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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.
B2022.003.77
F 122 131, Tim with King Salmon [one Indigenous individual holding two King Salmon with metal drums in the background]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Indigenous, Salmon, King Salmon, Fish, Metal drum, Ladder
Collection: B2022.003 Temkin
B2014.012.6
Salmon cannery, Nushagak, Alaska [building complex, boats on shore]
Keywords: boats, fishing
Collection: B2014.012
B2017.024.2214
King Island. [man using knife to cut walrus head on ice, 1960s]
Collection: B2017.024
B2000.017.305
Hewitt’s Drug [commercial slide. two young children wearing mukluks and parkas with fur trim standing outdoors; no date]
Collection: B2000.017 Morris Reese
B1990.014.2018.1.33.003
14-2 Indian on dock at Saxman [man standing on pier; boats; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.33.003
14-2 Indian on dock at Saxman [man standing on pier; boats; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.33.004
14-2 home [man wearing suit and carrying hat walking down steps outside structure, domicile; picket fences; yard; Ketchikan, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.33.004
14-2 home [man wearing suit and carrying hat walking down steps outside structure, domicile; picket fences; yard; Ketchikan, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2014.019.419
Husky sled dog in summer at Circle City on the Yukon River. McCutcheon, Anchorage [dog portrait], circa 1939-1953
Keywords: Husky, Dog, Sled dog, Portrait, Circle City, Yukon River, McCutcheon, Steve McCutcheon
Collection: B2014.019
B1995.014.53.8
Army vehicle for land and water [men on riverbank with birch trees, riverboat tied to bank]
Keywords: military, boats, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.010.4882
[three men standing next to fish drying racks on Kotzebue beach; print date Aug 70]
Collection: B1995.010
B2017.024.2267
Kotzebue, June 1967 [man using ax to chop ice at shore; water, mountains in distance]
Collection: B2017.024
B2005.013.446
Eskimos, Hooper Bay, 7/1951 [large group of Alaska Natives posed with kayak on deck of Health]
Collection: B2005.013
B2017.024.2344
Kotzebue, June 1967 [man with gun and boy look at belugas on gravel beach; shore ice; water]
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.1502.2
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [McGee Airways Bellanca CH-300 airplane tail number NC874M on ground at Merrill Field in Anchorage in winter, with hangar and automobile in background]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.57.7
[view up gravel pile being blasted by hydraulic hose, mining operation, possibly Fairbanks Exploration Co.?]
Collection: B1995.014
B2005.013.448
Health, Hooper Bay, 7/1951 [Alaska Native women and children on deck of Health, woman at right playing guitar]
Collection: B2005.013
B1995.014.58.5
[view down trail in winter, unidentified location]
Keywords: roads, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.1732
(T69 Cordova, off city dock, 1948) [scenic view looking over water of pilings, structures, boats, mountains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.66.002
25-1; Aug. 1939; Pan X - 32-20; Dev. in DK 20-28 min @ 65 percent; Midge's baby - Carol Gale Marsh [nude infant on table with reflection]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.66.003
25-1; Aug. 1939; Pan X - 32-20; Dev. in DK 20-28 min @ 65 percent; Midge's baby - Carol Gale Marsh [nude infant on table with reflection]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.014.53.9
[soldiers loading military truck, birch trees at left, water and mountains in background]
Keywords: military, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.54.13
[soldiers pulling load over snow, Mt. McKinley rescue squad operation, 1943-44]
Keywords: military, mountaineering, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B2018.023.044a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [men, women, and children play drums, appear to dance while others look on; kuspuks, parkas, suits, hats; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.044b
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: men, women, and children play drums, appear to dance while others look on; kuspuks, parkas, suits, hats; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023