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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.
B1989.016.2286.3
(Bob Reeve and plane) [man in suspenders and brimmed hat standing next to nose of airplane, mountains in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2001.002.17
Sydney Laurence, "Edmund Yates," owned by Lloyd Martin, Hawaii. Neg gift of Herb Green. 4 x 5 negative
Collection: B2001.002 FIC
B1995.010.5792
[locomotive 554 and passenger cars leaving station in winter, possibly Grandview. Has neg]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.5793
Tunnel, Easter [winter scenic, ski poles in snow in foreground, wooden trestle bridge in distance. Has neg dated 5/27/46]
Collection: B1995.010
B1989.016.1292.2
Emards Cannery and the frozen tide. Hewitt's, 39
Keywords: fishing industry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1984.077.7.030
[Scenic view, meadow, trees, mountains. Neg. is deteriorating.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1998.014.1.1983
T210 Palmer, Alaska [view of townsite with farm fields in foreground; water tower in background; mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1577
T10 Seward, Alaska [view of shoreline, dock, ship, automobiles, railroad cars, depot, small boats, logs on shore, town, structures, mountains in background; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1765.3
(Arctic Valley Skiing, White Stag Races, Feb. 26, 1950) [view from top of slope looking west to Cook Inlet]
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1805
Copper Center, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo [Copper Center Roadhouse at end of gravel road, mountains in distance. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2092.5
Easter Greetings [iris in field. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.137
A53 Reindeer roundup, 1948, [Native man wearing parka, mittens, boots, holds rope, reindeer, snow]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1691.2
Hewitt's, Anchorage [automobiles parked outside Northern Commercial Co., Fourth Avenue]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.Album1.153
R24-4. Kennecott Glacier [distant view with mountains in background, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1991.046.23
Hooper Bay, 8/51 [Alaska Native men, women, and children standing on low bluff above beach, Yupik kayak in foreground]
Collection: B1991.046
B1998.014.1.2008
"T226 Kenai; Nov. 1954" [Archer's grocery store; lumber, logs and small structure in foreground; structures, automobiles in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2016.019.1.12a.03014.31
Trucks on Road [Roads and Trucks], 1982
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Roads and Trucks
Collection: B2016.019
B1989.016.2266.9
(Air shots, Juneau to Anchorage, October 1, 1945) [coastline]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1783
(Anchorage skyscraper) [L St. Apartments in distance]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1730
Kodiak, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo [bird's eye view of town. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1784
[street scene of Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, looking east to McKinley Apartments, with pedestrians, automobiles and signs for businesses including Smart Shop, Anchorage Jewelers, Lee's Menswear, Ship Creek Market, Dr. Hines Optometrist, J. Vic Brown & Son, 515 Club, Rexall Drugs, Hewitt's Drug Store, Cheechako Tavern]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1940.5
19 (Fur Rondy, 1951) [street scene looking east at Fourth Avenue and E Street during Fur Rendezvous, with banner hanging across street and spectators in front of businesses including Hewitt's Drugs, Cheechako Taven, Anchorage Grill]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2139.24
Anchorage Winter Vista (Neg for cards #34) [trees in foreground, Cook Inlet in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.004.animals.24.Jul70.020
[reindeer calf closeup]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4 / B1990_014_004_animals_24
B1998.014.1.1926
T170 A business section on the Post Road thru Mt. View (Anchorage, Mt. View Rd.) [street scene, winter, automobiles, businesses: Alaska Cleaners, Thrifty Dugs, Used Cars, Grocery; people walking]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.303
B58 Main Exchange Fort Richardson, Alaska (Elmendorf) [Post Exchange, road, fence, automobiles, utility poles]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.011.164
Alaska ’47 – Anchorage, sunset from #301 Westward – over Cook Inlet [scenic]
Collection: B2017.011
B1974.040.053
Selling Indian moccasins in Juneau to the SS Yukon passengers, October 1939. Most of these buildings have been replaced.
Collection: B1974.040 Charles Weller Collection
B1998.014.1.1712
T65 Kodiak, Alaska [street scene, two women and boy walk in middle of street with baby carriage, automobiles parked in street, boardwalks, businesses: Ships Tavern, bars, possibly movie theater poster, Woodlinger Drugs, Northland Photo Shop, Victory Cafe, Cub Cab, Kodiak Jewelry Co, ice cream; two sailors walk down boardwalk,; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2139.38
(Neg for cards #48) [winter scene with trees and mountains, painting?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.571.TIF
A-63. Shelter Cove for halibut fishing boats. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.004.animals.24.36479
Reindeer: rangifer taranous[four reindeer, tundra, snow]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4 / B1990_014_004_animals_24
B1998.014.1.408
"B117 Homer School" [Two trees to left in front of school building; copy neg is of a flipped image]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.409
B118 Buckner Building, Whittier, Alaska [two people standing near entrance, mountain in background; copy neg.]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.791
"L29 Matanuska Valley farm, winter" [similar to .790]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1570.1
(Farming in Palmer) [man with team of horses pulling plow in field, potatoes on ground, other workers in background, termination dust on mountains in distance]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.Album1.105
R16-10. North portal of 13,000 foot tunnel. R. J. Weir [view across valley to hanging glacier, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1