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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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B1990.014.5.Scn.8.016
Scn; Hubbard Glacier [glacier face, water]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1998.014.1.639
E55 Anchorage Fur Rohdezvous, Eskimo blanket-toss "City Hall, 1950" [same as .640, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B90.14.5.Anc.Air.5.18
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 5
B90.14.5.Logging.1.2.4
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 1
B2015.017.004
Rear of quarters, kitchen window [exterior of teachers’ quarters in winter, storage tanks at right]
Collection: B2015.017
B2006.023.7496.jpg
[Burled arch on Front St. in Nome, end of the Iditarod Race. Banner: FInish Iditarod 1976 Anchorage to Nome, Wien Air Alaska]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 7000-7999
B2021.004.253
Photographs from July 10, 1981 Anchorage NAACP meeting with Robert B. Atwood, editor and publisher of The Anchorage Times
Keywords: Ed Wesley, NAACP, Robert B. Atwood, Editor, Publisher, The Anchorage Times, Anchorage, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B1990.014.5.Anc.Sch.1.110
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Anc_Schools
B1990.014.5.Anc.Air.20.96.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 20
B2006.023.8176.jpg
[Fish processing plant]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 8000-8999
B1990.014.5.AKNative.11.54.14
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.WatsonHJ.1
(Watson HJ Passport Photos 1942)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1990.014.5.AKNative.23.78.12
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1962.001A.243
District Court House, Masonic and Odd Fellows Halls, Valdez, Alaska. P.S. Hunt, G4315 [Producers & Consumers Exchange]
Keywords: Court Houses, Fraternal Orders, Fraternities, Valdez, Buildings, Businesses
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1989.016.976
P-167. Hewitt's (Handicraft Exhibit) [mittens, scarves, socks on display, Matanuska Valley fair?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B90.14.5.Anc.Air.6.6
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 6
B90.14.5.ARR.1.49
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / B90_14_5_ARR.1
B1962.001A.438
Tonsina Roadhouse across Tonsina River, Valdez-Fairbanks Wagon Road. P.S. Hunt, G2413 [Valdez-Fairbanks Trail; Bridges] [Ahtna Territory]
Keywords: Ahtna Territory, Tonsina, Tonsina Roadhouse, Roadhouses, Tonsina River, Rivers, Valdez-Fairbanks Trail, Trails, Wagon roads, Bridges, Buildings, Communities
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1989.016.1340
P-561. Along the Palmer Highway. Hewitt's Photo Shop [trees along road with snow on mountains in distance]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2016.024.020
Janie, Annette, Ap. ’53 [young girl in foreground looking out over water]
Keywords: Annette Island, children
Collection: B2016.024
B2015.008.460
17. West Hartford road, lowered 10’ by flood [dirt road in front of damaged buildings]
Collection: B2015.008
B1996.029.mailroutelog.98.99
[Eagle to Valdez mail route log, 1903]
Keywords: postal service
Collection: B1996.029
B2017.020.123
[Chinese American family eating at picnic table next to river, automobile parked at right, 1955-1959]
Collection: B2017.020