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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.
B2015.008.263
3_11_93025 Golden Alaska Abandoned mining camp only town for 70miles
Keywords: Golden Alaska
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.1612
President Harding drives "Golden Spike" Alaska Railroad [copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.264
3.12. 9/30/25. Golden, Port Wells, Alaska. Steve A. Roe, only inhabitant [portrait of man
wearing suspenders, leaning against railing]
Keywords: portrait, man, prince william sound
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.264a
3.12. 9/30/25. Golden, Port Wells, Alaska. Steve A. Roe, only inhabitant [portrait of man
wearing suspenders, leaning against railing]
Keywords: portrait, prince william sound
Collection: B2015.008
B2018.007.2
[soldier posed next to sign reading “A golden spike was driven at this point by President Harding on completion of the Alaska Railroad July 15, 1923"]
Collection: B2018.007
B1989.016.1008
GZ-172 (Plane, Winter, Golden Zone) (U.S. Air Corp Curtis P-37 Hawk, 1st fighters in Alaska, Dale Gaffney, commander, 1939 or Nov. 1940? Record run Fairbanks to Anchorage, crashed at Golden Zone) [airplane on back in snow]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1366
PT2 Fairbanks, in the golden heart of Alaska, is a trading, transportation, medical, and educational center serving an area the size of Texas. Military airfields and activities are important factors in the city's grown; much support comes from gold mning. (aerial) [view of city and outlying areas; landing strip, airplanes at left; agriculture; Chena River
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2018.023.036a
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] [label] “48” caption: "Eskimos of Northwestern Alaska, Nome" [women and children wearing fur parkas and mukluks pose on steps outside structures, "Circulating Library: Books sold and Rented, Stationery" and Golden Gate Store; furs hanging from building; black and white]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.036b
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] [label] “48” caption: "Eskimos of Northwestern Alaska, Nome" [verso of slide: women and children wearing fur parkas and mukluks pose on steps outside structures, "Circulating Library: Books sold and Rented, Stationery" and Golden Gate Store; furs hanging from building; black and white]
Collection: B2018.023
B1998.014.1.1845
T132 (T130 Valdez) [street scene on gravel surface; automobiles, semi truck; men near semi; structures; wooden wheeled wagons at left; steel drums (containers) at left; businesses: Valdez Transfer Co, Sherwin Williams Paint; Rooms; Café, Smith’s Liquor Store, Golden North Hotel, Hamms Beer, Alaska (?) Standard; mountains in background; birds on roof at left, possibly pigeons]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley