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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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B2017.011.200
Alaska ’47 – Judd Lake, Marion Hopkins and Bud Branham [Marion standing on riverbank holding fish, Bud sitting on log at left with blood on his hands]
Collection: B2017.011
B1993.020.493
Keywords: portage, portage lake, ice, ice bergs, glaciers, climate change
Collection: B1993.020 Rhodes
B1990.014.5.P.28.5.27
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P28
B1998.014.1.1409
S17 Mess Kit Cafe' (1946 postcard) [copy neg; service men line up for food; chow line; canvas top truck, canteens, smoke or steam near center of image; structure in distance, cooking pots at left center]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.004.art.roadtrees
[print date Jul 75]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1998.014.1.2179
"Alaska Crippled Children Association, 1966 Easter Party; 2 boys and harmonicas" [Easter baskets and cards, Black boy and white boy play harmonicas; adults in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.015.09
Donald Tanner, Tikken Olson (Hoke’s brother) [two young men posed on boardwalk or pedestrian bridge with bicycle. Modern copy print]
Collection: B2015.015
B1989.016.2281.1.20
(Alyeska Olympic National Ski event, April 5, 1963. Section 1)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B90.14.5.ARR.5.8.34
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 5
B1990.014.5.AKNative.2.75
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B90.14.5.AncAir.18.4.4
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 18
B1990.014.5.Anc.Air.19.1.32
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 19
B2017.024.1346
Diomede, Feb 1962 [men, women, children pose in front of Diomede Native Store, dog in lower left; structures and rock wall in background]
Collection: B2017.024
B2012.030.3697
Earthquake damage to Turnagain Arm area, May 12, 1964 [aerial of shoreline]
Collection: B2012.030
B2015.007.118
[young Alaska Native woman and young boy posed outdoors, woman wearing cloth parka with fur ruff and mittens, boy wearing Western style clothing]
Collection: B2015.007
B1990.014.5.AKNative.25.69.19
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.2018.1.71.005
27-1 Pan x 32-20 Dev in DK20-27 min @65 degrees; Buggee Beach moonlight [scenic view of moonlight on water; mountains; Buggy Beach, Saxman, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.StateBattle.2.38
1950; 27189. Steve & Stan McCutcheon at Wardman Park Hotel, Wash, D.C., during battle for statehood. L) 1-2-3 Larry Flahart capt. DC4 Alaska Air, Judy _?, McNealy. Far R., Stan McCutcheon; Rachelle Castner's sister from Ohio; Harry Courtemanche; 2nd officer DC4 Alaska Airline; Wardman Park Hotel.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.StateBattle
B1990.014.5.AKNative.44.154
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1998.014.1.815
(L43 Valdez sign & town; center of Prince William sound gold & copper belt; terminus of a great scenic road, the Richardson Highway. 1946 postcard) [same as .814; neg appears water damaged or deteriorated near borders]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1967.12
12 (Fur Rondy, 1953, dog races) [musher and team on Fourth Avenue passing City Hall, Fur Rendezvous World Championship Sled Dog Races]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection