FIC
B1989.016.2584
Elks bowling teams, 1937, Anchorage - Juneau.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Large negs in freezer
B1998.014.1.438
B137 New High School, Anchorage, Alaska "West High" [exterior view of library, auditorium; sidewalk in foreground]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.AKNative.6.6
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.2018.1.128.003
43-5 Lee and Lyn [two children sit on bench eating crackers or cookies; interior view; windows, table, and chair in background; March 10-17, 1940; likely Seattle]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2011.007.8.145
Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes presenting Etta Jones with a check for back pay, Washington, D.C., December 7, 1945.
Collection: B2011.007 Mary Breu Etta Jones Collection
B1989.016.1094.1
P-156. Hewitt's (Clearing Land for Farming, Palmer) [smoke through trees, burning brush]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.35.65
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1995.010.4929
[man wearing fur parka, fingerless gloves, and eyeglasses dancing on stage, Kotzebue; print date Jul 70]
Collection: B1995.010
B1990.014.5.ConConv.02.17
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ConConv
B1990.014.2018.1.262.005
82-1 August 1942; PanX; Lorraine Nelson on beach [portrait]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.EQ.18.16.10
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_18
B1989.016.2281.4.2
(Alyeska Olympic National Ski event, April 5, 1963. Section 5) [National Alpine Ski Championship]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B90.14.5.AncAir.21.98
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 21
B2001.014.2.24
{Wonder Park Subdivision Properties and Residents}
Keywords: Wonder Park, subdivision, homes
Collection: B2001.014
B2015.008.042
(9_18_14)(845am)(College Fiord from camp){prow of boat looking towards college fiord}
Keywords: College Fiord, Glaciers, boat, Prince William Sound
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.5.StateBattle.9.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.StateBattle
B2018.023.051b
[verso of slide: Portrait of man wearing Tlingit regalia, including totemic designs, blanket, moccasins, possibly beadwork; wearing traditional woven hat; holding knife with snake head design for handle; name “Louis Shotridge” at lower right (Stoowukáa) of Klukwan; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1990.014.5.AKNative.16.47
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1970.015.071
From verso: Earthquake, 1964 - Central Business District, Anchorage [view looking west on Fourth Avenue after earthquake; Mac's Foto, D&D Bar and Cafe, Scandinavian Club and Bar, automobiles]
Collection: B1970.015 Betty Bannon Collection
B2017.007.076a
[men wearing hard hats surveying damage to 4th Avenue businesses including Sedalia Shine Parlor at left. Has print]
Collection: B2017.007