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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.
B1998.014.1.1171
(O33 Fairbanks NC smoke stacks;1946 postcard) [N.C. Co.; rooftops, Chena River, structures; boat on land in right center of image]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.364.6
Seeder at work. Matanuska Project. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2019.007.459
Drying subsistence seal, ptarmigan, spring, Togiak. Print date May 16, 1991.
Collection: B2019.007
B1998.014.1.1172
{O34 Sourdough Alaska (lodge)} [log structure, moose antlers above sign, two men standing in front of door, planters; possibly Gakona]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2143.23
36. Wisconsin colonists en route to Matanuska Valley arrive at Anchorage. Hewitt's Photo Shop [large crowd gathered on platform next to tracks at Alaska Railroad depot in Anchorage, passenger train unloading, some people getting into automobiles parked at right, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1594.2
(Arctic Valley, Anchorage) [winter view of Arctic Valley Ski Bowl, woth buildings and ski run in distance]
Keywords: sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.804
L37 Along the Alaska Railroad [copy neg; same as .803]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.261
3.9. 9/26/25. Port Wells, Alaska. Off in bidarkas, for 20 m. paddle [four men in two three-hole Alutiiq kayaks]
Keywords: transportation, boats
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.261a
3_9 92625_Fort Wells, Alaska Off in bidarkas for 20m paddle
Keywords: sea kayak, kayak, prince william sound, port wells
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.215
Kanatak, Alaska_houses afloat_ what wind can do_annual winter flood
Keywords: storm damage, flood
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.203
I7 82225 Kanatak Alaska_Beach wreckage_windiest town on coast{a wrecked boat and debris strewn along coast line}
Keywords: wreckage, flood, Kanatak
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.214
Kanatak, Alaska_the oil town of the SW houses displaced by annual winter flood
Keywords: Kanatak, flood
Collection: B2015.008
B1998.014.1.11948
Barrow 6-30 4-957-45 Alaska Territorial Guard in formation Photo by T/4 Walter T. Smith 3900710
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1754
(T76 Ellis air Lines, Ketchikan air taxi) [dock scene with automobiles, Northern Commercial Co. "Caterpillar sales, service, marine engines, electric sets, Packard gasoline marine engines," "Titan timber saws," structures]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2012
T229 Homer Airport [aircraft tied down at gravel strip; Chevron fuel truck parked next to Pacific Northern Airlines Douglas DC-3N37465; likely Stinson Sentinel number 534518; Piper PA-18 Super Cubs, one with number N7145K equipped with tractor landing gear; tundra tires; structures in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.004.37372
Large harbor seal skin dries in frame atop Eskimo home in Gambell, St. Lawrence Isl.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1989.016.2143.4
8. "S.E.R.A. Transients" Camp, Matanuska Project. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [view down long line of walled tents, mountains in distance, State Emergency Relief Agency, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1755
(T76 Ellis Air Lines, Ketchikan air taxi) [aerial view with wing in upper foreground, Ketchikan in distance, water, Pennock Island at right]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.216
Kanatak, Alaska_houses afloat_ what wind can do_annual winter flood
Keywords: storm damage, flood
Collection: B2015.008
B1998.014.1.1639
T34 Palmer, Alaska [view possibly taken from a rooftop (see image .1641) across gravel road and railroad tracks; watertower, possible gas sation at left; railroad siding with possibly boxcars and platform; structures in distance; automobles in left foreground, including one in disrepair]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley