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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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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 There may be language and images that are culturally sensitive or include outdated language that does not reflect the mission and goals of our institution today.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.
B2019.003.047
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Moving day [trapper wearing snowshoes pulling sled through winter woods with three dogs in harness] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet (Eklutna)]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, Education, U.S. Government, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Moving day, Moving, Winter, Transportation, Dogsled, Dogs, Sled, Team, Trapper, Indigenous, Snowshoes, Snowshoeing
Collection: B2019.003
B1989.016.181
The Lingo Apartments, Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's 116.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.TorkelsonOsmund.1
(Tokelson Osmund Passport Photos 1942)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B2006.023.5306
[Groundbreaking for Iditarod Trail Committee Headquarters?]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1998.014.1.534
"D31 Eskimo dog team on Kotzebue Sound, Arctic Alaska" [same as .533, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1391.3
Bristol Bay fishing fleet. Hewitt's, 4 [many boats at anchor. copy neg]
Keywords: fishing industry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.1298.dk559crop
559 [view across glacier to valley glacier and nunatak, climbers in foreground]
Keywords: mountain, mountaineering, glacier, climbing, crevasse
Collection: B2015.008
B2017.023.090
[Anchorage street scene, two people crossing street, automobiles, Palmer bus, gravel, businesses]
Collection: B2017.023
B1998.014.1.1702
T60 Nome, Alaska, photo by Frank Morgan (1948 postcards) [copy neg, same as .1702]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.AKNative.40.74.13
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.AKNative.29.7
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.People.14.65
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 14
B90.14.5.Anc.Air.6.12
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 6
B1990.014.2018.1.6.001
2-1 March 1939 Panatonic x 24-16; Ethel [woman wearing necklace; light at upper right]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.014.56.3
The Yukon at Fort Yukon. Steamer Yukon, owned by the White Pass Railroad, went from Dawson to Nenana [sternwheeler on Yukon River, buildings on shore
Keywords: boats, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.5.AKNative.35.87.20B
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.2018.1.268.022
83; Sept. 4, 1942 [Automobile with dented fender; 1943 Alaska license plate 1715; trees in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.AKNative.35.18
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.EggeAlbert.1
[Egge,Albert Passport Photos 1942]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1990.014.5.ConConv.24.12
(People_Const.Cony.Delegates by Name_S McCutheon)(2 Feb 56)(Steve McCutheon Senator hairman of Comm Legislative Branch)
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ConConv
B2006.023.8843
[Burled arch, Front Street in Nome, with banner: Finish Iditarod 1975 Anchorage to Nome Atlantic Richfield Company]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1990.014.5.TV.019.45.8.1B
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B90.14.5.ANC.Air.27.127.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / B90.14.5.ANC.Air.27