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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.
B2015.008.260
3_8 92625 Port Wells Alaska Indian goat hunters at our cabin
Keywords: hunting, prince william sound, port wells
Collection: B2015.008
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
B2018.007.15
[military tents at Nenana, steam locomotive on railroad tracks in background, riverboat at dock in distance]
Collection: B2018.007
B1989.016.1007.1
(Plane, Winter, Golden Zone) [child identified as Bruce Dunkle with Curtis Robin airplane NC778M with skis in snow]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1362
(PS3 Baskt Bee) [Women wearing parkas sit together with children, making baskets; weaving; fur, pelts draped behind people, baskets displayed against wall.]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2018.023.034a
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] [label] “64” [winter scene; men, women, children wearing fur parkas, mukluks pose in front of cache; furs on cache; ladder, possibly boats in background; black and white image]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.034b
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] [label] “64” [verso of slide: winter scene; men, women, children wearing fur parkas, mukluks pose in front of cache; furs on cache; ladder, possibly boats in background; black and white image]
Collection: B2018.023
B1998.014.1.1841
{T129 Fairbanks (at 2nd & Cushman)} [actually image is taken from Cushman Street bridge over Chena River; woman walking at left; Immaculate Conception Church, steeple, statue, structures, boardwalk and fence at center and right]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley