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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 There may be language and images that are culturally sensitive or include outdated language that does not reflect the mission and goals of our institution today.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.
B1990.014.2018.1.51.001
20-4; Portrait of Kitty Fox [child wearing sweater sitting near table covered by tablecloth, calendar from likely July 1939 on wall; lamp, Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1970.019.630
The Sleeping Lady across Cook Inlet [Mount Susitna]. 2.25 x 4.5 nitrate negative
Collection: B1970.019 J_J_ Delaney Collection
B1996.035.10.3.page.9
[newspaper clipping from Adak Tribune, daily schedule for radio station WXLB, March 15, 1946] [handwritten label, addressing envelope to S. L. Kirby at “Adak, Calif” with Calif crossed out and Alaska written in pencil, and note: “Don’t believe I ever heard of the place”] [newspaper clipping, letter from executive officer S. O. Cole detaching from duty at Adak: “The people and not the locality make a station. It is with this thought that I regret leaving Adak.”]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1998.014.1.2195
"Alaska Crippled Children Association, Federal crusade treatment center; 2 children" [boy with crutches points at cake while girl looks on; likely April 1963]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B90.14.5.ARR.1.135.11
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / B90_14_5_ARR.1
B1989.016.1967.30
(Lu Liston, Dog Races Fur Rondy, Feb 21, 1953, Musher #6) [Fur Rondy Musher #6 races by spectators on fourth avenue]
Keywords: dogs, dog sled, mushing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2021.002.116
Slides with images of Fleming family visits to other Alaska communities.
Keywords: Samuel Fleming, African American Families
Collection: B2021.002 Samuel Fleming Collection
B1989.016.854.1
P-47. Hewitt's (Animals) [pig sow and piglets]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.TV.019.45.36.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B2000.014.643
(643)(Dixie Quenn Preparing to launch Thos Devane, Thos Song, Harvey Devane Johnny Corning Ruby Jul 29 1916)
Collection: B2000.014 Malina
B2023.011.23
Trip to Homer [view of Land’s End Resort at the end of the Homer Spit from the water]
Keywords: Alaska, Homer, Shoreline, Beach, Land's End Resort, Home Spit, Water, Buildings, Boat, 35mm, Film
Collection: B2023.011 Patricia A. Volkman
B1990.014.5.AKNative.11.36.1c
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2013.066.383
Pedro Bay, 1964 [children playing near snowmachine in summer; print date Mar 65]
Collection: B2013.066
B1990.014.5.AKNative.19.100
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B90.14.5.ARR.4.36.10
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 4
B2018.023.101a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [scenic view of mountains and lake; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1998.014.1.1616
T24 Juneau, Alaska, Pub. by Brickley [copy neg; same as .1615]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2064
"V5 All grown up turnip (w/child)" [toddler looks at large turnip]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley