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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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B1998.014.1.1373
(PT9 Valdez & print) [McKinley Street scene, businesses, automobiles, people, children, sign: "Richardson Hightway. Valdez to Chitina 131 mi Fairbanks 371 mi; United States Department of the Interior; Alaska Road Commission" sign; Pinzon Bar; Pabst, Valdez Liquor Store, City Market; Office of Alaska Road commission; food store delivery truck'
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1995.014.16.15
[Alaska Native man wearing military cap and hip boots standing next to dog kennel holding chain of dog standing on top of kennel, animal pens in background]
Keywords: animals, clothing, footwear, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1971.014.014
[from verso] Native girls own idea of posing [young woman wrapped in striped blanket and headband stands in mud on shore; river in background; 1923 scrapbook or album; copy print]
Collection: B1971.014 CIHS Grube Collection
B2017.011.32
Alaska ’48 – Brooks, downstream from weir [weir in foreground, men angling in river in background]
Collection: B2017.011
B1989.016.KlemCarl.1
(Klem Carl Passport Photos 1942)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B2014.003.41
Taku Glacier E Andrews Douglas Alaska 215 [copy negative of print]
Collection: B2014.003
B2019.019.IB5-28
Ash - Katmai, 1982
Keywords: Mindel, Irving Mindel Sr., Irving Nelson Mindel Sr., 1980s, Katmai, Ash
Collection: B2019.019 Irving Mindel Sr. Slides
B1989.016.1019.2
GZ-131 (Scenes in the Golden Zone) [hillside]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.573
Three claimants for two bottles [Dora, bottle-feeding two lambs, sheep in pasture in background. 1920? Cf. .386]
Collection: B2015.008
B1979.002.Album1.101
R17-15. Looking down Bear Creek. R. J. Weir [two men in rowboat on water at foot of Portage Glacier, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1990.014.5.TV.019.45.41.3
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1989.016.2139.9
(Neg for cards #19) [view down gravel road to mountains in distance]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.004.35223
Eskimo Boys of Gambell, Play Soft Ball at Recess Period.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1984.077.16.027
[man removing kuspuk, wearing mukluks, shoes on porch step, door, porch, flowers on porch]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.1697
Mt. McKinley. Hewitt's [park road at right. copy neg]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.35.86.5
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1970.15.031
(Earthquake 1964 Seldovia)(Seldovia Church)
Keywords: church, powerlines, earthquake
Collection: B1970.015 Betty Bannon Collection
B2006.023.5431.jpg
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Photo Exhibition. Delicate high country flowers. Photo by Wayne Burkhart.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 5001-5999