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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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B1990.014.2018.1.6.002
2-1 March 1939 Panatonic x 24-16; Charly [man sitting in arm chair next to bookcase; table, light, and window in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2015.008.012
(an ice raft)(water 40 degrees air 50 degrees){ a woman and man sitting on an ice berg just offshore amongst small icebergs and glaciers in the background}
Keywords: ice bergs, mountains, glaciers, swimming, recreation
Collection: B2015.008
B2017.030.10
[view down riverbank to cemetery on bluff, dog yard on beach in middle ground, Nulato?]
Collection: B2017.030
B1990.014.5.Anc.12.56
Tudor Road at Peck St., shopping area, 1-4-61 [Muldoon Grocery, Star Building supply businesses along road in winter]
Keywords: Anchorage, roads
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc
B1989.016.CookMrs.1
[Cook, Mrs, Passport Photos, 1942]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1989.016.1989.1
(Anchorage International Airport, May 8, 1954)[Northwest Airlines and Cordova Airlines planes share the tarmac at the Anchorage International Airport]
Keywords: airplane, airport, mountains, transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2008.013.80
[pile of whale skin lying in yard, equipment sheds in background, commercial whaling station, Akutan, 1920s?]
Collection: B2008.013
B1998.014.1.1137
(O22 Snow flowers; 1942-43 winter; 1946 postcard) [winter scene, creek bank, rocks, snow, structure in center background, automobile]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1983.091.S1428.1
Club 25, for Jacobin. (08/25/53) (3 negs)
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1990.014.5.People.14.16
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 14
B1995.010.5767
[scenic of Loop District, with curved section of wooden trestle bridge in distance. Has neg dated 5/27/46]
Collection: B1995.010
B1979.002.1306
Cronin#8 Limited from Healy arriving at Nenana 1920)(EJ Cronin)
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B2012.006.768
[milepost in village, with mileages to Fish Camp, Siberia, New York, Seattle, Anchorage, and Miami; print date Sep 60]
Collection: B2012.006
B1990.014.2018.1.105.002
38-3 [Ketchikan; February 1940; sailing ship reflection on water]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.KylmaDavid.1
(Kylma David passport Photos 1935-36)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1989.016.Barrager.1
Barrager, Passport Photos, 1935-36
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B2017.024.3289
Northern Alaska; undated [winter scene in coastal community, sun, structures]
Collection: B2017.024
B1998.014.1.1079
M17 Independence gold mine, near Anchorage, Alaska [copy neg; same as .1078; actually near Palmer]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1127
(O17 Prospectors, vintage, 1898, 1946 postcard. note reads: Kasper Elinger & Fritz Miller discover Atlin country) [copy neg; two men and dog near river; gun, rifle, iron skillet,possibly waders, rucksack, miners]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.Anc.Air.20.96.18
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 20
B1990.014.5.Scn.5.019
13324 Scn AIR; McKinley; 7 October 1962 [aerial view of Denali and surrounding area; glaciers]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn