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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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B1990.014.5.EQ.01.1.14
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ 1
B2017.023.280
After a hard climb [Wellenstein wearing clod weather gear and skis, frost on scarf around face]
Collection: B2017.023
B90.14.5.AncAir.21.26.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 21
b2009.057.05
Pyatt. Fifth Avenue Anchorage Alaska Sept 5th 1915. 3.5 x 5.5 nitrate negative.
Collection: B2009.057 Pyatt
B1990.014.5.AKNative.10.26
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.P.2.17.15
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P2
B1993.020.1180
(dog team in Anchorage off Tudor Road)
Keywords: dog racing, mushing, winter, dog team, Chugach Mountains
Collection: B1993.020 Rhodes
B1990.014.2018.1.51.002
20-4; Portrait of Kitty Fox [child wearing sweater sits at table writing with pencil; likely July 1939, Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.Scn.1.60colorcorrect
Linda Chavis & Jane Haycraft at Portage Glacier CPS 20 July 1968 Glacier 10659
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1990.014.5.AKNative.19.33
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.Anc.Air.1.4
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air
B1979.002.Album1.71
Saw mill, A.N. Ry. Eugene Underwood [Alaska Northern Railway sawmill, mountains in distance, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1998.014.1.342
(B71 Tok Junction, U.S. Customs, Alaska Highway) [automobile parked in front of building; U.S. Customs, Highway Patrol, U.S. Immigration, U.S. Marshal; gravel road]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.43.005
Nancy Langsdale; Sun, July 2nd [1939; woman (likely Irene Langsdale) holding infant; boardwalk]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2021.006.33
Don Simmons [man speaking from lectern] [Huong and Diep Phan at left]
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Don Simmons, Huong Phan, Diep Phan
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B1990.014.5.Anc.Air.20.98.6
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 20
B1989.016.2006.11
Russian Church over "100 years old" Eklutna, Alaska, Hewitts drug photo (Russian Church, Eklutna 100 years old, 1955)
Keywords: church, russian, Eklutna
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.14.70
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.AKNative.43.4
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.2267.6b
(Johnson Pass, winter 1956) [scenic with trees and mountains]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B90.14.5.Logging.1.8.24
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 1
B1990.014.5.AKNative.45.44.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B90.14.5.Logging.1.5.29
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 1