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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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B1983.091.S4077.50
Anaktuvuk Pass trip, 1963 [man with snowshoes, identified as Abraham Kahinya, adopted brother of Rhoda Morry]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1990.014.5.People.14.218
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 14
B1989.016.1116.1
P-397. 8/31/36. Hewitt's Photo [desks in a Palmer School room, chalkboard on wall]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.024.2095
King Island, copyright 1986 [men, hunters, hauling umiak across snow; motor]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.023.177
[posed group of service men, baseball mitts, civilian couple, man and woman in center]
Collection: B2017.023
B90.14.5.AncAir.16.132.10
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 16
B1989.016.VanajaSlim.1
(Vanaja Slim Passport Photos 1934-35)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1994.009.426
Anvil Mountain, 7-26-57. Looking south toward antenna #2
Keywords: Cold War, communications
Collection: B1994.009 Ray
B1990.014.5.EQ.21.1.21
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_21
B1990.014.5.ConConv.02.32
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ConConv
B1990.014.5.TV.083.76.1.3
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1989.016.2281.3.22
(Alyeska Olympic National Ski event, April 5, 1963. Section 4)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2542
An Eskimo family. Bragaw's
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Large negs in freezer
B2021.004.174
[Ed Wesley and family. Left to right: unknown, Ed Wesley, unknown, Wendell Wesley, unknown, Chairita Wesley, Fran Wesley]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Fran Wesley, Wendell Wesley, Chairita Wesley, Family, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B1990.014.5.AKNative.23.99
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.2053.8
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Fourth of July float, 1932, 8) [three men in open automobile festooned with American flags and painted with slogans "B.I.," "Use other door," "Think of those you leave behind before you enter," "Safety last"]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection