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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 There may be language and images that are culturally sensitive or include outdated language that does not reflect the mission and goals of our institution today.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.
B1979.002.4902
"7/10/1919 McIntyre's first calf & barley 33-1/2" [sleeve 33 (not 33-1/2); Interior, woman feeding calf from pail, fence, garden, chickenwire, agriculture, livestock]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B2015.025.503
Mining: Coal: Colorado: Coal beds at Colorado [railroad tracks, possibly railroad cars]
Collection: B2015.025
B2015.008.022
235_8 (9_17_14)(10:35am)(Getting water for lunch)
Keywords: Prince William Sound
Collection: B2015.008
B90.14.5.AncAir.16.6
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 16
B2015.008.242
(1_1_91525 Port Wells Alaska Gulls riding icebergs Penniman Glacier Harriman Fjord)
Keywords: glacier, Prince William Sound, College fjord, mountains, Chugach, Port Wells
Collection: B2015.008
B2021.010.044
[1926. Inupiaq territory, Nutchirviq / Nasirvik (White Mountain)]
Keywords: Inupiaq territory, Inupiat, Nutchirviq, Nasirvik, White Mountain, Indigenous, BIPOC
Collection: B2021.010 Burlingame Collection
B2016.006.2331
[white buildings, possibly schoolhouse, with playground equipment at left, Tanana; print date Jul 62]
Keywords: education
Collection: B2016.006
B1989.016.2544
An Eskimo mother's pride. Hewitts Photo Shop Anchorage. [Small boy in parka]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Large negs in freezer
B1979.002.4742
Earthquake (Seward 1964) Part of crushed docks and warehouse Alaska Railroad, Seward Earthquake, March 27th 1964
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1990.014.5.TV.095.126.22
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1990.014.5.People.18.33
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 18
B1990.014.5.AKNative.41.5
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.AKNative.7.27
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2001.036.584
[print and original negative] Annie Vent, Huslia, 4-82 [portrait of woman]
Collection: B2001.036 Martha Quimby
B1979.002.4879
Cronin #5, breakup in front of dock, Nenana, 1920
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1989.016.1710.3
(Anchorage Depot and Waterfront, June 1950) [bird's eye view of residential area in northwest Anchorage with Ship Creek, Anchorage docks, ship in Cook Inlet in distance; S.S. Sackett's Harbor at dock? cf. 1593]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.4901
"5/7/1919 seeding looking south [image does not match caption]" [Fairbanks Experiment Farm, milepost 466, sleeve 33; possible potato field in left foreground, grain field, trees in distance]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1986.096.50thanniv02
Anchorage 50th anniversary, 1970. Photographer's number 17422
Collection: B1986.096 Anchorage Public Information Office
B1989.016.394.11
Copies of Eklutna student drawings, 1940. Bertha Schaeffer
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.021.1
58. Woman curing salmon (smoking pipe) / Eskimo cleaning fish. Property of the White Pass & Yukon Route. Chicago Transparency Co. [Alaska Native woman sitting next to drying racks, dog at right. Tinted. Double caption]
Collection: B2017.021
B1990.014.004.04096
[Russian Orthodox holiday ceremony]
Keywords: religion, holiday
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1989.016.2147.5
No 5 (Opening night of the remodeled Ambassador Club. Photo by W. R. Dahms] [interior with couples dancing, Anchorage]
Keywords: businesses, recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection